Whimsical September

I was thinking the other day about how every plan and every dream I ever had for myself has not or is not working out. And I am completely okay with that. I can vividly remember telling my “life plan” to my junior year English teacher with FULL confidence that it was going to work out. She smiled and simply… Keep Reading

Today was my students’ deadline to turn in a poem as extra credit for a national poetry contest. The following is written by one of my quiet seventh graders. My friends are the popular crowd My friends are the friends you hang out with just to look cool My friends pick on people Including me. My friends never include me I really… Keep Reading

This post will probably receive the imaginary prize of the most random blog post ever, but what’s the point of having a blog if a writer can’t use it as an “outlet” for all the random thoughts in his or her head? I love this blog. 🙂 All Halloween-weekend long my facebook friends were posting pictures of their creative costumes,… Keep Reading

I am going to use my blog to vent about how much I hate all things related to AIRPORTS! A flight that I am going to buy for a wedding in December has gone up $50 in 46 HOURS!!! It’s not like we’re going anywhere that everybody else wants to go; we’re going to Medford, OREGON! What is in Oregon… Keep Reading

October has been such an amazing month, and this past weekend put the icing on the cake. I had been anticipating Friday for a while because my SGA officers and I have been putting together the annual Halloween dance. Let me just say that it is very difficult to plan something big without ever having seen it before! I definitely have the… Keep Reading

…just surprised me at work with beautiful roses and a new teddy bear. The secretary delivered them in the middle of class, and in typical 8th grade fashion my students became UNGLUED. The “awwww”s went on for a solid five minutes. This offered me the perfect time to teach my little guys about how to treat a lady (or their mom… Keep Reading

Anyone who knows me well knows that I happily spend more money on traveling than I do ANYTHING else. With the help of summer jobs and relaxed parents, I was fortunate to travel quite a bit in college with Jamie and with my friends. Now that I actually make my own moolah, traveling has gotten a little bit easier and a… Keep Reading

I love when I catch myself smiling when I’m all by myself. Nerdy, I know, but to me, that’s a sign of genuine happiness. I caught myself grinning from ear to ear while reading some student essays today, and for a minute the whole world was zoned out. It was just me alone in my classroom, completely consumed in the… Keep Reading