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July: Reflection & Rejuvenation
Image courtesy the Nikki McClure calendarSo my first month of summer is officially finished. I have to confess that it doesn’t exactly feel like summer. It feels more like keep-working-full-time-but-work-at-home-instead-of-at-school. I’m suspecting that my goals for June have something to do with it:… Read More- Work on creating an e-course about purposeful conception: Um, yeah, this has been a lot of work. I always underestimate how long something is going to take me! Perhaps that’s why I commit to so many projects? At first it was super-exciting work because I was doing the graphic design and the technical stuff. It was very new and challenging. Then I started writing the content
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June: Reflection & Rejuvenation
Image courtesy the Nikki McClure calendarWhoa.
Did I seriously make it to the end of the school year relatively unscathed? (Aside from the bruise from my student’s metal lunchbox crashing into me as he ran out of the closet and into my leg.)
I can’t believe it, people. Those of you who are teachers know that May can be a tough, tough month.
First there was the third grade field trip that my students planned entirely on their own. They navigated us from the school to a bus stop. We took the city bus downtown and toured the “tallest” and the “lowest” of Houston. Then we picnicked at Discovery … Read More
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May: Reflection & Rejuvenation
Photo courtesy of Nikki McClure’s 2010 CalendarI honestly can’t believe I have only four measly weeks of school left before summer arrives.
As I say goodbye to April, here are some things to take note of:
- I took my class on a field trip to the Houston Arboretum.
- I helped Matt identify and clarify two of his passions.
- I spent a Saturday making homemade pizza, sweet potato fries, sorbet, and pillows with one of my students and her friend.
- I traveled to Austin for the Yeasayer concert.
- I made picnic place mats for a dear friend and celebrated her birthday with her at the beach.
- Matt and I coordinated
