I just skimmed through my last several entries and realized almost all of them end with a comment on going to bed. Well, that's what happens when I write right before sleeping ( Read more... )

I've been trying to do a Murder Mystery Dinner with Shannon for several months now. We finally set a time: next Friday ( Read more... )

I have always had a class policy that my students are not allowed to talk in the hallway, punishable by death. Now it's an official school rule, too, meaning they can't get away with anything ( Read more... )

Today as I was shaving my legs, my razor caught on my knee in a terrible way that I knew would result in much blood. It took three seconds to show up, but sure enough, there was blood. I haven't cut myself this badly since I was twelve, and I felt all kinds of stupid over it. I'm a grown woman, twenty-four years old! Surely I'm past this by now!

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Last year, I had a reading group who were notorious for not getting their work done. It plum drove me nuts. One day, I looked one kid right in the eye and said, "If you don't finish your work, you'll wish you'd never been born!"

It meant so much to me that I promptly forgot I said it.

The next Monday, Francis casually strolled into my classroom and ( Read more... )

The following conversation happened just prior to apartment prayer ( Read more... )