Monday, December 12, 2011
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
This is the last week before Christmas break. Somehow, this feels like such a mile marker in my first year of teaching. I see the kids getting antsy, and deep down, I know that I'm antsy as well. Two weeks are coming, two weeks of a break that will bring time for relaxing, getting caught up, and spending time with family. I wish you a Merry Christmas, and I wish me a Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 2, 2011
A Good Day
Picture this: Fourth period. Normally a noisy class, but today they were great. I'm excited for the weekend. I walk into class, and one of my students says, "Ms. Johnson, do you want a brownie?" "Yes!" I said.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Incriminating Evidence
Water cup: I fill it every morning
Two forks: one plastic, one metal; I bring them for my lunches at work.
Spoon: also for lunch at work
Salt: from a restaurant just in case I need it for one of my lunches
Hershey’s candy bar wrapper: I got it while pretending to be interested in book binding
Humoru: a magnet because my friend was in the stand-up comedy club
Wallet: a necessary evil
Loose change: proof of my laziness because I could have put it in my wallet
Paper towels from breakfast: might as well use them as tissues
Clunky ring: pretty in theory, but impossible to put up with
General Conference ticket: I went
Business card from the Latin festival: this was for a jewelry artist
Flower clip: replacement for last year’s, which is missing
Mascara: my safety since I forget that step in my morning routine
Lipgloss: thrown in just in case I feel the need to impress
Chapstick: my actual lip preference
Two red pens: I hate the color, but haven’t bought a different color for grading
One blue pen : I grade with it since I hate red
Three black pens: I can only write with black
Receipt: kept because I feel like I should budget, but crinkled at the bottom of my purse since I don’t
Sunglasses: I hate bright light
Fake glasses: for when I want to feel smart or block fluorescent light inside buildings
Earrings: impossible to live without; these are my spares
3-D movie glasses plastic case: evidence of my passion
Harry Potter movie ticket: better evidence of my passion
iPhone: my lifeline and source of distraction and source of frustration and elation
Keys: my second set, which has my house key rather than my office keys
Monday, September 26, 2011
Bucket List
Bucket list: a list of endeavors I intend to pursue. Some are more serious than others and they are not in a particular order of importance.
- become trilingual
- re-visit Argentina
- visit Brazil and the Amazon
- take my children to Litchfield, S.C.
- go hiking in the Alps
- go to Girl's camp again!
- go to Harry Potterland in Universal Studios
- relax for at least ten minutes every day
- hike part of the Appalachian trail
- spend a week in NYC watching Broadway shows
- write a short story
- be a senior missionary
- do genealogy (learn any additional languages)
- read 50 books this year
- visit Utah beach
- go to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- be vegan for one month
- read The Old Testament
- write an editorial
- have an herb and vegetable garden
- fix my hair every day for a week