*I am just itching to go out on a fall walk, what with all the trees changing and all. Someone want to come teach for me so I can have a break? *Actually, I’m getting my first sub tomorrow, since I’ll be heading down south for a training all day. I’m a little nervous–I’ve already …
This Is What Turning 26 Looks Like
Turning 26 looks like: *Trying out a new-to-us Mexican restaurant when my sister and brother-in-law come into town *Getting new white USU shirts to show our Aggie pride *Watching our beloved Aggies stomp UNLV *Spending time with the man I love (who got me that new season of Big Bang Theory I’ve been just dying …
Thoughts on Being a First-Year Teacher
Whenever I thought about being a teacher when I was younger, I imagined myself after 10, 15, 20 years of teaching–you know, the teacher who knows it all and has a reputation for being brilliant and demanding and personable, all at once. Basically, I thought of the teachers who had made the most difference in …
Tuesday Tell-All, Wednesday Edition
*Okay, so I know that a Tuesday Tell-All on a Wednesday is not exactly accurate (unless, of course, all my telling was about Tuesday). But yesterday was a little on the rough side, okay? I had to have a come-to-Jesus talk with my Creative Writing class (after which no one dared to move, much less …
Kickoff to Birthday Week
Wanna know the funnest part about having a birthday five days apart from your spouse? Starting the birthday celebrating early and ending it late. By this I mean that we can stretch out all the parties and presents and it’s-my-birthday-bring-me-chocolate excuses to last ourselves almost two weeks. It’s basically awesome. This year, we kicked off …
Anatomy of a Messy Kitchen
Thank goodness the weekend is finally here, even if it does just mean that I have this mess to look forward to cleaning up: Bring it on, kitchen. Happy weekend, friends!
The Most Unsafe Park in the World
Welcome to Marble Park in Tremonton, Utah–the least kid-safe park in the entire world. But with that said, it might just be the coolest park I’ve ever been to. See that horse sculpture on the left? Looks lovely and relatively harmless, right? Well, as you can probably already tell from the photo on the right, …
Tuesday Tell-All
*I read the FUNNIEST story by a student today in my creative writing class–I literally cried when I was re-relating it to Matt tonight when I came home. She was recounting her earliest childhood memory, which involved her wanting to play with her brother’s Lincoln Logs. Her brother told her she couldn’t play with them, …