The act of throwing off work to write a blog post is so liberating. And not a very good idea of at all, but if I don't get some sort of writing besides work emails in, I don't think I can grade another word of student writing.
I hadn't planned on writing a blog post today. Instead, I was dead set on thinking about writing a blog post and then being sad about how I didn't have enough time to. I like it when I surprise myself. Here's how I turned up here: Tim let me sleep in (what a love) and when I woke up, he and Beckett were going down, so I picked up my computer to do some grading. My mind is freshest in the AM, especially after extra, brain-restoring sleep. To reward myself for being so smart and even thinking of getting my work done early, I thought I'd look at one little blog. I checked out this happy list here. Having had an unshakable case of the low level blues myself, I appreciated both hearing someone else is in the same boat and seeing what she was doing about it. So, I'm joining in:
I hadn't planned on writing a blog post today. Instead, I was dead set on thinking about writing a blog post and then being sad about how I didn't have enough time to. I like it when I surprise myself. Here's how I turned up here: Tim let me sleep in (what a love) and when I woke up, he and Beckett were going down, so I picked up my computer to do some grading. My mind is freshest in the AM, especially after extra, brain-restoring sleep. To reward myself for being so smart and even thinking of getting my work done early, I thought I'd look at one little blog. I checked out this happy list here. Having had an unshakable case of the low level blues myself, I appreciated both hearing someone else is in the same boat and seeing what she was doing about it. So, I'm joining in:
- Seeing wild turkey’s in our neighborhood
- Watching families point out said turkeys to excited children
- My almost 10 month old son smiling at nothing in particular
- Sweeping the debris off the entry rug. All other sweeping is for the birds.
- Finishing a batch of papers
- Blue-painted fingernails
- When my husband sees I need a pick up, so he picks me up
- Wearing my heavy coat in not too cold weather and being super toasty.
- Going through a good hair phase again and finally.
- My new song/matra *If you’re feeling bad, do 5 things…
This little grouping almost made the list, but I couldn't think of anything I wanted to kick, so they get a photo representation instead. The pup was a gift brought back from Italy (I had a dachshund at the time), the T-Rex is the topper from my best friend's wedding (her and her husband have been together over half their lives! And they're 30!), and the snake belongs to Tim (I have no special parenthetical information for this. But I like him.)
Next week is my birthday and Tim and I are taking a little weekend trip to Wallace, ID. If there are five things worth doing there, I'll share them with you! We have two planned and are winging the other three.
Next week is my birthday and Tim and I are taking a little weekend trip to Wallace, ID. If there are five things worth doing there, I'll share them with you! We have two planned and are winging the other three.