★ So, I had been worriedly anticipating an evaluation conference with one of my administrators. They're both so lovely, but everyone's been completely stressed out at school recently that I think I had in my head that she was going to sit there and just babble at me about everything I'm not doing as a teacher, and all of the reasons that I suck ( Read more... )

I just had a father burst into tears at a conference and thank me so deeply for everything I was doing for his son this year. This has happened before, but never so profoundly and not in a long time.

Sometimes I wish I knew how to convey to families just how much their children do for me: the way they inspire me, give me such unconditional love, ( Read more... )

Hi guys. ♥

school:It rained all week, so we were all stuck inside all day every day. We also had two days of flickering power and unreliable a/c. It was a pretty amusing adventure, all told ( Read more... )

Thank you all for your comments and support. ♥

The first day went well. I'm exhausted and happy. Plans are done for tomorrow, ducks are in a row, and I am going to log off, curl up with some Sherlock/John fic on my Kindle, and then go to bed extremely early. :P ( Read more... )

random lists (are apparently all I post about ( Read more... )

☮ I am determined to hit 40k on my story today. I haven't had any time to write in about two weeks and I'm feeling both a bit of withdrawal and guilt for those that are following this story on the anon-meme and haven't had an update in that long ( Read more... )

Matt fucking Damon, you guys. God, sometimes I forget how much I adore this man.

He gave a speech to teachers at a rally in Washington DC yesterday, here is a link to his speech. I was in tears by the end of it.

Amen. He totally gets it. *raises a glass to my fellow educators*

★ Have been writing a lot recently. I will have Sherlock/John gun!porn (that's only sort of gun!porn) to post either tonight or tomorrow. Yay!

★ My Cumberbrunchers introduced me (via a field trip!) on Saturday to Lush. omg. My skin is all sparkly and shiny and I smell so good. How did I not know about this store before now ( Read more... )

God, I love my class.

I know this is not news. :P but I've just been watching them today, thinking about how far they've come, how much they've learned, and I'm really not ready to say goodbye yet. They're so clever, so kind, so active.

I'm going to miss them so much. *sniffle*

Okay. /teacher moment. Go about your business. <3

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Ahhh, coming up on busy days. There are eleven days of school left, and I'm really not ready to say goodbye to my class yet ( Read more... )