Life started to feel like… life? again. I returned to the school building, was able to spend some much needed time with Amanda, and I ventured into the world a little, hitting up TJ Maxx for a single needed item and walking away with seven shirts and a sugar holder I have no use for….
Category: 2021 March
2021 March – Week 12
For years— since before I was one of his students a hundred years ago— Dr. Erion has been promoting something called X Day. He’s devised a whole list of criteria used to determine whether a day is actually the X Day (for example, temperatures have to hit 70 degrees and stay there for a certain…
2021 March – Week 11
We’ve officially been in pandemic mode for over a year. We went home from school and into lockdown in March 2020 on Friday the 13th. One year later, there’s a lot to reflect on. Almost too much, at least at the macro level. Quite a bit on a personal level, too. It’s interesting how we…
2021 March – Week 10
Week ten was… a long week. Work has been stressful lately with the pressure admin has put on the ELA department to administer and analyze the STAR exam. Plus, my co-teacher has been out for three weeks because of an injury, I had my formal observation, and our rosters continue to change as students return…
2021 March – Week 9
Holy shit, it’s March. Sunday I made a new friend! Well, okay, Jasper and I aren’t exactly friends yet… But when I realized it wasn’t a stray cat eating from the food dish on my porch, I opened the door to say hi and he just sort of speed-walked away. This bodes well for two…