Historically, I have always had one bad day before the 25th. Last year, it was the 24th. I don’t know what it was but I was just… Read more “The week before Christmas is weird”

I am in a MUCH better mind state today. I woke up feeling icky in my back but I am happier. In fact, I was able to… Read more “Finally Friday!”

I had a hard time falling asleep last night and was remembering the trip my son and I took in late February to St. Augustine. It really… Read more “MMMM + Overwhelmed, not sleeping well, and earlier this year seems like a lifetime ago!”

Busy, as always. It’s cold. I ran a great 2 miles then got right to work – conferences with students. I’m ahead on grading, which is somewhat… Read more “Just a quick post – stream of consciousness style.”

I thought I might utilize the 13 format to go over some things that have my psyche torn in two this week. I keep feeling like there’s… Read more “Thursday 13 – Six (bad) and Seven (good)”

I woke up in a bad mood. Maybe “bad” is the wrong descriptor. I feel like I want to hide from everything. Somehow, however, I grabbed the… Read more “Random Tuesday – Some days you just wanna run away”

You heard me: my students are doing a free write on a topic and I am on mute for the Zoom. I have 4 classes at the… Read more “I’m so busy that I’m squeezing writing into class time”

Finally, some motivation! I don’t know what it was but I was feeling so blah about work. I mean, I of course got it done but it… Read more “Random Tuesday – Back in (writing) action, Yacht Rock helps me live, and some frustration”

As noted in my last post, I am still here – alive and kickin’ – and everything is fine. Well, it is what it is. As the… Read more “MMMM +”