But I’m supporting a good cause!

 Oh, what dignity!
I have eaten a box and a half of Girl Scout cookies in the past 48 hours. Just what do they put in there to get everyone so hooked? Seriously, it happens all over the country: perfectly self-respecting people who normally take good care of themselves somehow waive their healthy eating habits each [...]

oh happy day

FINALLY, we had a snow day today. Yesterday we were one of two schools in a 20 mile radius that was open, and everyone was so damn crabby. Combine that with the fact that, while I would consider myself generally happy lately, I ended up bawling my eyes out three times in the last week [...]

Completely random

First of all, let me inform ou that I am intoxicated. inebriated. drunk. yes i am. I have a serious jerk of a colleague at work. I think thats redundant. Anyway… he actually made me CRY today. What a dick. I am so lucky though that the administrators and many other teachers totally support me, and [...]

Good for you!

Do you ever have one of those split second moments when you see (a) complete stranger(s)  doing something that puts you into a good mood for the rest of the day?
Yesterday I was walking down an aisle at CVS and a guy about my age zipped past me in an electric wheelchair. Then, a moment [...]

I am imperfect.

(Don’t worry, I’m not going to go jump off a bridge or anything. Today I am just feeling overly in tune with my crybaby/wimpy/self-indulgently sullen inner child.) Sometimes, ok so a LOT of times, I feel like something is very wrong but I don’t know what.  Sometimes I think very superficial thoughts, then feel bad that I [...]

Drinky-drink recipe

Shortly before our apartment was burglarized in December (I know, I never did an actual post about that… and my camera was stolen, I had started taking pictures of my culinary creations with the intention of posting the pics along with my recipes. As you can imagine, my pictures were all on the memory card [...]

Reasons I (heart) Cleveland

Cleveland gets a bad reputation as being depressing, impoverished, and dangerous. But ya know what? I’m in love with it. Here are a few reasons:
1.) We ARE NOT on the Forbes List of Most Miserable Cities! Take that, nay-sayers! There are officially at least ten places in the US that make you want to jump [...]

Just another post.

Hmmm. I am happy to report that it was more or less light outside until about 6:00 today, which is good news to those of us who have cabin fever. I wonder then why I feel like I am jumping out of my skin. I really haven’t gotten too antsy this winter like I did [...]

Calamity Day Thoughts

Repeat from last year: it’s Valentine’s day week, and school is cancelled today due to sub-zero temperatures — and likely to be closed tomorrow due to a big snowstorm we should be getting overnight. In some ways this is a perk of being in education (but for the record, this is NOT totally a day [...]

Quotes, Sherman Alexie, miscommunication and other things making me happy today

I just read an entire novel in two sittings. I started it last night and fell asleep 30 pages into it (it was either the long week or the strong drink that made me fall asleep — NOT the book); then when I got up in the morning I decided to read some more… and [...]