The Ancient Greeks had two words for time: chronos and kairos. Chronos refers to linear, sequential time; it's the root of chronological. Kairos refers to the right time for something, an opportunity. I like this idea. If you would have told me a little over a year ago that I would be teaching 7th graders … Continue reading October 25: Moment of Whoa
October 24: Writing buddy
Annika has apparently been struggling with writing at school, so she's been working on it at home a little bit. She's decided to write when I write here, which would be fine if she'd actually write. I'm good with a couple distractions: how to spell things, what word means ... , that kind of stuff. … Continue reading October 24: Writing buddy
October 23: Productive, but boring day
I got out the door late today, which kind of threw the whole day off for me. Since I was too busy watching a movie with Annika last night, I didn't get any work done last night, so I was kind of frazzled today. So I stayed late to work at school and just sort … Continue reading October 23: Productive, but boring day
October 22: Spirited A-what?
I can do a bunch of stuff over a weekend and still be behind. Today reminded me of that at school. So I came home, had dinner, and when Annika started asking about going shopping, I said "how about movie Monday?" I was thinking that I could clean out my backpack, maybe get a couple … Continue reading October 22: Spirited A-what?
October 21: Goodbye, long weekend.
I'm sad the long weekend is coming to a close. I feel like it was balanced nicely: MEA conference on Thursday, Lora's birthday on Friday, work at school and dinner with my son on Saturday, and self-care Sunday. Today I slept in, then picked up a few groceries before making bean chili soup for lunches … Continue reading October 21: Goodbye, long weekend.
October 20: Ghosts
I have a terrible fascination with horror films, but I can't watch them. Seriously - I just leave or watch through my fingers/from behind Dak's shoulder. I have always been particularly scared of/fascinated by ghosts and the paranormal. Maybe it was Poltergeist (the first real ghost movie I watched), maybe it was just the general … Continue reading October 20: Ghosts
October 19: Fifth uninspired day? Hmm.
I haven't been especially inspired to write in 5 Days now. Part of the problem is that I'm sleepy at the end of the day and can't think of anything. Another reason might be that I've been really busy during the day so I'm out of energy by the end. Finally, I'm too easily distracted, … Continue reading October 19: Fifth uninspired day? Hmm.
October 18: relaxing
Today I slept in until 10:30. I haven't done that in ages and it felt really good. Then I ate kind of badly today and went way over my allotted food portions, even though I tried to stay healthy. I ate some rice today and it was filling. So tonight I feel hungry and icky … Continue reading October 18: relaxing
October 17: time off – sleepy
We finally have a longer weekend and I'm totally ready for it. I am actually already half asleep in bed as I write. Better than not writing. I didn't write earlier because I got sucked down the Internet vortex of information. This time, the subject was restaurant food: which ones are healthier and which ones … Continue reading October 17: time off – sleepy
October 16: 2nd day of “blah”
Here I am, another uninspired day. I'm having trouble breathing through my nose, so my throat hurts and my lips are chapped. The dog is curled up next to me and his tummy is gurgling like crazy, which makes me stressed out because last time that happened, he was up at 2 am barfing. The … Continue reading October 16: 2nd day of “blah”
Adventures in Distraction 