Five Thoughts: Yeah, the last two weeks have been INSANE. Every summer I forget how crazy summer teaching is. 15 weeks worth of material squooshed into six.… Read more “Friday Five – Geez, Summer, you’re harsh”

Five Thoughts: The athlete faculty panel thing yesterday went great! It was myself (though I am technically not faculty), a fellow English colleague, a woman from the… Read more “Friday Five – Tickets, Dinos, and Students”

Five Thoughts: Geez, it’s Summer break and I feel like we’re busier than ever. I struggle to keep up “normal” activities with the kids like, you know, reading.… Read more “Friday Five – Books, Beer, and More!”

Five Thoughts: I’m listening to Huey Lewis and the News this morning. You know, some bands are just timeless. I’m getting a little anxious to go on… Read more “Friday Five”

Five Thoughts: I took a minute this morning, as I was walking into work, to notice the sounds around me: tweeting birds, the Westcott fountain, a mourning… Read more “Friday Five – Yay for week’s end”

Five Thoughts: Last week, I kept starting posts and never finishing them. It’s funny: this session in summer is usually REALLY slow. But stuff has been coming… Read more “Friday Five – Thank God for the Weekend!”

It’s Avengers day!! I’m wearing my Iron Man arc reactor shirt; it’s subtle and perfect. I think we might go to Cracker Barrel and then to the… Read more “Friday Five – Yup, another workweek in the books”

Five Thoughts: I just realized it’s been raining for, like, six days. If there’s one thing I really don’t like about where I live it’s that these… Read more “Friday Five – Angry female rock groups; rain; birthdays and more!”

Five Thoughts: It’s dark and foggy this morning and all I really want to do is go to the beach! There’s a closer place than where we… Read more “Friday Five – Glad this week is mostly over”