Well, as of Wednesday, the house is on the market.  So ( Read more... )

The last day and a half have been a loop of "should I be at work?", "no, I feel crap", "other people go to work when they're a little ill", I'm not that bad", "should I be at work", and so on ( Read more... )

We have this thing called the Zone at the school where I work. It's reward play-time for kids who have made good choices. I supervise it for a half-hour per day ( Read more... )

I passed!  I am now licensed to drive on this narrow-roaded island.  Whew!  I absolutely abhor taking driving tests, but I got lucky and ended up with a very calm and friendly examiner.  Couple that with my calm, patient, and very capable driving instructor and my own driving history in the states and I guess I was well positioned to pass.  ( Read more... )

I have an honest to goodness snow day.  There's more snow around, they say, than the country has seen in 18 years and my school is closed.  I'm now looking forward to staying curled up on the couch with old comforting shows and a good book.  Might even get a little writing or crocheting done.  I'm quite relieved because I was debating about whether ( Read more... )

I have been supremely sucking at posting in any form lately.  52 Weeks is dusty, world_alphabet is neglected, and this journal... well, it's been a while.  I blame this on a few things ( Read more... )

Week 15 is up (though I posted no image this week because it won't show up on my camera ( Read more... )

Week 14 is up at 52 Weeks.  I'm pretty sure I'm not cut out for NaNoWriMo.  I only have around 3000 words and we're more than a quarter into November ( Read more... )

Honestly, I've become so cynical about my country that I still can't quite believe the news is true.  Obama won.  I was whispering "yes" in front of the computer this morning, but still... wow.

I think the thing that made me really stop and realize how much of an impact this decision has is something that a co-worker passed along to me today.  She ( Read more... )

Ah, guilt.  Expected guilt as I always, without exception, feel guilty about missing work.  I'm still not feeling brilliant, so I'm sitting in bed sniffling rather than dragging myself around school sniffling.  Even though I feel loads better than Saturday and Sunday, I figure I feel bad enough and if I were to go to work today and then get worse ( Read more... )