I woke up and said to myself: Thank GOD it’s Saturday. It was Tuesday. How’d your week go? Sunday I’m not sure what it was that made this week so exhausting. Maybe it was the amount of meals I substituted frosting for, or the dreams that felt like full days in themselves, but whatever the…
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2021 April – Week 17
Is 2021 over yet? Just kidding. Kind of. I hate wishing for the passing of time, but also, like, this year sucks ass. Sunday At least it throws fun-shaped carrots at me. Monday And surprises me with acceptances on subs I’d completely forgotten about. Or, rather, sub. Singular. Still, this made me smile. And then…
2021 April – Week 16
I got the second COVID vaccine. She was a dirty bitch. Saturday night, about twelve hours after I’d gotten the shot, she slapped me hard. If you’ve ever sprained an ankle, perhaps you’re familiar with the feeling of being swollen, heavy… the dull yet persistent, permeating ache, and the way your ankle protests being used….
2021 April – Week 15
It’s starting to not feel like a pandemic anymore. It obviously isn’t over, but it feels like the sun is rising on a new day… We’re all still masked-up at school, big events are still postponed, and I remain cautious. But everyone and everything feels more optimistic right now. Until, you know, you look at…
2021 April – Week 14
Who doesn’t love a week off, especially when the weather is so ready for you to join it outside? The temperature mostly sat in the upper sixties and lower seventies (though there was a day that reached for eighty and very nearly grabbed it), and the sun blessed us with a warmth the wind lightly…
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…
2021 February – Week 8
The last week of February was fairly eventful. A return to school, a tough decision, a discussion with my neurologist… The discussion went well. The decision about whether to coach lacrosse again this year was difficult, but ultimately I think it’s best if I step back. Having made the decision, I now feel immense relief….