No history of this situation has been included in this journal mostly because it all began when my mom died.  Extreme synopsis: She founded and ran a dance studio all my life.  Before she got sick, we had often talked about me taking it over in the distant future, maybe moving home and running it with her for a few years, then her passing the torch ( Read more... )

I never would have envisioned myself being a stay-at-home mom for any length of time.  I've been a workaholic for as long as I can remember, and I specifically remember thinking to myself that there was no way I'd take more than the minimum amount of maternity leave available to me.  I know for a fact that when I created this journal almost 16 ( Read more... )

I was talking about journaling with a coworker today and realized that with as much time as I spend at the computer, I could try to make it a point to at least record a thing or two that made me happy each day. I mean, some days you just... Well, I thought it would be nice to be able to look back at yesterday's or the day before's or last week's ( Read more... )

Yet another year almost over... Year 6 now. It's hard to believe that I've been living down here and working in Haslett for 6 years. It doesn't seem like that long ( Read more... )

Well, I got my student growth assessments done, papers done, and almost all my tests done. I am almost caught up, but not quite. I feel a lot better, though, because the biggest things draining my energy are under my belt ( Read more... )

I think about putting something down in my journal every day. In fact, several times a day I think wistfully about the time I used to spend on journaling and how much I enjoyed it. How much I enjoyed writing in general. Poetry, prose ( Read more... )

They frustrate me often, but more often they bring so much joy into my life. Today was a particularly good day with students, for various small reasons but enough that I wanted to make sure I recorded a little bit of it so I will remember it forever ( Read more... )

Outside of the school day, things were about as hectic as it gets this week. However, I had a fabulous week back. I love my job so much and my heart swells when I think about the kids that I teach. I am going to hit the hay soon but I wanted to remind myself of some things to write about later if I have time ( Read more... )

I used to be such a journaling pro! It isn't that I don't want to write, or even that I don't have time.... Okay, I don't really have time. Or rather, I always have 43920894 other things I should be doing instead of journaling ( Read more... )

I've been lamenting all week how I'm stuck inside catching up with my life while the weather outside is, for the most part, incredibly beautiful. Since I have mostly computer work to do, today I decided to take matters into my own hands and have set up a station on my balcony. I'm seated in one of my comfy lawn chairs amongst what I ( Read more... )