So, this is the first Friday I have had to myself since.... May? Anyhow, the kids are in school, Jeremy is a work, and I am at the coffee shop. So here's a post (using a Chromebook that I am borrowing/ will be buying from a friend, kind of for the purpose of being able to post to my livejournal from the coffeeshop, among other things. Yay real ( Read more... )

The kids have been back to school for 3 weeks now, and I think we are getting the hang of it, except that I am teaching on Mondays now, even though I was off for Labor Day, and I am off again for Rosh Hashanah, so I keep saying to myself, "I can do 'x' on Monday. No I can't; I have to work on Mondays now. Yes I can, I have off." As long as I ( Read more... )

Wednesday was my last day of work until the new year, and it was an easy day. Since the students were doing holiday stuff, I only saw the die-hard kids, and I had fun jamming with them. I also straightened up my classroom and ordered a shirt for Samantha that she has really been wanting. So all in all, a good day at work, though very long, as ( Read more... )

Samantha had a great first day at school - then she was sick for the next 3 days. Now that she has been to school for 12 days (No school on Jewish holidays, Election Day or Labor Day. Seriously, this was the first full week of school!) I can say that she is doing well. She likes her teachers and seems to be getting along with her classmates. I ( Read more... )

I promise that this is my last online notification that my daughter started Kindergarten today! But if a day like today isn't worth writing a journal about, then what is ( Read more... )

Today is our turn to bring a snack for Samantha's pre-school.  For some reason, I just can't bring myself to simply go out and buy stuff.  In December, Samantha and I made sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies.  This time, I decided to make chocolate chip muffins.  (I was inspired by a new Costco cupcake carrier.  I would have made them last night ( Read more... )

Often, I am surprised by how life's changes will affect me.  If I know it's coming, and can imagine what it will be like and play everything out in my head, it should not be a big deal.  I don't think of myself as overly sentimental, but actually, I am.


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Last night we had quite the storm.  You know how in the storm chasers videos the wind is blowing wisps of clouds (technically fog) around the car against a backdrop of black-as-night clouds?  I was driving through that yesterday.  Maybe not the brightest idea, but I didn't know it was going to be THAT bad.  Once we got out of the wind, the ( Read more... )

I can't believe Anne Arundel County had to go to school at the regular time today.  Yeah, the roads were okay, but the sidewalks were so treacherous!  I almost broke my neck slipping on the ice.  And to add to the fun, there is now a leak in the roof of my classroom, so when I walked in, there was a 5 foot wide (not deep, thank goodness) puddle on ( Read more... )