My proudest moment of teaching all year: Today, after my first class had finished up, "Johnny" kept poking at and tickling the girl sitting next to him. She kept asking him to stop, and he wouldn't, despite my having redirected him a couple of times. Johnny said, "I want to handcuff you and tickle you until you scream," and then said, "What? What, ( Read more... )

A week later, Harley is doing much better ( Read more... )

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I've been doing my start-of-the-year survival unit.  It has stories in it in which people die (Welcome to high school; the stories just got real.)  Having read the story "Most Dangerous Game," I'm having the students view the 1932 film starring Faye Wray, Joel McCrea, and Leslie Banks to do a compare/contrast with decisions in how Zaroff's evil is ( Read more... )

I gained about eight pounds, and lost them again.  I got through the end of the school year, and all the kids welcomed me back, and that was very nice.  Steps at school were wicked, though, and I tend to stay on one floor when I go places, because they wipe me out big time ( Read more... )

Check in with the surgeon general summary: *Sigh* I'm fine, but not as far along as fast as I'd like, which my surgeon says is normal for someone with diabetes.  She says I'm doing quite well.

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I went to my local SF convention, Marcon.  It being Easter weekend, the turnout was quite low, but it was nice to see many friends.  And, in March, which if I remember, is one of the reasons Marcon got it's name oh, so MANY years ago before moving to Memorial Day.  Next year, it will be over Mother's Day in May, which will be closer to "normal" ( Read more... )

This morning, I was awakened by a combination of my post-surgery pain meds wearing off, and Sparkle pitching a fit, and the tight, angry, low voice of my darling husband, trying to enforce reason on the family.  Sparkle had invaded her big brothers' room, and had torn apart several things that Dino had made using K'Nex, Legos, or other such put-em- ( Read more... )

I am back home after my surgery on Wednesday.

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The sometimes open Indian Food Restaurant near our library was open Friday night when I was returning library books, so I stopped by to get some curried goodness ( Read more... )