I know, I know.  It's been ages since I've really posted.  I'm just feeling a little... stuck. Nothing extraordinary is happening.  I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am doing the right thing by moving from WV.  I'm a good teacher, and I like it, but I don't love it.  And I'm pretty sure teaching is one of those jobs you should love if you're ( Read more... )

 
Happy Spring! After a rainy day yesterday, spring began with me scraping what I hope will be the last frost of the season off my windows. It’s Holy Thursday, and our last day of classes for the quarter. The kids are squirrelly. Hell, the teachers are squirrelly, too. We’re all ready for a week of freedom. For me, the freedom means a chance to ( Read more... )

 It's finals.  Actually, it's finals with an all-new schedule due to a snow day, a high school full of cranky-pants, and the flu knocking down teachers right and left.  Oh!  And I have a bus for DC on Tuesday that currently has 6 people on it.  The parish council will eat me alive ( Read more... )

There's a guy who still makes my heart jump- even though he's unavailable in a gut-wrenching kind of a way.  He looks happier, though, than I've seen him in months.  Perhaps pregnancy does agree with that family, and they can work it out.  I certainly hope so.

Work does on, as I struggle to balance my responsibilities from school with those from ( Read more... )