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Happy Friday.

If your brain wakes you up at 4:30 am to work on report cards, you get out of bed at 4:30 am to work on report cards. I love my job. I love my job. I love my job.

Office Conversations Parent: I keep getting phone calls at 6 pm that my child was late for school. Office Admin: Yes, it’s an automated system to let you know your child was late. Parent: How can I stop getting those phone calls? Me:

My report cards are due tomorrow. My report cards are not done.

Good morning to Canadian YouTuber Nick Lewis whose channel is about design and decor and who shared this delightful nugget of life advice in one of his videos: "The key to a successful life is having goals so low you can trip over them." 😁 Happy Thursday.

None of my frolleagues will be at school tomorrow.

Conversation with Admin Today Me: Here’s our write up for Treaties Recognition Week. A: It’s a bit long. Me: Okay. I’ll shorten it. A: Let me know if you want me to show you how to use ChatGPT to shorten it. Me: Absolutely not. A: What will you use instead? Me: MY BRAIN!

This makes me so happy. We can have nice things when we have candidates willing to do the work and enough people ready to challenge the status quo. Well done, NYC, and congrats to Mayor-Elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

I didn't realize how much of an emotional roller coaster I was on today as a teacher/human (sometimes I forget that second part) until I told my sister about my day and she said, "Holy moly. You wear a lot of hats in one day." Sending ❤️ to my fellow educators. This work is important but it's a lot.

This is a Zoë Chau appreciation post. That is all.

Grade 1 Karaoke Update We sang four songs from KPop Demon Hunters and two of them were Golden.

I’m hosting primary karaoke club in my classroom twice a week at lunch starting today until winter holidays begin. How many times will I hear enthusiastic versions of Golden sung by 6-8 year olds in the next seven weeks? #ExtracurricularMathProblems

It’s Treaties Recognition Week. Whose land are you on? www.whose.land/en/ While you’re looking, enjoy this track by DJ Shub. youtu.be/RX1H34dA8Lc?... For more ideas on paths to allyship and actionable ways to work towards reconciliation, read @davidarobertson.bsky.social’s 52 Ways to Reconcile.

November 2 – 8 is #TreatiesRecognitionWeek in Ontario. Want to learn more about the treaties where you live or visit? Websites such as Whose.Land and Native-Land.ca#TreatiesRecognitionWeekare excellent resources for learning about local treaties and for helping you craft an authentic land acknowledgment or welcome.

Today I learned that people still say cringe.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of Treaties Recognition Week. To celebrate, Doug Ford is trying to bully Indigenous communities into letting him build roads and mines to dig up crucial minerals in their communities. And lying about it in expensive ads. Obvi. thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...

Caught the last of the Fall colours during the last of the day’s light. 🤩 I thought I had more time but I miscalculated sunset in the woods because of the daylight savings time change grrrr! This moment was fleeting… #FallingForFall 😍

Worst World Series Takes (In no particular order.) Don’t feel sad. There are worse things happening in the world. Don’t feel happy about enjoying baseball again. They didn’t win. What they should have done was… Don’t celebrate the Jays. Make them wait until they win the whole thing next year.

Get in touch with Mayor Olivia Chow if you believe that Toronto should congratulate, thank, and celebrate the #BlueJays with a parade. I just did. 😊 Email: [email protected] Phone: 416-397-CITY (2489) Office of the Mayor City Hall, 2nd Floor 100 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

So when are we celebrating this team with a parade, #Toronto? #BlueJays #BlueJaysParade

Discovered this lovely video while doing some lesson planning for Treaties Recognition Week.

This team brought so much happiness, hometown pride, excitement, and entertainment to people this season. It was so much fun falling back in love with baseball! Thank you, gentlemen. 💙 #BlueJays

Trying to listen to the game on @sportsnet590thefan.bsky.social is so annoying. Not only is there a long delay between the actual game and the broadcast, but it keeps cutting out. Very grateful to the rowdy fans celebrating on the streets outside the SkyDome who are keeping me updated on the game!

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And now Marie-Phillip Poulin is at Game 7 wearing Vladdy’s jersey!

💙 #Vladdy #BlueJays #WantItAll

Golden light. Po-po on site. Tonight’s the night. #BlueJays #WantItAll

Them: I hope this email finds you well. Blue Jays fans:

Happy first of November, my darlings. #BlueJays #WantItAll #WorldSeries #BaseballInNovember

When admin sends out the Week at a Glance on Friday at 3:30 pm and says, “Have a great weekend!” but the email is full of things you have to do on top of assembly prep, lesson planning, and writing progress reports.

We’re listening to the action inside on the radio and outside in the neighbourhood and it’s not our most relaxing Friday night to be perfectly honest.

Blue Jays by Anishinaabe and French artist Cody Houle. www.etsy.com/ca/shop/CjHo... www.instagram.com/houlefineart

Drugstore: Be like a Blue Jay and get your (flu) shot! Me: Okay! Bank: Slide into your first home with our low interest rates. Me: Cool! Hardward Store: Make every project a home run! Me: I'll allow it. Storage Company: Put all your stuff in storage before your watch party! Me: What. #BlueJays

I LOVE THIS TEAM AND THIS ANTHEM AND THIS CITY!

All killer. No filler. #BlueJays #WantItAll #HalloWIN

Happy Halloween and Go Jays!!! #WANTITALL #GOJAYSGO

Survived another Halloween in the classroom. Now to go home and relax in my quiet home in downtown Toronto. Wait.

I may not have Halloween decorations up in my room, but I do have a karaoke machine. #HappyHalloween

Happy #HalloWIN and good luck to everyone working in schools today! Pic by sammyiam96 on Reddit

No one is invincible. #BlueJays #WantItAll

I forgot I attached mine to my water bottle for an Etsy photo shoot and brought it to school as is. Whoopsie! Order your stickers and pins here, bébés: stickersbyjls.etsy.com

“Trey bien! “I’m excited for HalloWIN!” This is the kind of hilarious commentary you can expect from me if you invite me to game 6 tomorrow night. #BlueJays #HalloWIN #WantItAll

Change one letter. Ruin a candy. Sharties. 🇨🇦

Okay but why don’t they have better seats?! #BlueJays #WantItAll

Update.

#BlueJays #WantItAll