Feels like it lately

Weirdly beautiful end to a weird day

My brain: Panicking about my kids Panicking about my country Planning lessons Accomplishing daily tasks (repeat cycle endlessly)

Incredible story

My work day includes keeping a straight face when a student tells me he "accidentally" kneed his friend in the balls. #teaching #middleschool

That time I made it into my college alumni magazine.

Going to need a second mortgage to pay for my teenager's "products" #parenting

Went to a protest today. Didn't shout or chant. Just stood there with my sign, feeling so deeply sad.

It is a fact, known by some but not all that middle school boys LOVE dress up. I have 2 costume boxes in my classroom and the boys cannot get enough! #edusky #teaching

Suns out for recess duty

Unexpected snow/ice day 2 days after a 2 week break?! Sure, why not?! #teaching

She who moves the laundry from washer to dryer keeps all found money inside.

Cold trails this morning!

I can definitely get behind all of these!

Apparently me and my 11yo have a new tradition of watching old Adam Sandler movies on NYE.

People I like on the train: people reading, people reading library books! People reading library books I know and like!!!

Heck yeah!

The woman next to me on the bus is eating sour cream and onion chips and sugar babies at 8:30am #hero

Welcome to SURREAL WEEK, where calories don't count, drinking is governed by airport rules, no one cares how you're dressed, and marathoning old movies is the norm. You have until January 5th when doing absolutely fucking nothing becomes embarrassing again. Do nothing with it wisely.

My kid just rage-quit our scrabble game -so that's where we're at with school vacation week.

Best gift I gave myself was filling up the bird feeders before the storm hit. Middle aged entertainment for hours!

Winter magic

2 sick kids was not on my Christmas or Hanukkah list

Day 2 of school vacation week and both kids are coughing and sneezing.

Getting out before the snow flies

“For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it” Amanda Gorman

IYKYK

Indoor recess on the day before break? Fun times at the #middleschool #edusky

Why is it that so many high school teachers forget that there are actual kids in front of them and just dump massive amounts of content without any attempt to engage the kids or generate inquiry????? #thatsnotteaching

Yup, I have hidden the best of the chocolate and given my family the rest.

This is metal

Late afternoon ski

Family skate night on the backyard pond

I just love a weekend putter morning

@akprzy.bsky.social is one of my favorite ppl on the internet. Happy Friday

He got up before sunrise to scrape the ice and skate before school!!

Just spent five minutes puzzling at this emoji in a friends text, only to realize it was a piece of granola on my phone!!!😂😂 @carolinelosneck.bsky.social

I will post this again and again and again

Ah, the sweet sounds of knee hockey on a sunday morning...in my kitchen

If you had told me pre-kids that nothing would raise my hackles more than my children shouting my name from far corners of the house, I def would not have believed it... Not shouting in panic mind you -this is more of a butler/maid come hither.

Some kids complimented me on my classroom library today and I preened like a peacock. #edusky #teaching

Nothing better as a teacher than giving your students a project and watching them totally engage with it - collaboration, creativity, learning. #edusky #teaching

Sunset on the marsh #maine

Recess at the middle school, after 6 inches of snow has fallen, is like Mad Max Thunderdome #edusky #teaching

All you teachers in Maine -how's the Monday after a break with an impending snow day for tomorrow treating you????!!! #edusky

The teenager has the magic power to be awake for 3 minutes and somehow get mad at everyone and go back to her room. Has to be a record!

When you reread something you wrote and you like it- the best feeling

Ah the holidays, when it’s possible to love deeply and be insanely annoyed at the same time.

Saw some friends running in the woods

"It's too much work for the teacher" is not a good reason for a grading policy that doesn't allow retakes. #edusky