I like to party…and by "party" I mean read.
It is hot as Hades in Virginia this week. I’ve given up on the futile war with my hair and allowed it to take on its natural state of frizzy anarchy. The humidity level has really brought out my gift for being able to sweat through a shirt in 45 seconds or less upon stepping […]
Is it just me, or is summer flying by a little too quickly? We’re already halfway through July, but wasn’t June just yesterday?? If I see one more pumpkin or 3-ring binder set, I’m going to have a melt down. STOP IT WITH YOUR PUSHY FALL DECOR AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TARGET! I’M NOT READY! Other […]
My hypothesis has been proven – 6th graders DO in fact cry and tattle more than 8th graders. Confirmation of this occurred during the first two days of summer school. Luckily they are wildly enthusiastic about Reader’s Theater and are phenomanal at offering up unintentionally hilarious one-liners and anecdotes that leave me entertained (and sometimes […]
It’s been a nice couple of weeks. Reading, lounging on the beach, and doing a spot on impersonation of a tranquilized sloth is pretty much what my days have consisted of since school let out for the summer. But as they say, all good things must come to an end (fact: I HATE people who […]
Happy July, doll faces! It was recently shared in the review of My Lovely Wife that I started listening to an insanely entertaining true crime podcast called My Favorite Murder, hosted by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff. How fortuitous that right when I get really sucked in, they immediately come out with a joint memoir […]
You know when you finally pick up a book that’s been a glorified dust collector for months because you’ve made a pact with yourself to not buy any new books for the duration of the summer? No? Just me? I’m not sure why it took me so long to get my butt in gear and […]
The onset of summer always starts out much needed and refreshing; I wake up early (because I am inherently incapable of sleeping in), make a gigantic pot of coffee for myself, settle down in my purple thrown and read for a couple of hours, go to the gym at noon, and come back and read […]
Started off my summer in the best possible way! I was able to visit my newborn niece (along with my brother and sister-in-law) during Father’s Day weekend, and she’s literally the most perfect baby angel to grace this earth. I now totally get why people develop obsessions with taking pictures of their little munchkins. I’ve […]
IT’S FINALLY SUMMER BREAK!!! Lord knows that this has been the most interesting year of teaching for me and summer has been anticipated with an especially earnest need. One of those years where you learn a lot from and hope will pave a path of smoother instruction in years to come (lets be honest – […]
You know those times when all of your questionable, sick obsessions culminate into a diabolical storm of spine-tingling epicness you are completely engrossed by and can’t seem to pull yourself away from? THAT. JUST. HAPPENED. As a child who was weaned on Unsolved Mysteries and the Goosebumps series, I think it’s fair to say I […]