Last weekend, we ended up going home as a semi-last-minute surprise for Mom’s Day. While home, we finally got to meet my darling nephew Evan for the first time, and I’ve gotta say: that hubby of mine sure is handsome with a wee babe in his arms. (But don’t get any ideas, folks—we’re not planning …
Tuesday Tell-All
*When your mom’s got four girls and two of those four girls have recently had babies who do funky toe tricks, of COURSE the only logical thing to do when you all get together is to start spreading out your toes in front of each other to see if the weird baby foot tricks are …
This Kind of Feels Like Defeat, But Not
Okay, let’s get real, folks: the last month of your first year of teaching is really, REALLY busy/stressful/emotional/tiring/draining/sleep-deprived/crazy. You know it’s bad when one of your favorite hobbies (blogging) is starting to feel like just one more thing on that monstrous to-do list. You know it’s REALLY bad when you’re stressing yourself sick over …
My Success According to Standardized Tests
Pretty much everybody agrees that standardized testing is an ineffective measure of what a student has really learned at best and a manipulative, soul-crushing tool at worst, but just in case anyone was wondering, I got my students’ preliminary end-of-level test scores back today. A little background info: *most schools consider you a good teacher …
Tuesday Tell-All, A Day Late
*On Monday, I told my sixth hour class that the next day was my anniversary AND Teacher Appreciation Day, so I was expecting them to bring in Diet Dr. Pepper and chocolate and shower me with love and appreciation. I also may or may not have told them that if they did, I would let …
Two-Year Anniversary
(our wedding day, 1st year anniversary, and 2nd anniversary (this year!)) Sometimes it’s hard to believe that we’ve already been married two years, but I can still remember it all as if it were yesterday: the giddy excitement as we met at the temple, the overwhelming peace as I said that I would take …
The Time I Discovered that I’m Still Bad at Bowling
Sometimes in my secret life (the one that goes on in my head when I need an escape from reality), I pretend that I’m really good at bowling. Usually this fantasy only crops up when I actually AM bowling, and if I was to use all of my psychology knowledge on myself, I would say …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 18
If you are a teacher of any kind at all, you will have a hefty paperload: assignments/tests to grade, articles to read, curriculum outlines, lesson plans, literature printouts, etc. But if you are a Language Arts or English teacher (like I am), you can bet that your paper load will be about triple or quadruple of …