I am 2 discussion posts and 6 replies away from being done with discussion boards for the rest of my life!

#edusky this afternoon I finished the first draft of the first iteration of the Lit Review that will eventually become my #Dissertation Chapter 2. There is SO much more work to do in the next 5 weeks and the coming year but this really feels like a milestone and a weight off.

#caturday #eve and these 3 just told me 'cant you just sit on the floor? we are cozy already'

I don't have kids of my own so when my boyfriend's niece calls and says 'do you want to go to the aquarium?' you enthusiastically say yes and proceed to spoil her and get called auntie.

#edusky #leaders everyone says admins need to unplug while they take summer days off. I don't just unplug my work - I unplug myself. I let my skin & hair & body rest. 0 makeup, 0 hair products, 0 tight clothes, 0 hot tools and all air drying hair. I look like a hag but I feel like it's good for me?

My boyfriend is the best. I told him I needed to see the 1973 movie the paper chase this week to inspire me to slog through this course and get a little inspiration He downloaded it and watched it with me even though he thought it was terribly boring.

#edusky one of the best things that I did for myself was join a for fun book club with other adult non educator women. Just reading for fun & getting together for themed drinks and crafts and discussion around the book. You have to have noneducation fun stuff with noneducators to stay social.

Yet another mama #Kitty had #babies In my back garden. And they're so cute I can't stand it

#kitties in the #sun didn't even get up for dinner time when they heard the bag opening

#edusky I am so touched, honored, and humbled to be featured in Crystal's powerful work. www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-cry...

#edusky The world is hard and I am struggling through Grad School Hell right now. So enjoy some of my garden and kitties to distract you and I from the icks.

#edusky I apologize for everytime I said 'doing a lit review can't be as awful as people say it is.'. I was wrong and it really sucks and I will never be finished. (And this is not even my dissertation one yet just a practice stand alone one that's a comps rough draft.

#edusky I am so touched, honored, and humbled to be featured in Crystal's powerful work. www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-cry...

It's my birthday and I'll blow off graduate school homework if I want to! I can curse myself on Saturday when I'm powering through the paper that's due on Sunday.

When I first started my doctoral program I knew it would be a lot of work. Like a part time job on top of an already demanding career. But now that I'm at the climax it's more like a full time job on top of a full time job. I'm actually looking forward to the slower pace of the dissertation phase

I am taking the hardest course Ive ever taken in my life and am feeling extremely overwhelmed.

Memorial Admin Team yet again understood the assignment by showing up and showing out at the Lansing Good Neighbor Day Parade with the theme of 150 years of aviation at the Ford hanger.

Only weekend I've had without any grad school homework since Xmas. And the last one I'll have until Xmas. 1 course, 1 comps exam and 1 dissertation to go. I'm really ready to be finished but have enough left to go that I don't feel almost done. (Goal:finish it all by the last few months of 2027)

I am just really overwhelmed and really sad right now. It's making it impossible to focus on advanced topics in qualitative research.

@patricknotpat.blacksky.app welp here we are another Friday another final paper due Sunday.....maybe 40% done w the rough draft but this is a HARD one! Pray for me.

From North Carolina with my mom to immediately going to St Louis for a work conference. 2 first time destinations and a lot of fresh air but I can't wait to be in my own bed tomorrow night.

#edusky yesterday was in the top 5 days of my entire career! Being inspired and presenting at the #ILWellSummit26 was humbling, an honor, and a career goal and dream achieved! So happy to have connected. #southcookipa #IllinoisPrincipalsAssociation

I am so EXCITED for this!!!! Come out to my presentation next week ladies!!

#edusky friends if you don't have an emotional support dog on your campus you should. Norman was a great resource in the thick of it yesterday during a terrible day.

#edusky friends this was one of those hard days where everything was heavy emotionally and stressful. So I'm laying in bed watching trashy reality TV with my kitty Harley.

#IllinoisPrincipalsAssociation I am honored and humbled to share my story with you at this year's #WELLSummit

Hey #edusky #SouthCookIPA #IllinoisPrincipalsAssociation leaders - Shout out to Andrew High School for doing great work right here in South Cook! Submit your shotout via the QR code. Keep up the great work #SouthCookIPA

Keep seeing all those 'dissertation defended' posts cuz it's that time of year & meanwhile I'm here fighting for my life crawling through my last 2 semesters of courses before I start mine. Kinda regretting doing a trad. PhD rather than write as you go but am seeing the mountaintop now at least

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#edusky here's a 1st world petty academia complaint: profs in blackboard under the content & readings if you post links to articles that make me click to like 5 additional places just to see the article I'm way less likely to read it. Take the 30 secs and just post the PDF link for the students.

#Caturday snoozing from Delly, Daisy, Marigold, and Harley. My girls still miss their sweet orange buddy Jack but are keeping each other snuggled in his memory

#edusky I'm not ready to go back to work on Monday. Really miss those 3 week Winter Breaks when I was at an extended school year campus. (Week off in Oct and Nov, 3 weeks off at Xmas, 2 week Spring break in March and 4 day weekend in April. Start date 1st Mon in August last student day 6.30)

Officially NOT ready for this next semester of graduate school to start on Monday. Just really not looking forward to dry advanced research methods courses. Kinda just want to skip over these last 2 semesters and get on with the dissertation already.

Well spent 2 days of my winter break renewing my ALICE active shooter trainer certification...nothing says the holiday season like active shooter scenarios I guess. See you again in 2028 ALICE trainers.

I am desperately trying to find some #ChristmasSpirit this year but I just don't feel it. The state of the world is depressing, my ❤️ still misses our orange buddy, my boyfriends ❤️ is broken without his little buddy, & I feel like my #PhD will never be done, I'm uninspired, & the weather is dreary.

3 6th graders came into my office to let me solve the puzzle they built in STEM class & while I worked on it couldn't think of anything to say to me so they awkwardly said 'this is a nice small room' in reference to my office. I said 'its a little small that's why you see me in the halls so much'

@edusky Last 9 hours to support the #MemorialJuniorHighSchool 8th Grade Fundraiser by buying products or making donations! Products ship nationwide! Can we hit our goal by midnight #MightyMustangs? lnkd.in/gBSP3iXW

And this is why we can't have nice things #caturday

Feeling any #Thanksgiving #generosity? Support my schools' fundraiser or share if you can't buy! #HappyThanksgiving!

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Our sweet baby boy Jack passed away today. As I was on the phone w a mobile #vet to see if they could come help us put him down at home he took his last breath in his daddy's arms. We are 💔but grateful he is no longer suffering & he was at home and not scared in some vets office. #RIP sweet boy

Hey @edusky friends. Please consider supporting my schools fundraiser. If you can't buy then please share! We are at $3280 of our $20k goal.

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My poor orange sweetheart is not doing well. He isn't getting better but at the moment isn't in urgent decline. His little girlfriends are keeping him comfy in a snuggle sandwich while he rests. Some days he's better than others. Today was an OK #caturday but it sure tired him out 💜

Best Team Ever..MJHS always shows up and shows out on Halloween.

I did an entire paper between Friday and Saturday night while also being at the vet for 3 hours finding out one of my best friends is probably dying and has a huge mass/likely tumor and my boyfriend and I are devastated. Writing about organizational change while taking cry breaks felt impossible.

Hey #MightyMustangs and #edusky if you're in Lansing Illinois on Tuesday from 4-7 pm swing by McTeacher Night to help MJHS reach our fundraising goal of $2000! See you there!!!