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Posted 2017-12-23T21:03:42Z

Clean Slate

So I accidentally wiped my whole hard drive yesterday when an update on my computer went wrong. Don't worry, the only document I didn't have backed up anywhere was the draft scraps of what I planned to shape into a memoir. It's par for the course in my life, really. I'm notoriously bad with technology, but I have a super gracious coworker who took my computer for the day and managed to reset it to allow me to still use this expensive gift that's barely four years old. In all honesty, I'm praising God that I'm typing this week's update on my laptop instead of my phone because it was quite an exciting week.[...]

Posted 2017-12-17T22:58:36Z

Day by Day by Hour or So

I finally made it to Christmas break. It was a bit touch and go at the end, but I took it one day at a time. Actually, to be completely honest, I was taking it about ten minutes at a time. I wrote a post a long time ago ripping of my friend Q's idea about how some days all she can do is take a breath and get through the next ten minutes. [...]

Posted 2017-12-10T15:11:04Z

Intentional Optimism

Like all healthy people, I like happy things. I look for them to celebrate, and I create positivity when I can. I have a lot of negative crap in my life, so part of the way I keep myself from drowning in pessimism is to intentionally highlight the happy.[...]

Posted 2017-12-02T21:26:43Z

Is This Formative?

I'm not a fan of homework - what weirdo is? I do assign it, however, and I expect my students to do it. Generally in my class, I assign classwork that becomes homework when the students don't finish before the bell rings. I've had to field a particular question a lot this year as I've passed out papers or instructed students to do something at the end of class.[...]