Feeling like a soft pretzel (going outside to check the mail while it’s hailing)

It's been weird to watch the rise and fall of 6/7 this school year

Today's my graduation day! If you'd like to watch the livestream, coverage begins at 1:45pm PDT and the ceremony starts at 2pm PDT vimeo.com/event/234057

This was fun for the first 5 minutes

I just finished my last grad school class!

It's really weird to read about my elementary school soccer coach in the news (she just resigned from being the Labor Secretary of the US)

They call me velvet worm Good morning, how are you? I'm velvet worm I shoot slime from my face I'm not really velvet But I'm also not a real worm I'm not actually a worm

Moonday moonday

I'm at the end of a cold, and my voice is basically gone, so I've been telling my students that my voice is on vacation

The ticket taker at the venue last night said my last name correctly, and I think I might have freaked her out with my excitement, because I can count on one hand the number of times that has happened the first time people who aren't related to me have said my last name.

Procrastinating by doing my taxes

My grad school portfolio is due next month, and then I have an action research project due in March, and then I graduate in May! I'm definitely ready to be off the grad school train

Fire engines sirens just set off a bunch of coyotes howling like right outside our house

My family is just sharing their social security numbers out loud

Bluegrass Auld Lang Syne :) youtu.be/LCgX6vaGyPE?...

I love to talk to little old ladies at the gym

I've worked with high schoolers for years, and yet, I am still surprised each and every time I find out they have a sibling at the same school. And I have a sibling! Who I overlapped with in high school!

Today I turned a rocking chair into a regular chair

Watching a crow choose between what appear to be a cookie and a pizza crust outside of a plaid pantry

MUTE YOUR DEVICES DURING TRAININGS/MEETINGS/CLASSES

@susiedent.com Do you know of a word/phrase that is like long-distance for friendships, but it’s chronological distance, not geographic distance? I’m trying to capture the feeling of what it’s like to be friends with someone who you only see every number of years

I'm just a woman, pressure washing my outdoor rug

Every time @johnweinert1.bsky.social talks about Star Wars, I think to myself, have I even seen Star Wars?

@bj-slive.bsky.social do you know that there’s a David Lynch-themed bar that just opened next to the Hollywood Theatre?

Me when I open social media on Sundays during Lent:

Most of the middle schoolers and some of the high schoolers I work with can't read an analog clock, and they had me so convinced that it was so hard to read an analog clock, I had to go home and check that I still knew how to read an analog clock

Lobotomizing my grandma's youtube watch history

I just finished the audiobook, To The Gorge by Emily Halnon. It’s a memoir about a woman who ran the Oregon portion of the Pacific Crest Trail after the death of her mother. I liked it! What have you all been reading recently? share.libbyapp.com/title/10705190

My very optimistic neighbors have put their trash cans out

Saw this and thought of you, @mattfromalaska.bsky.social youtu.be/l-QkMaCS7CU?...

My new productivity hack is putting a bunch of tasks I need to do, plus some fun things, on wheelofnames.com

@jacobsee.com Before I buy an EV charger holder or a 4-pack of AAA to C battery converters, do you have either? Just wanted to check before I bought tech stuff

The first time I had top ramen was at the incoming labor secretary's house

I just discovered that LinkedIn has little daily games

Why is someone using a leaf blower right now? Don't they notice how windy it is?

Taught a kid that clouds are made of water. Blew their mind.

Do the kids even know about Diet Coke and Mentos?

I'm back at it again!

Duolingo out here reminding me to vote

My hobby is sending reports of dead links to training materials providers

I'm going to be starting my fall term next week, and that means the week of labor day I'm going to start working with elementary schoolers for my clinical school counseling practicum!

I am a week away from the end of 3 of my 4 summer classes, and I am looking forward to closing all the tabs

I made a found object "mandala" or "I Spy" of my family culture for one of my grad school classes 🔍👀 Tag yourself

@dayla.bsky.social I messaged you on twitter, because Bluesky doesn't have DMs yet, but then I realized you might not check twitter very often :)

My pronouns are Her/She

Today was my last day of work, and it hasn't sunk in yet that I don't have to return to my job next week. I will however be starting my second term of grad school!