Historical Archives
Exercise: I’m still trying to fit this in. These past two weeks were so busy that I only managed a walk twice. I need to combat the post-work exhaustion. My goal is to walk 10,000 steps a day. I do 3-5k during a work day, so I want to add on the remainder somewhere. I…
I love watching blog conversations take their twists and turns and seeing how they interweave together. Aspazia at MMF writes about pursuing a course of study that you love, a post that’s a riff off of Dean Dad’s riff of Bitch, Ph.D. and Oso’s posts about what you’re supposed to do (or not) with a…
In these last few hectic days, I’ve been thinking about perspective. When confronted with ideas or requests or statements, I often try to determine what the person’s perspective is and how and why they might be thinking the way they are. I try my best to keep a broad perspective myself and consider other people’s…
Soccer began this weekend. Last year, Geeky Girl essentially dropped out because they placed her in the wrong age group (too young) and she didn’t find it fun anymore. This year she’s in the right age group. Yes, she’s the smallest one in that picture to the left. But she is crazy fast and determined.…
First, a Weird Al video that’s near and dear to my heart: And now, a Potter puppet show: Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
Last year, I asked the question, “What is Education?” My students and I spent the entire semester discussing this question. I think we had more questions by the end than answers. And the same may happen with the current question. This last week, I have attended convocation and a farewell reception for a departing staff…
I was talking to my mom last night and, as usual, we covered a lot of ground, everything from the kids to politics to pet ownership. We spent the last part of our conversation talking about working vs. staying at home. My mom was telling me that when they moved to the town I grew…
The first day of school begins for child # 1 in about an hour and for the youngest, two hours. We are actually semi-organized this year. Yesterday, we went to purchase all the school supplies and the kids cleaned out their backpacks–from last year!–and reloaded them with new stuff. The three of us all thought…
My oldest child, Geeky Boy, is a great kid. He’s kind and funny and smart. He seems to be well-liked by his peers. But he’s not perfect, of course. Sometimes, because he is such a good kid, we have really high expectations and we’re hard on him. We have higher expectations of him sometimes than…
I’m actually going into work in a bit, both to work on getting ready for the first day of classes and to do some student advising (which I hope I don’t totally screw up). Here’s some interesting posts and links to get you through the day: Bitch, Ph.D. on the crazy housing market in California.…
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