do some cleaning do laundry do yoga drink water work on my grades plan out my time sleep more eat walk breathe deep soak in a cool bath cook file my snaggy nail wear my retainer go to the doctor/orthodontist buy ice buy water put that thing back in my trunk clean out my purse…

Mercuryfrog & Mountain Toad are interviewing my students right now. This is kind of fun for me. First time my husband has seen my place of work or met any of my students. Sometimes you freak out about different parts of your life or people coming together, but this is really fun for me. This…

Amazingly I am awake. I was so tired when I first got up this morning and have been really tired lately. I get up at 6 am every day of the week except Monday. Things are going well at the moment and I feel like I have good momentum, but I am getting a little…

I am at work this morning in my sweltering classroom. I don’t get why it is so hard for the authorities here to have the rooms kept at a normal temperature. Most of the time it is either freezing or boiling. Why can’t they just set the thermostat to like 77 degrees at all times.…

I am physically tired. My mind needs a day or two, just to get around all of the stuff I have to do and how it will all get done. My task list is so long at this point that I start to feel an inner anxiety when I think about it. I can’t seem…

I love America…present company included. We do have our share of idiots and more than our share of loudmouths who talk a lot and say nothing. We are selfish and humble, spoiled and hardworking. We have opportunity that we let flatten under our feet because the game is on. We watch reality television and laugh…

Christopher and I have started walking in the mornings. It is quite nice. We get some exercise and get a chance to talk about the little daily things in more detail. It is lovely when you find an extra bit of time you didn’t know you had, :)and even better when you get to spend…

I am skipping my usual low cal lunch for a small indulgenc, which is important from time to time. The school is providing us with complimentary root beer floats in celebration of the 4th. The root beer is a local brand, (Big Bear) very good. And the icecream is homemade, also a plus. So these…

I just witnessed a thought provoking interlude between 2 of my work colleagues. It went like this: A: Gooood morning (quite cheerful). B: What’s good about it? (bitterly). A: Everything! (then inquisitively) What’s bad about it? B: Everything. It’s all in how you look at it, but these 4 lines of rather common dialouge just…

Well, maybe not. Maybe it’s neutral. Time is the only thing that is ever consistant anymore. I am starting school in the fall. Master’s program. It’s a little daunting, but I want to get it out of the way. Otherwise it just becomes another one of those things just looming on the horizon, waiting to…