Core Values
It’s been fairly thoroughly established that I’m a huge fangirl of Rich Roll – I love to listen to his podcasts while I’m running, or walking with Straxi, or driving,...
Do you talk to your dog?
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I sure hope so, because your dog talks to you. Your job – as a responsible and loving pet parent – is to listen and try to understand what your...
Procrastination
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I am a horrible procrastinator. I feel like such a hypocrite when I tell my students chirpily to just “get started thinking about that paper now!” or some such crap....
Friends, Both Real and Imagined
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Why is it so hard to make friends when you’re an adult? (Ok, an alleged adult, fine. Point taken). My last real friends I made (and I define “real” in...
End-of-Semester Hope
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Every semester ends, regardless of how fun it is, or how horrible it is. Every semester end has a pretty standard routine to it now, for me, even into the...
Running with Sunscreen*
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This morning I woke up thinking I had two classes to teach today, just like every other Tuesday. What I didn’t know was that today was a “floating day off”...
Running in the Rain
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Without fail, any time I have run in the rain, I feel like a total badass. I imagine people driving past me, looking at my lithe and amazing form as...
What’s New?
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Many, many things are different in the world now – I’m so glad we’ve got a grownup in charge. I am appalled and horrified by the riot in DC in...
COVID-19, Gaming, pandemic, Podcast, Running, Running with Dog, Teaching, What's Making Me Happy, White privilege
What’s Making Me Happy
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Just like the pop culture podcast from NPR, I want to think about some things that are making me happy right now, in no particular order of importance. Well, except...