I start teaching again Monday. I will go in with much the same feeling as I had all those years ago when I first started at AAW: apprehension. I had no idea what I was getting in to the weekend before I started as a long-term sub that year; this year I just don't know what I'm doing when I get back this week. After spending the first week of my ( Read more... )

Because I'm engaged now ( Read more... )

I had my first anxiety dream about the beginning of the school year last night. I was in my classroom (though, of course, it didn't look like it). I had no attendance sheets. In fact, I didn't know which classes I was teaching and when. Katy was there, but she was in a different classroom. I asked her why she'd decided to move (after having spent ( Read more... )

Wow. Seriously, where have I been ( Read more... )

So, Sunday morning, right: I wake up to about a foot and a half of snow (okay, that's a lie; it was probably more like six inches). But it's Sunday morning and I've got church and Sunday school to consider--and not just church, I'm co-hosting. So, I get myself out of bed, get dressed, and eat the last of the $5 pizza out of the fridge. Brian texts ( Read more... )

Okay, well, let's face it: I've kind of been on hiatus lately. It's already almost December, which is kinda freaking me out.

Thanksgiving was good: My folks brought the turkey over; Lis and I made everything else. First big holiday in my own place. Kind of grown up. Except for the fact that it's me living here and not an actual grown-up. But that' ( Read more... )

I'm sleepy today. I wouldn't be writing at all but that I'm avoiding grading papers. My desk at school is reaching critical mass. It's a dangerous thing ( Read more... )

I've had the crappiest start to a week that I've had in a while, which is sad considering I had the best weekend I've had in a while ( Read more... )

So, last night Lis made chicken and pasta for dinner. This was before my foray into baking with the convection oven part II. Okay, so, she baked the chicken on a cookie sheet--three pieces: one for her, one for me, one for later. So, after we ate (and finished watching Heroes) I decided I needed to bake my stuff. So, I go and take care of the left- ( Read more... )

So, I bribe my kids when I've got a sub so they'll be good. I've got no shame. I tell them I'll bring in baked goods if they get an excellent sub report ( Read more... )