i always do this.
i'm sorry to have disappeared for months! you should know me by now though, and if you don't know me all that well, i guess now's the time to tell you - i disappear in the summer. it's taken me a while to realize that i do this pretty consistently, so i apologize in advance for what i know will happen again next year.
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Originally uploaded by kittenlogic. ANYWAY. wtf have i been doing? first, the jamaica trip in august. that was probably the most incredible trip of my life. it's hard for me to really talk about it, because it was so much more than a vacation. the woman who took us is a doctor of alternative medicine and a spiritual advisor, and after a week there, talking to her and her people (she brought her personal assistant and the woman who helps run her yoga studio), i feel like a completely different person. in fact, had i not gone, i would have been completely destroyed by this school year. that trip was SO physically and emotionally cleansing, and i am endlessly thankful for the opportunity to go.
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Originally uploaded by kittenlogic. then when we came home, we went to the dale chihuly exhibition at the conservatory in pittsburgh. absolutely amazing.
if you want to see my peektures, here's a link to the jamaica album, and here's the chihuly album, because i took SO many that linking them all will take hours. if you're not a friend of mine on flickr, you can't see the people pictures, but there are VERY few. i was so inspired by the nature and the scenery and the sky and the art that taking pictures of people that i see all the time seemed kind of silly.
so i came home from paradise and got ready for the school year. there wasn't really anything i could do to get prepared for it. we had very little time to do a TON of things - they didn't have everyone hired that they needed to, nothing was cleaned or moved the day before school started, and in-service days were JAM PACKED with crappy presentations and seminars. i mean, we were so busy that first week that we had to walk out of meetings to use the bathroom, because there was no time otherwise.
my classes are what i expected - some days they are ok and some days i want to kill them all. however, since i got my schedule about 3 days before classes officially began, i've STILL been running around, trying to get everything together. what you need to understand is that my district is really poor, so luxuries such as air conditioning, copy machines, maintenance, and basic supplies (oh you know, chalk? pencils?) are pretty much nonexistent. so everything that i need to do or get has to be done before or after school, and often with my own money. i've been waking up at 5:30, teaching all day, then getting home by 5 if i'm lucky. it's been an exhausting 3 weeks, to say the very least.
i got really sick this week but didn't want to take days already, so i dragged myself in. talk about misery on legs.
other than all that, i'm still alive. i think i've managed to get myself organized enough that i can finally use weekends and evenings for fun. crazy, i know!
in mid-october, jessica and i are no longer considering going to rhinebeck, we're DEFINITELY GOING. why? because now that i actually have money, i am going to treat myself to a new wheel. a majacraft suzie pro, specifically. and if they have the accelerator head, i'm going to get that too. then i'll be totally set, and i can spin again.
so i have a lot to look forward to, and on the hard days i can come home and snuggle in my beloved sheepies. i hope everyone has been alright! don't forget, if you're not on my teaching filter, tell me you want to be on it! friends i've had forever, you're on it already. but some of you new dudes might be missing out. comment and let me know.
♥
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Originally uploaded by kittenlogic. ANYWAY. wtf have i been doing? first, the jamaica trip in august. that was probably the most incredible trip of my life. it's hard for me to really talk about it, because it was so much more than a vacation. the woman who took us is a doctor of alternative medicine and a spiritual advisor, and after a week there, talking to her and her people (she brought her personal assistant and the woman who helps run her yoga studio), i feel like a completely different person. in fact, had i not gone, i would have been completely destroyed by this school year. that trip was SO physically and emotionally cleansing, and i am endlessly thankful for the opportunity to go.
100_2739
Originally uploaded by kittenlogic. then when we came home, we went to the dale chihuly exhibition at the conservatory in pittsburgh. absolutely amazing.
if you want to see my peektures, here's a link to the jamaica album, and here's the chihuly album, because i took SO many that linking them all will take hours. if you're not a friend of mine on flickr, you can't see the people pictures, but there are VERY few. i was so inspired by the nature and the scenery and the sky and the art that taking pictures of people that i see all the time seemed kind of silly.
so i came home from paradise and got ready for the school year. there wasn't really anything i could do to get prepared for it. we had very little time to do a TON of things - they didn't have everyone hired that they needed to, nothing was cleaned or moved the day before school started, and in-service days were JAM PACKED with crappy presentations and seminars. i mean, we were so busy that first week that we had to walk out of meetings to use the bathroom, because there was no time otherwise.
my classes are what i expected - some days they are ok and some days i want to kill them all. however, since i got my schedule about 3 days before classes officially began, i've STILL been running around, trying to get everything together. what you need to understand is that my district is really poor, so luxuries such as air conditioning, copy machines, maintenance, and basic supplies (oh you know, chalk? pencils?) are pretty much nonexistent. so everything that i need to do or get has to be done before or after school, and often with my own money. i've been waking up at 5:30, teaching all day, then getting home by 5 if i'm lucky. it's been an exhausting 3 weeks, to say the very least.
i got really sick this week but didn't want to take days already, so i dragged myself in. talk about misery on legs.
other than all that, i'm still alive. i think i've managed to get myself organized enough that i can finally use weekends and evenings for fun. crazy, i know!
in mid-october, jessica and i are no longer considering going to rhinebeck, we're DEFINITELY GOING. why? because now that i actually have money, i am going to treat myself to a new wheel. a majacraft suzie pro, specifically. and if they have the accelerator head, i'm going to get that too. then i'll be totally set, and i can spin again.
so i have a lot to look forward to, and on the hard days i can come home and snuggle in my beloved sheepies. i hope everyone has been alright! don't forget, if you're not on my teaching filter, tell me you want to be on it! friends i've had forever, you're on it already. but some of you new dudes might be missing out. comment and let me know.
♥