Vacation.

Home Again, Home Again

It’s always just so sad when break ends.  Somehow the week just flew by!  Hometown was awesome, saw a lot of old friends, did some skiing, watched the Beau attempt to snowboard, had some of my favorite margarita’s, and literally forgot for a few days that I had a job. *Sigh*
I am still jet-lagged, but [...]

Running on Fumes

I am having sleep issues.  Major sleep issues.  This happens every so often, but usually for not more than one or two weeks. For four weeks now I have had crazy insomnia to the point that I am getting no more than a few hours of sleep every night.  It’s more than just having a hard [...]

Time For A Change

Welcome to the new home of my apples!  It was time for a change and, while I’m a bit sad to leave Blogger, I’m excited to be in a new spot with a new look. 
I’m hoping this site will provide me with the flexibility to have the best of both worlds, public and private blogging [...]

Happy Holiday Meme!

I’ve been bit! 17 (15) More Years and Mrs. Bluebird both tagged me for this meme. I’m just going to go ahead and make this a holiday version…
The rules are as follows: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.- Share 7 random and or weird things about yourself.- [...]

Retrospect II

It’s really interesting to look back on the last two years and see the similarities and differences in my experiences with the first week of school. Each experience has been so completely different, and while I expected a big change between years 1 and 2, I didn’t anticipate very much change from last year to [...]

WTF!??

Excuse me, but it cannot possibly be the end of summer! I’m not sure how this happened so quickly. Are you sure I have to go back tomorrow?
I have not looked at any of my teacher files on the computer. I have not checked my curriculum map. I have not done any planning. I have [...]

A Meme To Start Off the Summer

Elementary History Teacher has tagged me for a meme Here it is, and I shall tag these 8 bloggers in return:
Not Quite Grown UpHow A Second Year Teacher LivesFlora Flings FilingsHappy Chyck Wonders Mild MelancholyMr E’s Blog Irrational: A Math teacher’s notebook 17 More Years
The rules are 1. Let others know who tagged [...]

Old Lady

I bent down to get a sock from the floor this morning and somehow pulled a major muscle in my lower back. I could barely stand for more than about a half an hour, and sitting down was not an option. I managed to get to school and basically made it through the day. The [...]

Marriage-Lite

Marriage is a serious thing. Kinda freaky. The Beau and I have talked about it, and we will probably get hitched at some point in the next few years, but at the moment we would rather spend our $$ on big vacations (like for instance a summer in Asia) than on rings and a reception. [...]