Tonight I saw a few friends doing 30 days of thankfulness for November and it seemed pretty cool. I've tried to do it before, but like most social media fads, I forget after a few days. Like, when I was supposed to do the 10 most influential books, I quit on number 8 or something. … Continue reading November 4: Thankful
November 3: Fall Back
Tonight we time travel once more, to relive the past for an hour at 2 am. I used to LOVE fall back - what's not to love about an extra hour of sleep? - but lately I've been pretty ambivalent about it. First of all, it means nights are going to feel darker sooner, and … Continue reading November 3: Fall Back
November 2: weekend
I am so relieved this week is over. It was extremely busy, tough to keep things in order, Halloween and conferences, and I'm crashing out hard. They boys are off north for hunting, so it's a girl weekend. We're going to be doing some fun things, and I'm going to grade where I can. I'm … Continue reading November 2: weekend
November 1: conferences
I have far more conferences this year since I'm working at two schools, and I have a few proposals and points for consideration: The word "lazy" is now banned. There is probably some reason a 12 year old doesn't get their work done, but calling a kid lazy doesn't help anything and probably just makes … Continue reading November 1: conferences
October 31: Halloween proper
My poor girl got sick today on Halloween! She had a low-grade fever and felt tired, so Dak picked her up from school and took her home for a nap. She was feeling better, supposedly, when I got home to take her out trick-or-treating with her cousins, but after being out for just a little … Continue reading October 31: Halloween proper
October 30: Halloweenween
It's Halloween eve, or "Halloweenween" as one of my classes dubbed it. It was a crazy busy day and I'm having trouble calming my brain. My day: Wake up rush drive teach teach teach teach *breathe* teach teach teach teach teach meeting meeting prep plan plan organize grade write feedback enter grades organize drive *breathe* … Continue reading October 30: Halloweenween
October 29: grateful
I was feeling guilty yesterday about my lack of time and focus for grading essays. Tonight, my friend Lanka texted me and asked if I wanted to go out grading. I had a long day, I'm tired, but I said yes. I love grading dates because it holds me accountable and I still get to … Continue reading October 29: grateful
October 28: guilt
I'm stressing out about how I didn't get done what I wanted to get done this weekend. I had to leave school earlier than I usually would (by hours) because the debate tournament started. That meant that I wasn't able to get my weekly planning done on Friday before leaving, which threw me off. Then, … Continue reading October 28: guilt
October 27: so tired
Soooooooooooo tired. I can't believe how tired I am. I slept til after 11 and I'm now falling asleep between words at night 10 pm. I think the barrage of bad, sad news ha hurt my will to stay awake. I'm fighting a little cold too. Perry and Annika just came into go to bed … Continue reading October 27: so tired
October 26: so many things on my mind
One thing about ADHD is that sometimes my mind is swirling with so many thoughts and ideas that it's impossible to keep them straight. At times like that, I kind of shut down and look for distractions for my mind: reading blogs, looking through twitter, playing a little iPhone game, listening to a podcast, laying … Continue reading October 26: so many things on my mind
Adventures in Distraction 