Category: Life
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Spring Break Begins
This spring break has me reflecting a lot on last spring break. Before spring break began, I took my last trip “back home” for my baby shower. I was “grounded” spring break week (aka too pregnant to travel) . So many flashbacks to that week I spent hanging out at home, just prepping for baby.…
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The Makeover
I’m making over a lot of aspects of my life. I spent about two and a half hours last weekend at the salon, getting my hair fixed. I’ve spent a few hours revamping this website in a hopes of returning to some ramblings online. I’ve got plants to revamp my living space with some more…
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I haven’t forgotten
I know I haven’t written in forever, but I swear I haven’t forgotten about this little rinky dink blog. The pandemic sucked the life out of so many things for me. Crafting, writing, reading… I’m trying to find myself among the pieces as we have been in for over a year. At some point I…
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Duck Daycare
I have spent a lot of my days during the extended closure (and will spend a lot of summer days) at my best friend’s house, Ashley. Her oldest kid, Bristol, nicknamed me “Duck” when she first started talking. I’m not sure how she got Duck out of Amanda. Duck Daycare is mostly taking care of…
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inhale, exhale
I’ve written before about how hard this school year has been. Before the COVID-19 closure, there was a host of other things that just seemed to go wrong. We suffered losses, illnesses, and hard times together as a staff. With my Grammy now gone, I’m feeling the weight of all that went on this school…
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Dragging
I have been dragging here lately. I’m about as tired as one can get and still be functional. I have been working to get things straight, books shelved, and we’ve rearranged the library so I have done a good bit of cleaning throughout that process as well. I went home the other night and managed…
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Putting Together the Pieces
I haven’t written in a while. Things have been a whirlwind. We lost a lovely student which left our school community reeling. Ms. Bryant has joked lately that there have been times that all we have managed to do is show up… and that’s exactly what has been needed. She has said that we could…