Jobs and Careers
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Prayer Alarms
Chris has been struggling at work for the past six months. It’s nothing specific. Just the ruts we all get into when we’ve been at a job for any length of time. He…
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ClassMax Update
We are one week away from launching ClassMax, a web-based data tracker and classroom management tool for teachers. Over the past six months, we have worked primarily with freelance web developers who we…
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I’ll Bloom Soon, Dammit.
We all survived our first week of school! The kids LOVE their teachers, which is really great to hear. They come home every day bursting to tell us about things that happened in…
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First Day of School, 2017
IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which, at least for the time being, is super exciting around my house. One day, I’m sure this will not be such a happy day for them,…
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New Year. New School. New Classroom.
Last week, I started working officially at my new school. I had been waiting all summer to meet my new team of teachers and I was so relieved when we finally got to…
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Great Beginnings(?)
Yesterday, while Gracie was at Trolls camp, Chris, Bean, and I moved my classroom supplies into my new classroom at my new school. We have had two full van-loads of my classroom materials…
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Happy Belated to My Grumpy Beloved
We celebrated this hunk’s birthday this past weekend and it only proved my scientific theory that men do get better looking as they get older and that’s why women are moody. *eye roll*…
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Endings and Beginnings
I always get nostalgic at the end of the school year. For my own babies, it marks the passing of time and growth, which to a parent is bittersweet. I’m so proud of…
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Back to Yale
This past weekend, Chris and I took a quick trip back to Yale. The chair of Chris’s graduate department was retiring after 40 years. Ben Sammler is a giant in the field of…
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Teacher Friends Are the Best Friends
I’m not usually one to put teaching above any other profession. Every job is different and taxing in complete unique ways. If I stood in your shoes, I might not make it until…