Five thoughts on the weekend
1. I’m really tired of driving. 2. Two conferences in one weekend is not the best plan. 3. Whatever they’re feeding flute students in this area alarms me. In a good way. I heard some impressive playing today. 4. I’m …
Just for me
The weekend where my life interests converge
It’s been a crazy busy weekend for me. For the last few days I’ve been at the NAGC conference, and this afternoon I co-presented a roundtable on homeschooling gifted kids. This was my third gifted conference this year, and I …
It’s fallen and it won’t get up
Did you remember to set your clocks back this morning? If you did, I’m sure you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep. If not, I’m sure you stunned people being an hour early to church/brunch/tai chi in the park. If …
Watch out, she’s gonna blow
Dear god give me strength I am going to snap and I should probably apologize in advance to everyone nearby because shards of me are likely to go flying and lodge themselves into someone’s eyeball. Perhaps I should explain before …
Keeping those stereotypes alive
As a general rule, I’m not a girly-girl. I like short hair over long, I keep my nails super short (because typing and fluting with long nails is an exercise in crazy-making; I almost chewed off a few nails the …
Angels, ninjas, to-do lists, and me
I have a love-hate relationship with super-productive days like today. Love because, well duh, task ninja all day long. Hate because I just know a metric crapton of THIS MUST BE DONE NOW OR ANGELS NOT ONLY DON’T GET THEIR …
There’s a hole in my bucket list
Earlier this week a columnist for the Huffington Post wrote about her anti-bucket list, things she absolutely will never do. While I have written various Wanna Do lists over the years (build a house -check, have kids -check), I’ve never …
The Henny Penny Challenge recap
I’ve never been so happy to be wrong in my life. Back at the beginning of June I was challenged by a dear friend to pull my psyche out of the sinkhole into which I had shoved it to suffer …
It’s a little drafty in here
I’ve almost recovered from the worst bout of flu I’ve experienced in…ever. I say almost because I’m still miserable as hell, fall over with fatigue at about 4:30, someone is hiding their shiv in my throat, and I whimper with …
How to get an unplanned break
Step one: Contract Zombie Flu Step all the rest: You have Zombie Flu. Nothing will be accomplished now. May the break commence. I’ve been knocked on my rapidly spreading behind for the last two days by the worst virus to …