last post for tonight, I promise…

this sums it up:

let’s hope tomorrow is a better day.

I am the world’s worst little sister.

About two and a half weeks ago, my sister (who rarely gets to go out and do fun things, and even more rarely initiates doing fun things with yours truly, who I love more than words can say although our relationship has gone up and down over the years) called me and was all excited [...]

teacher transplant trauma (and alliteration OD, apparently)

Oh, the emotional roller coaster I have been for the past week.
Yesterday I got to the point where I hated the world so much when I came home from work I went directly to bed and hid under the covers until CJ got home and set out to help me snap out of it. A [...]

mmph

Sometimes I think it would be a very, very good thing if I could sew my mouth shut.

Another milestone left in the dust

Yup. I graduated today… again. I am now Little Ms. Thang with a master’s degree. I didn’t think this was a big deal, until last night.
CJ bought me a graduation present. Unexpectedly. An AWESOME graduation present — two place settings of the dishes I always ooh and aah over at Crate & Barrel. Before you [...]

Woo-hoo!

I am having one of those occasional days when for no specific reason I feel energized , empowered, and strong enough to do anything. I’m listening to Bikini Kill… wow does that bring back odd teenage memories. I think I’ll have to grab my iPod and go for a run soon. I actually have THAT [...]

Limbo sucks.

This has been the fastest summer I can remember. Quitting my old job, trying to get things together for my new one, moving in with Significant Other,  finishing my masters degree… and now it is almost over.
But none of it is completely DONE. I feel like a marionette dangling from strings controlled by some sadistic [...]

Em goes on a rant.

I urge you to read this article in its entirety. It was written two years ago when the extremely fertile  and semi-famous Duggar family of Arkansas popped out their sixteenth kid. They just had their seventeenth.
This brings up my own stance on reproduction. It’s a very touchy subject, I know, but I’m pretty firm in [...]

fantastic film alert!

There are very few GOOD surprises left in the world, and randomly seeing a movie that you know nothing about but instantly love is one of them.
Last night my dad (who is my standing indie/artsy/international film date) drove 80 miles to come see my new place, take me out to dinner, and see the film [...]

The cost of teaching (sans whining)

Bravo to my city’s newspaper for publishing an article on the front page of the metro section entitled “Teachers spending with little return.” It was about how teachers, new teachers especially, typically fork out between $300 and $800 per year on school supplies, instructional materials, classroom “stuff”, etc. I myself typically spend about $300 at [...]