Aside from a coworker cornering me in the copy room and asking, "so, being single, how are you handling Valentine's Day?" I had a most rocking day. As a junior high teacher, watching young romances think they are blooming is... Continue Reading →
When we were very little, my sisters and I walked to the movie store with my mom. It was just down the street from our house. As we were leaving out the door, a man flashed us. I didn't see... Continue Reading →
Watched the Superbowl yesterday....sorta. Football doesn't hold my interest very much these days. And what misguided marketing major thought that a bunch of people who are rooting for the Packers and the Steelers want to see the Black Eyed Peas... Continue Reading →
Five days of Spirit Week, 120 screaming junior higher, 30 girls at vball tryouts, 11 making the team, a dozen rounds of Theraflu, and seventy billion cups of tea and cough drops later, my battle with influenza or malaria or... Continue Reading →
I LOVE coaching! I had my first practice today...and my girls ROCK!!! They aren't the tallest, but seriously athletic, fast, and I love that they have such a positive attitude about everything. I'm really competitive (surprise) and I know they... Continue Reading →
One of my sweetest sixth graders was so nervous about the tryouts, that she packed her own healthy lunch, with some whole wheat pasta in a thermos, so she would have the carbo-loading necessary to prepare herself properly for tryouts.... Continue Reading →
I made this resolution to get into the habit of blogging once a day, every day, for the entire year of 2011. There is something that seems magical about that number...2-0=1+1 or something maybe. It doesn't mean anything in pager... Continue Reading →
I think I had a good day today. I was thinking a lot. And for some reason, I felt like I got interrupted a lot. It was long. They all feel long. When was the last time someone asked you how... Continue Reading →
This week I'm in the middle of progress reports, and giving some major Latin tests, which is nice, because all the students are quiet when they take tests. But I have to come up with 146 different catch phrases to... Continue Reading →
I remember one of the first times I ever went to Disneyland as a kid. I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, and Jenna and I were in matching blue overalls with big white polka dots on them. We... Continue Reading →
Junior highers are so presh sometimes. Remember being at that age? Their hormones are the driving forces behind everything. They look like little adults, they think they are little adults, but they still have a loooong ways to go. One... Continue Reading →
I wore the Shape-ups to school again today. I was throwing a "Latin Olympics" party for a 6th grade class, so I needed to be able to run around and chase down boys stealing the marshmallow shotputs and pool noodle... Continue Reading →
Sunglasses Always Fit 