Entering my Grandma era. 🥲

A few weeks ago, I jokingly sent @javajoe.boo an IG Reel that said April 23 was "Book and Flowers Day" and should be celebrated accordingly. I immediately forgot all about it, but he didn't. This was the sweetest surprise! He even picked out a fancy book with sprayed edges! He's my favorite. 🥰

My kid's eSports team is competing in the state playoffs today. I was told I could attend, but given very specific guidelines about what I could and couldn't do while I was there. (Heaven forbid a parent embarrass their kid by cheering.) 🤣 I'm so excited for teams Mario Kart and Splatoon! 🖤💚🤍

I did not make it to the liquor store today. I suspect I will regret it before the night is over.

@javajoe.boo You are mine. 🥰

Last week marked the one-year anniversary of my dad's death. My youngest asked if we could visit the cemetery tonight, and thanks to the portable book light I keep in my car (for reading emergencies, duh!), they're having storytime. 🥹 I doubt they ever read The Outsiders. Now they get to hear it.

Seeing it together for the second time in four days. Could this be the best movie ever made? Possibly, yes. Am I seeing it with the best person? Absolutely, yes. Thanks, @javajoe.boo for introducing me to this story. ❤️💫

I spent another delightful weekend in the company of @javajoe.boo. What a guy. He's the best! 😊 (And the weekend was too short!)

When the world is on fire and every morning brings some new, fresh government hell, it's the sweetest thing to get a cheery "good morning" message from someone who cares about you and hopes to make you smile. Every morning, for more than two years. Lucky, lucky me. 🥰

Last year I took a class from USBE that was all about making connections with difficult students. (Or students in difficult situations.) One of the things I learned from this class is "I wish my teacher knew..." and I decided to try it with my classes. youtu.be/8pcKbf_vpHg?...

Look, I know school JUST started back up, but 1. I was formally evaluated on my first day back, just 5 minutes into 1st period, 2. I picked up some sort of not-Covid plague that I can't seem to shake, and 3. Current events are too much to process. I NEED a snow day tomorrow. We all do. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

It seems unfair that I have to go back to school tomorrow, after having just two weeks off and spending one of them on a glorious, multi-state road trip with @javajoe.boo. If someone wanted to kidnap me before tomorrow, I would probably go willingly. 😄

How I'm walking out of 2025

You guys, my daughter got married on a cruise ship yesterday, and it was the fairytale wedding she always wanted. 🥰 As she was getting off the elevator, a little girl asked her mom, "Why is she dressed like a princess?" (Her dream was to look like Giselle from 'Enchanted'.) It was a perfect day. ❤️

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. "There's no crying in baseball."

I played Christmas music at school today and showed my students (mostly juniors and seniors) 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' before our 5-day break, so I guess you could say I covered my holiday bases. 🎄🦃 It was fun to watch them watch it. I love it when kids can be kids. They need more of that.

What do you call a person who agrees to attend your 12yo's middle school's musical (that they are NOT even in), then goes for boba after the show, builds crazy Jenga towers, spends an obscene amount on the claw machines so the kid can win, and makes up Thanksgiving carols to sing on the way home?

I am teaching genetic traits and inheritance patterns in Biology. The question: "If you were a trait, would you be dominant, recessive, or heterozygous? Tell me why." One student's answer: "dominant because they give big dick energy & I want that" I have been giggling about this all day. 😂

My principal just called to let me know the victims of Friday's Halloween party shooting were ours. One died instantly after the car that was driving them to the hospital crashed. One is on life support. They were 17. Seniors. Taught 'em both. Tomorrow's gonna be a rough day for our school fam. 😭💔

Halloween on a Friday is a teacher's dream come true! 😂 WHAT A WEEK! The theme was 80s icons. (Nailed it!) The candlelight concert was Halloween-themed. The kids spent Halloween with friends, so I passed out candy and went to see a smoke-breathing dragon. Thanks for the memories, October! 🎃👻🍁

This is fun! (I'm sorry if it's annoying for you.) 😄

They are pointing out another Trump lie.

My very favorite person in the whole world is having a birthday today. (10/20) Can you do me a favor and wish @javajoe.boo a Happy Birthday? And if you know him IRL, please be sure to include something you admire about him.

I have to take a physics class through SUU in order to finish my secondary ed endorsement. I spent 4 1/2 hours struggling through my assignments tonight, and when @javajoe.boo found out, he called me right away to offer tutoring and moral support. I don't like physics, but I sure like him. 🥰

La la la la la la la, life is wonderful. ~Jason Mraz 🥰🥰

A little love from my students on a Monday. 🥰 (And it's a SUCH a Monday... ugh.)

Earlier today, I finished the second in a duo of disappointing books (my fault for reading #2 in spite of #1), so I am extra delighted that my new book is so whimsical and fun. I mean, who wouldn't love a pair of naughty senior citizens who are determined to age as disgracefully as possible? 😂

I stopped at the gas station on my way home from trivia, and the minute I stepped out of the van, I heard my name. It was too dark to see across the parking lot, but they unrolled their windows and waved frantically. It was two of my students. 😄 Have I mentioned that I love my job? BECAUSE I DO.

The kids are with their dad tonight, so I ordered Doordash and I'm bouncing between physics homework- it's as bad as it sounds- and reading. The quiet is blissful, and I am determined to get through this college class without relying (too much) on @javajoe.boo, who is a physics genius. (I am not.)

We are studying cellular energy in biology, and a big part of that is photosynthesis. Yesterday, we did stomata peels, which my kids dubbed "Leaf Manicures" and... well... I tried to make my stomata look less... female ...so I gave the guard cells hats, and- oops!- turned them into penises. 🤦🏼

Say you teach at a high school without saying you teach at a high school. (And now tell me what this means, because if I have to hear it 12,000 times a day, I want to at least know why it's so funny.) (Is it because they're dumb? It's probably because they're dumb... BLESS THEIR HEARTS.)

Happy to report that I have spent my PT Conf comp day reading, and I will most certainly finish a *checks notes* FULL BOOK before the day is over. RIF* *For those of you who didn't attend school in the early 80s, that stands for 'Reading Is Fundamental'.

After 2 nights of Parent-Teacher Conferences (and 12-hour work days), and 4 more conferences this afternoon, I am finding it extremely difficult to leave my comfy bed and face the day. I now have 15 minutes to shower and get ready for school. Someone is going to be late today. 🤷🏼

I was at the Oddities and Curiosities Expo this afternoon, when someone came up behind me and asked, "Are you Kemi_Kemi_Kemi?" It was SO fun to meet you, @cloves.bsky.social! I'm really glad you stopped me to say hello! ❤️

Ever since I saw one in the movie Tangled, I have wanted to experience a lantern festival. I FINALLY got a chance, and it was every bit as magical as I had hoped. 🥰✨ Thank you, @javajoe.boo, for joining me on another adventure. My life is better because I get to do it with you. ❤️

We said goodbye to my parents' house today. 🥲 The grandkids wanted to have one final Easter egg hunt in the backyard, so we spent the morning hiding and seeking, sharing childhood memories, and gorging on pizza. Then we took one last picture on the front step. I'm going to miss that house. 😭

Happiness is having a Joe in your life. 🥰 That's it-- that's the whole Skeet.

Today's questionable student interaction: T: A lot of your clothes have patterns on them. Why is that? Me: ...What? Um, because I'm not boring? T: It's a lot of patterns, Kemi. Not gonna lie. Me: Well, they are adult clothes. T: SO... MANY... PATTERNS... The shirt being scrutinized:

I decorated for fall (my favorite season) before I left school on Friday, and one of my students walked into class today and said, "It's decorated like White Lady Autumn™️ in here!" and I wasn't sure how to respond, so I just lifted my iced pumpkin chai from Dutch Bros in salute and smiled. 🍂❤️🍁❤️🍂

@javajoe.boo and I had lunch at a cozy little Chinese place today. He didn't grab a fortune cookie on the way out, so I offered to share my fortune with him. He laughed and said, "I'll only claim it if it's good. If it's bad, it can be all yours." (Gee, thanks.) 😄 Turns out, it was perfect. 🥰

Fun night with @javajoe.boo celebrating a friend's birthday. He bought me a fancy rocking camp chair and we enjoyed a bonfire, bat-watching, stargazing, and the end of Derry Girls/beginning of Wednesday, Season 2. Everyone should have a Joe. ❤️(But I call dibs on this specific one.)

Day 2 of the long weekend included the final day of Mom and Dad's house clean-out (you guys, we have been working on this for OVER A YEAR!!!), a meeting with the realtor, a nap, dinner with @javajoe.boo, and a Derry Girls marathon. What a wonderful life. 🥰

There is no better way to kick off a long weekend than by taking a drive through the canyon (the leaves are starting to change colors!), eating dinner at a fancy restaurant in Park City, and seeing the collection of a new (to us) artist in a bougie Main Street gallery. Thank you, @javajoe.boo. ❤️

I love it when students leave notes on my board. 🥰

When she was no longer able to read herself, I read to my mom, right up until she died. We probably read 2-3 dozen books together. We were about 40 pages away from finishing our last book when she died, and I have had it in my van for nearly a year, waiting for the opportunity to finish it

I was an active church member for 48 years, and only stopped going about 3 years ago. Can anyone explain how I am caught SO off guard when I see the parking lot full of cars on a Sunday morning? Why do I ask myself, "Now what's happening there?" as if that wasn't also what I did for 5 decades. 🙄🤦🏼

In staff meeting this morning, our principal brought us treats to celebrate a wildly successful first week of school. Did I really eat ice cream at 10:15 AM? YOU BETCHA! I love my job. 🥰

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

Slightly diminish a band: Mild Alarm! at the Disco They have mediocre hopes.