In honor of Chaia, I purchased… “My New Desk”! !!!! It will arrive the first week of December. I also will be getting a new snazzy ergonomic chair…which someone should help me build. Hint. Hint. Meanwhile, the rain is making my hands ache, ache, ache. Ouch. Pray for the rain to stop–it should on Wednesday… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Pains=Short Blog
Haha, favorite quote of the day. Meanwhile, I finally learned the blessing for after the bathroom which I get to practice way to often given that I’ve been poisoning my stomach will all sorts of goodies. Am watching Love Actually while finishing up (ahem, beginning grading)! I’ve decided that in the spirit of being lazy… Continue reading Is it better to be PISSED OFF or PISSED ON?
I won’t TMI you too much but I’m kind of out of it this early in the month so I’m trying to balance everything and here’s how I’m doing: My number one focus is my new cat, Clark Kent. Should I REALLY give him away? I mean now that I have two air purifiers…. Meanwhile,… Continue reading All-Time Jew Low
or at least I hope not. I’m trying to get back into the rhythm since my hiatus from Judaism classes and grad school classes because of the high holidays of juggling everything “reasonably well.” So far, so good. My homework has been on time, my work has been good–I WILL pass more students this marking… Continue reading The rhythm is going to get you…
Okay, not ET but Igor (yay!) called from Machon Shlomo in Jerusalem to discuss the prospect of flying over for an interview with the Fellows program. That’s how I got started teaching and I’m already set to finish my MS in Secondary Education in May of 2006! Anyway, Igor’s call automatically made me think about… Continue reading ET Phone Home!
Balancing a conversion to Judaism, teaching, grad school, bonding with cats, bonding with friends and daily things I need to do is almost impossible. Conversion to Judaism: Reading through the books very slowly. Tired all the time so late to shul all the time. Teaching: High Holidays through me off at work. Behind on paperwork… Continue reading Status: Mediocre Overall
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…
That’s a soundbite from the meeting with my principal today. She assures me that she and the AP (Assistant Principal) are really mad about the fact that I didn’t give notice, which I didn’t. I was so stressed about the situation, I waited until the last minute to take the day off because I knew… Continue reading SO YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE A NORMAL JEW…
My principal threw a fit because I took off the first two days of Sukkot to observe them. She said that because I was “only studying Judaism” and not “entirely Jewish,” she felt that it was utterly ridiculous to take the days off. She said that she’s “pretty sure” that Jews don’t have restrictions for… Continue reading So you want to be Jewish?
Check out what I USED to do part-time before teaching:My Movie Review! This weekend was quite a spectacle. It all started because I had massive back pain (which is now just left-hand pain which will make me stop typing soon!). Anyway, instead of crashing with the fab Devora, I stuck to KJ and its peeps… Continue reading Blast from the Past
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