Life

I’m Back!

Yes, I have returned. Please quietly rejoice to yourselves. OK that was enough. No, no put your pants back on. It’s not that kind of party. I have been away for too long but I was finishing my masters and thus any time I had to write, I felt like I should be writing myContinue reading “I’m Back!”

Left Behind

I’m still getting emails from my school even though I’m not working there this year. I haven’t disconnected it from my phone yet because I’m still getting a few messages from people who don’t know I’m not working this year and that information needs to be passed along to whoever is teaching my classes. So,Continue reading “Left Behind”

Target

COVID has forced a number of changes in my life. Because of our son, we have severely limited our contact with the outside world and basically eliminated his. Outside of walks and going to the pool or my mother-in-laws, Rory doesn’t leave our house. It’s…repetitive. My wife and I haven’t gone out to eat inContinue reading “Target”

Time

I’ve never had this much time on my hands before. I’ve had summers off from teaching but that’s usually filled with trying to do as many things as possible before school starts again. Now, for the first time really in my entire life, I have all the time in the world. I find myself feelingContinue reading “Time”

How did it come to this?

I love teaching. I’ve done it for ten years, and it’s become a part of my identity. I’m incredibly proud to say I’m a teacher and that I come from a family of teachers (three aunts, one uncle, one sister, one brother-in-law, and one cousin). But right now, teachers, and everyone else, are in unchartedContinue reading “How did it come to this?”