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To try and help inspire writing, I am subscribed to a writing prompt that is delivered daily to my inbox. However, I have a terrible habit of reading emails on my phone and then never looking at them again. The... Continue Reading →

Top 10 Ways the Technology is Sucking Out My Soul (and probably yours, too) (301)


10. GPS - I have a love/hate relationship with GPS. I remember fondly the days of getting the swim team roster and pulling out the Thomas Brothers mapbook, looking up the addresses of all the cute boys. I miss feeling my... Continue Reading →

It’s a Saturday night (296)


this morning I checked my stats, just chilling on my phone, checking me stats as I went pee (what kind of world do we live in where I take my cell phone to go pee? like i might get bored... Continue Reading →

Teacher Diaries: “I like the new teacher girl.” (286)


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 →

Teacher Diaries – My Special Summer – Quotes so Far


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 →

Running. Vampire Geese. Yellow. A New Perspective.


I have a park near my house where I do a 3.5 mile loop most evenings, for almost two years now. I love Daylight Savings allowing me the sunlight to run even after work and volleyball. But sometimes I find... Continue Reading →

267: Hunger Games and Sisters


We went to a sneak "hunger games" last night, because my aunt and uncle got the hook up. its pretty sweet - free happy hour at cheesecake factory and then see a movie before anyone else can? yeah...yeah i think... Continue Reading →

“you are the only one making yourself feel this way”


i am one of those who wears her heart on her sleeve. i can't lie very well, i can't keep a secret, i can't hold in laughter or tears. how i am feeling and what i am thinking is usually... Continue Reading →

Find a Happy Place


Tryouts are over, the volleyball team has bees chosen, I feel good about my choices, I'm sorer than I've been in a year. Holding tryouts knowing youll cut half the girls in attendance is rough. They sprinted and wall sat... Continue Reading →

235: GringaDiaries: SCUBA-Certified in Utila


We're getting really good at waking up at obnoxious hours to take obnoxious busrides to get to beautiful places. Maybe when I get back to the states I can lead courses on how to torture your sleep cycles for all... Continue Reading →

2011 Highlights of Danger – I’m SO Alive!


I just drove 10 hours by myself back from Portland, one of the best vacations of my life. En serio. I can be cynical about holidays like NYE, Valentine's Day, etc., which seem to scream "Hey you! You're single! And... Continue Reading →

212: Home for the Holidays


These next few weeks, millions of young professionals are heading back home for the holidays. These are funny times for us; we’re used to our own agendas, our own apartments, a faster pace, and spending more time with friends than... Continue Reading →

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