Warning: Giant venting going on here. If you are in a good place, you may want to stop here! 🙂 My writing has been off for the last month, and I was trying to decide which to post: a snarky... Continue Reading →
#ugh Hey readers! Long time, no blog! I've got a ton of topics, nothing hugely positive or uplifting: Almost positive change in coming in my professional life. Our state legislature is about to follow Kansas and number of other states... Continue Reading →
Schools in our area have been in the news and not for the right reasons. Drug possession, taking and sending pictures that are entirely inappropriate, harassment, all in front of our districts and even on the regional TV news. It... Continue Reading →
On December 10, the three members of our family still at home sang with our community choir parts from Handel's Messiah. We've done this now for five years, our oldest daughter pulling us into it, our youngest continuing the tradition. We... Continue Reading →
Last night, we got beat 52 - 18. The half time score was 25 - 12. #ugh Up until the last two minutes, when we were "only" down 20, I was pretty pleased. This is a team as a school... Continue Reading →
I'm not usually a Grinchy kind of person, but this Christmas season I have been. I'm not buying into anything the season has to offer, and as I watch kids stress and adults stress, it makes the cabin in the... Continue Reading →
I'm pretty sure I've used this title before, but it is what it is. Sometimes, it's the little things that make or break your day. Yesterday was a giant crap storm of yuck with a shining star inside. We sent... Continue Reading →
I saw a blogger (whom I highly recommend)Â this today, and it just fits with how I'm feeling today: scattered, random, full of love and positive energy, yet, feeling stressed, unhappy, and generally down. So - 5 Random Things I'm really... Continue Reading →
Tis the season to be Grinchy. I'm a "Thanksgiving is before Chirstmas, so keep your fa-la-las to yourself" kind of guy. The last couple of years, I opened up the Christmas music a little earlier, and tried to be a... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 