Although tonight I am going to the opera, an amazing, expensive thing I feel so lucky to get to experience, I am currently interpreting that as a source of stress (what to wear, what time need to leave, logistics of getting there, when and where to eat) and my entire life feels like a puzzle […]
Read More Approximately 69 Days RemainingCan you believe it, there are only 70 days left until spring. Maybe you can believe it. It’s just a number. Anecdotes: Today two of my students looked up at me suddenly and said, “You scared me!” like they didn’t expect me to be standing next to them looking at their work although I am, […]
Read More 70 DaysToday I told a lady who was washing her hands next to me: “There’s only 71 days left of winter.” “That doesn’t sound so bad,” she said. It’s working! I woke up half an hour early. It was so cold out I wish they had not told me how cold it was. Critical winter survival […]
Read More 71 DaysAnecdote: Today during lunch someone told me a story of New Year’s Eve that very nearly caused me to snort water out my nose. What is more important than sharing funny stories? I’m sorry I can’t tell you the story here. It involved a port-a-potty. But let me go on to this…. Funny: What […]
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