We are in the middle of our annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie marathon on New Years Eve - it's part of the tradition we accidentally stumbled upon quite a few years ago. We have a smorgasbörd with smoked fish, fancy cheese, bread, fruits, veggies, and treats and watch MST3K. The first year we did … Continue reading December 31: Peace
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December 25: Merry
I wish I had some sort of warm, deep Christmas message today, but I'm afraid I'm pretty bland. I seem to be developing a cold and Anders definitely has a virus. We both slept much of the way up to Bemidji, where we had a lovely Christmas dinner with family. They played a rousing game … Continue reading December 25: Merry
December 20: appreciation
In all my mopeyness, I haven't taken the time to express the good things. This warmed my heart so much. Last night, Annika was making all these drawings: some had the Fortnite logo, which surprised me because she kind of hates Fortnite. I went to take a look at her drawings and she told me … Continue reading December 20: appreciation
November 22: Thanksgiving
I suppose I need to write what I'm grateful for this year. I'm sure I'll forget some things, but here goes: My amazing husband who puts up with my shit and bakes pumpkin pies from scratch in the morning and lets me sleep in as late as I want most days and makes sure I … Continue reading November 22: Thanksgiving
November 21: Better
If you would have told me on Monday that I would leave school on Wednesday feeling *good* about things, I would have laughed in your face. But here we are. Teaching can give me metaphorical whiplash: one day can be terrible and I leave feeling like I'm the worst teacher in the world, the next … Continue reading November 21: Better
November 19: Thanks, Community
Today I made a shameless plea for encouragement or funny pictures to help me feel better about a shitty day and IT WAS SO AMAZING. Seriously, I'm thankful for my extended community right now. I left work feeling kind of defeated, like I am a shitty teacher, and wondering what kind of job I should … Continue reading November 19: Thanks, Community
November 4: Thankful
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
Adventures in Distraction 