I’ve been thinking a lot about my new year’s resolutions and my monthly goals lately (probably because I’m pretty much failing miserably at many of them), and for many weeks now, something has just felt OFF about them. I couldn’t pinpoint it at first, but during my run this morning (and during my post-run …
His/Hers: Breakfast
One of the things I love most about summer is the slowness of the morning–during the school year, I wake up at 5:40 A.M. every morning and spend the next 45 minutes racing around the dark apartment in a crazed frenzy prepping my breakfast, doing my hair, packing a lunch, and trying to find a …
All Moved In & No Place To Go
Today for me marks the first “real” day of summer since it’s the first time in over a month that I could sleep in without fear of missing a commitment (or like, you know, work and stuff). This morning I read to chapter five in Divergent (yes, I finally hopped on that particular train) while …
Things I Wanted to Say to my Students Yesterday (But Didn’t)
cartoon via For anyone who’s been living in a cave somewhere in the desert, the end of school has come and gone (for a lot of school districts anyway). So while I was getting ready to finally leave the school last night at 8 PM (the students had all gone home at 11:30), I …
Thoughts on Living In the Same Place
With our moving date settling in ever closer, I’ve been getting a little nostalgic. Even though we’re moving just a few blocks down (less than a mile away), the move is still causing me to reflect on the impact of our decision to stay in this exact apartment for the last three years. …
Running Off the Clock: Perks and Pitfalls
Even with the half marathon a few weeks behind me, I’ve been pleased to find that I’m still motivated enough (or at least conditioned enough) to keep running three times a week. Last Saturday I even ran 7 miles just for the heck of it (and not because my training schedule told me I …
5 Things
1. Today was the last Monday of the school year. If that’s not worth celebrating, I don’t know what is. 2. After over a year of making do with just one vehicle, we are getting another car. Seeing as Matt just started a second part-time job this week, we really couldn’t put it off …
Little Weekend Getaway
Last weekend, Matt and I escaped down to Midway and Heber City for a little late anniversary getaway. Way back in December, my mom and stepdad treated us to a gift certificate to The Blue Boar, where we’d spent the first night of our honeymoon. The Blue Boar is a positively charming bed and …