I paid all the bills…except the $141 (air purifiers, heater) for the Con Ed bill. Right and after paying all the bills, I have about three dollars to my name for the next month and whatever’s in the fridge now (and luckily in the pantry) is whatever I will be eating (Thanks AC!) but all… Continue reading Money stress
No, really, I’m not kidding. I trapped a stray kitten in a carrier with some food. It was mighty friendly and may or may not have given me some fleas. Meanwhile, it is living in my bathroom in the carrier with a makeshift litterbox, a bowl of food, a bowl of water. It’s got to… Continue reading Trapped a black kitten
according to the great Dr. Seuss. I don’t know how well I’m doing with the balancing. I just finished handing in my “socratic seminar lesson” for my Thursday night class. Yea, it’s the wee hours of Monday. I had to finish putting in grades first for my 100 students. I failed about 40 students, maybe… Continue reading Life’s a Great Balancing Act…
So I visited a Sephardic shul in midtown east for my Friday night meal under the sukkah. The place was beautiful. The singing had a Middle Eastern twang. The food was unidentifiable except for something called “kipe” that Dominicans eat and call the same thing. So, while I may look Sephardic…or at least Israeli according… Continue reading Going on "Sephardic"
Being an observant jew is HARD! H-A-R-D! Why don’t we get off for all the holidays in public school? I have to take off two days this week and finish a paper in the next 30 minutes and hand in an assignment two days late because I am behind. Plus, I have no food in… Continue reading AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Managed to mention “sex” in the classroom when I tried to make the children understand why “lusty” can be defined as “strong” because of male virility. Ahem. Tons of grading to do, major carpal tunnel pains from the lovely rain. Best time to hand in papers due at 12am? 11:38pm. Umbrella parts are lethal—my pinky… Continue reading Another Day of Sex
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