Due to the SF Giants being in the World Series again this year, I've experienced a huge boost in blog hits (something like 4,000 in the past week alone) simply because people are googling for "brian wilson's girlfriend." First -... Continue Reading →
This is my fourth year of teaching junior high, and unfortunately I'm having one of those quarter-life crisis moments where you look at your job, calculate how much time you spend loving it minus the time you spend hating it,... Continue Reading →
I work as a junior high teacher. This morning, as I walked in, clearly hustling from the parking lot, arms full of various bags, freshly make-upped, haired, clothed in what I *thought* was a cute outfit, a mom I normally adore... Continue Reading →
I wrote my grandma's obituary tonight. Her death is getting more real, but still just a weird thing that happened. But it's getting to the time when we talk about random memories of her. Like tonight, we were referencing Waterworld,... Continue Reading →
My grandma is dead. It was a Saturday, around lunch time. (In my family, we tend to measure time by the meals, not the hours.) She looked like herself, just hooked to machines, and there was one that wouldn't stop beeping,... Continue Reading →
Forgive me, readers, for I have lived away from my blog. It has been two months since my last post. A lot has gone down this summer, and my Fall is going to be busier. It's my fourth year of... Continue Reading →
I am sitting in a towel on my couch looking up lyrics to a song I'm singing in a wedding in Colorado on Saturday morning and packing for my trip. That's not entirely true. I'm mostly on Facebook and Pinterest.... Continue Reading →
I made it through my first week of special ed summer school, and as a reward, came down with a case of strep throat. (Side note: if you need a new diet trick, google images for "strep throat." Appetite will... Continue Reading →
This summer I am teaching Special Ed in a class with nine nine-year-old boys. Needless to say, I'm exhausted and have had frozen yogurt three nights in a row. As dinner. It's also possible that I'm drinking a lot of... Continue Reading →
I finished my third year teaching junior high Friday! Yay! And because we wouldn't want the fun to stop there, I spent Saturday in a teaching seminar! Yay! (By "yay" I meant I was mostly daydreaming about margaritas and pool... Continue Reading →
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