One Summer Class Down…
I just turned in my grades for one of my two summer classes. I will officially be on “summer break” (insert hysterical laughter here) on 7/22ish after I submit grades for my second class. My hysterical laughter comes from the concept of being on break. I had a student once who wrote a paper about…
Why didn’t I think of that???
Due to multiple reasons (cough*Trump*cough), the unemployment rate went to almost 15% in April, and – while it is still on a ventilator, currently – seems to be moderately improving at a bouncy 12.9% in my state (NC) and 11.1% for the country. With so many people having to leave their employment due to COVID-19,…
Injuries BEGONE!
Straxi and I both seem to have managed to injure ourselves: I injured myself sitting on the sofa (old age is full of indignities like this) and Straxi injured herself by either eating poop or by drinking stagnant water – I’m not sure which, because she did both, and did both on the same bloody…
Hope and Disappointment
Today Straxi and I went for our run in the unbelievably humid air that really, honestly, was only a drop or two of moisture away from an active rainstorm, and as I went through my standard prep for our run (you know the drill: get dressed, drink the coffee, head to the bathroom, ask Straxi…
White Privilege
I have written previously about being a huge fangirl for Rich Roll. I discovered him as I researched running (I was recovering from an injury of the physical and an injury of the spiritual at the time) and he popped up alongside Scott Jurek and other ultra athletes, but he was different – he spoke…
Schrodinger’s Job Interview
Recently, I had a job interview – the first one I’ve ever had over the internet, the first one I’ve had for a permanent teaching position, the first one for a job I’ve wanted desperately. I’ve wanted jobs before, and I’ve been desperate when it came to employment before, but this job makes me need…
So How’s That Running Going?
I can’t begin to sum up or encapsulate the strangeness that has been this quarantine. I am, by nature, a very independent and introverted person so this has been no stretch for me. I can’t understand why people are so up in arms about wanting to get out and about (I mean, duh, of course…
Structure
I’ve always known that writing was good for us – and not in the “eat your broccoli” way, either (although do eat your broccoli! It’s delicious! Unless it’s overcooked. In that case, please reconsider your approach to veggies). Writing does so very much for us, and helps us get through those things we don’t know…
Anticipatory Grief
I first heard that term when Chris was in the military, and it was obvious he was going to be going to Iraq (he never went, fortunately, because even during a time of active warfare, my son can screw up his employment opportunities with the government). I couldn’t figure out why I felt so calmly…
Well, THAT’S Bold.
CONGRATULATIONS, voters! Trump is going to try to buy your vote! It’s like Obama Phones, but REAL! Thanks loads, there, Fuckface Von Clownstick, now I’m really conflicted. I know people NEED that money, and worse yet, corporations NEED people to get that money, and even worse yet, I know that the general voting public has…