this is an honest request. i need to get off the couch, where i normally throw these parties, and get to a real table. that would be an adult step up. out of my sweatpants and away from boxed wine?... Continue Reading →
I'm pretty sure I'm not a good teacher. And I definitely know I'm not supposed to be a mom yet. Here's why... I always joke with my students that if there were ever a real fire on campus, I would... Continue Reading →
Favorite moment of the day....a kid in my Spanish class told a five minute story about "one of the saddest days of my life" when a friend's mom promised to get him a slurpee, but she didn't. I threw back... Continue Reading →
Saturday is THE.DAY. CSET testing day. Five Hours. 162 multiple choice questions, 11 short essays, covering Columbus to genetics, quadratic equations to your mom, and everything in between. If I pass, things are great. If I don't....there will be ___________... Continue Reading →
i got a beautiful text message yesterday that read "made some gnarly fadeorade today and thought of you! miss you!" from someone i used to call my soulmate. we haven't seen each other in years. it made me nostalgic for... Continue Reading →
My eye hurts. my knee hurts. is this what it feels like for old people? random body parts start tingling and aching and then one day you're old? i read a book about a leper colony in hawai'i at the turn... Continue Reading →
What did we do before the internet? Sometimes I have a hard time remembering using things like a dictionary, a map, a phone book, an address book. I can remember our family's first modem...the dial up sounds "wreeeeeeEEEEEE whirrr whirrrr.....DEE... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite questions to ask of my junior high students is: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I get all kinds of fantastic answers....the most famous being "a raper" when he meant to write "a rapper."... Continue Reading →
Fav moment of the day: When I took my high heels off and simultaneously sipped a sweet pinot grigio post-Back to School Night. It.was.Heaven. Things I did this weekend: hung out with my handsome and somewhat obnoxious friend El Rico... Continue Reading →
I teach a unique group of people known as junior highers. Faced with nearly insurmountable amounts of hormones that take over nearly all of their brain, spewing from their pituatary glands and leaking out their armpits, they are often... Continue Reading →
Omg. School. Its back. Miss Weight is back. Rm 224 is open for crazy. Teaching makes time go reeeally quickly. Summer is never long enough, but there are always a few days sprinkled in when I can say "today is... Continue Reading →
Orientation was pretty fun today. Besides a couple of overbearing moms who aren't quite ready to let the oldest or babyness go into junior high, most of the students and their parents seemed pretty excited. And they are so small!... Continue Reading →
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