I remember what my priorities used to be. Wiggling my toes in the sandbox. Hanging upside-down until all of the blood rushed to my head. New books and a perfect seat in the sycamore tree. Matt teaching me how to wrestle and throw a football. (Yes, I was a fantastic tomboy at the age of 8.) Jumping off of the swings. Games so complicated we ( Read more... )

Good Lord, I have been going nonstop since 5:30 this morning. The day was psychotically, chaotically, neurotically, sadistically crazy ( Read more... )

Today I decided it's not such a bad thing for the kids to call me, "Ma'am." Respect comes in small doses sometimes, and occasionally makes me feel like an old lady. Such is life ( Read more... )

Even at my very best, when I give eveything I have and run at full speed I'm still only marginal at this. Things get lost, confused. Deadlines come and go. I rush and rush and am always behind. This isn't right for me. Lately I even find it hard to smile and make everything all right. Because it isn't. I'm twisted up, pulled in 1,000 ( Read more... )

Wow. I guess we should look for the Sarah Hughes haircut, coming soon to a salon near you... (Oh come on, I know you watch figure skating, too.)

Yesterday was a killer, but today went pretty well. I pinned a big yellow piece of paper with a plus sign on it to my shirt, and drew plus signs on all of the kids' hands to remind us to "be positive." Then we practiced asking for things and reacting to things in a positive way. It was cheesy as hell, but it seemed to work. They're very into ( Read more... )

Argh. I just finished averaging grades for 2nd trimester. Yes, I could have done it over the weekend. But, come on, it was the weekend. Actually, it doesn't ever take as long as I think it will. It is a lot of mindless number crunching. Maybe that's what it's like being an accountant. Remind me of this the next time I complain about my job ( Read more... )

I got up this morning and did 45 minutes of Pilates, then rewarded myself with a chocolate bar. Just kidding. I rewarded myself with a nice, long shower. I've started to loathe the woman on my Pilates tapes. She does all of these awful contortionist moves like pulling her leg up to her head and balancing on just her tailbone, whatever. Then ( Read more... )

I did get some new sneakers; they are kind of weird looking (all new sneakers look weird to me,) but super comfortable. They're FILA's, and I got them at Ross for $27. I'm hardly a runner, so it's not worth buying running shoes at full price. I've been walking after school with some of the other teachers. I am officially one of those women who ( Read more... )

To better illustrate my general dorkiness/geekiness I bought my own domain a while back. I never did anything with it, though. It was too much hassle to find a host for the site, ftp everything from my old homepage, etc., etc. But, having nothing better to do with a Saturday afternoon, I dove in yesterday and found a host, ftp-ed, and rewrote a ( Read more... )