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Teacher Diaries: Back to School Nightmare Recap…


Its possible that a lot of opinions people might have had about me teaching at a private Christian school have a sort of...validation. Its possible that my personality is a bit....wild for my current working environment. For example... Back to... Continue Reading →

Teacher Diaries: Weekends are the new black


I love that we start school with a nice three-day (or four-day, if you're a rotten public school student. what the heck we didnt get that when I was in school!?) weekend right off the bat. It kinda eases us... Continue Reading →

Teacher Diaries: I know you think I’m crazy, but junior high kids are cuuuuute


Everyone who has asked me what I'm doing for a job right now has a similar response when I tell them that I'm teaching junior high. "Really? why? they're so...awful...." - most people "Seriously? Oh thats sucks, I would never... Continue Reading →

Teacher Diaries: ” ‘Syllabus?’ It means…’things I want you to know on a piece of paper…?’…just keep it in your binder!”


Okay this morning, first real day of school, after like six cups of coffee, laminating everything I could get my hands on, and the nervous morning poo, and pacing around the desks and wondering if I had correctly aligned the... Continue Reading →

Nanny Diaries – Life is a dancefloor


I'm not sure how it happened, but tonight I found myself chaperoning a junior high dance party. And probably enjoying the dance more than I did when I was actually in junior high. Even though everyone there called me "hey... Continue Reading →

Nanny Diaries – Conversations with Blake


You know when you're like, "this job is nuts, if I am here for one more minute I will cry, I want to go home and have a bubble bath and a glass of wine, and never work so I... Continue Reading →

UnEmployment Diaries: Screw job searching, I’m turning to a life of crime.


I have a few new ideas for scraping through these horrible economic times...I'm going to turn to a life of crime. I can be your Bonnie, you can be my Clyde. It seems so romantical! And I've always liked those... Continue Reading →

UnEmployed Diaries: Even the jobless get a case of the Mondays…..and Tuesdays…and Wednesdays…and dangit.


The start of a new week is both the best day and the worst day of the week for the unemployed. A. All you suckers have to get up early and to go to work today! nine to fiiiive hahaha!... Continue Reading →

UnEmployed Diaries: CBEST of me


In a nice little active step towards something that resembles future employment, I took my CBEST today to be qualified to substitute teach! I think I might like teaching. Which is another way of saying I don't ever want to... Continue Reading →

Dear Facebook Ads: Stop mocking me. Singles are people, too.


So at first I thought it was just an ironic, and kinda sweet and helpful coincidence that all the Facebook ads to the right of my page are about dating web sites. There were even a few that I, though... Continue Reading →

ack look out its the annual “valentines day and im STILL SINGLE” note


this day comes and goes every year. and every year i write some brave little toaster that could blog about how I am unaffected by the Hallmark-endorsed charade of love that is February 14. Every year I boldly declare how... Continue Reading →

twenty5 things about me.


1. my favorite flowers are sweet peas. neither sweet nor peas. talk amongst yourselves. 2. my favorite food is cottage cheese. totally plain, right out of the carton, with a fork. 3. im scared of horses. i blame summer camp... Continue Reading →

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