I was inspired by Darin Johnson's post yesterday about music. So I hit "play" and "shuffle" on my music playlist and here is what came up: "Like My Daddy Did" by Vince Gill (oh that voice--beautiful!) "Standchen" by Franz Schubert (Relax and read) "El Salam" by Hakim (Bellydancing music) "Payphone" by Maroon 5 (Fun to… Continue reading Shuffle (#SOL17 9/31)
Category: My Life
You’ll Change your Mind (#SOL17 8/31)
"You'll change your mind." This has been said to me more times than I can count. Let me back up and start at the beginning of the most recent conversation that ended with this phrase. It was a pleasant morning first semester, I had just punched in and was headed up to my classroom. Walking quickly,… Continue reading You’ll Change your Mind (#SOL17 8/31)
Finding my Groove (#SOL17 3/31)
I am seriously struggling. What to write about? I don't know. I have 28 drafts saved in WordPress, and countless lists of things to write about and half started ideas in Drive. But here I am writing about not knowing what to write about. I can't write about something unless I'm really feeling it, you… Continue reading Finding my Groove (#SOL17 3/31)
Getting Started (#SOL17- 1/31)
As this month stretches out before me, I'm just not sure I can do this. I'm not sure I can write for 31 days straight. Again. I've been struggling to write once a week for the past...well, forever, so how will I pull this off? Sheer determination, hopefully. March is a hard yet awesome month.… Continue reading Getting Started (#SOL17- 1/31)
Worst. Morning. Ever.
This morning I woke up to the smell of dog poop. That's never good. 6:37 am. Wanda May had gotten out of bed, which I had sensed, and I had waited for her to scratch at the door. I heard her squirreling around, and then she came back to bed. Good. Back to sleep. But… Continue reading Worst. Morning. Ever.
The big, bad ACT
(Thanks writintime for a topic idea!) The ACT is in two weeks and all my juniors will be taking it. And I feel sorry for them. When I took the ACT 17 years ago, it just didn't seem like that big of a deal. I signed up for it, I took it, I got my… Continue reading The big, bad ACT
Disappointing Sandals Debacle–Updated–>No longer disappointed. :)
**Update 6/2- Spoke with Jessica. She was incredibly helpful, apologetic and fixed all of our problems! She was as confused as I was about what had happened, and was happy to get us the room we originally booked on the new dates (so we could get the cheaper flights). She offered to upgrade us, but… Continue reading Disappointing Sandals Debacle–Updated–>No longer disappointed. 🙂
The Importance of Confidence
Have you ever noticed how some people, confident people, can speak about topics they literally know nothing about, and yet people believe them? The key ingredient there is confidence. Now, I find these people and their drooling fans pretty annoying, but I find their confidence pretty inspiring.When I was in high school, especially as an… Continue reading The Importance of Confidence
Passport Customer Service
Yikes. If you don't have to, don't ever call the Passport Customer service line. They're mean. Downright RUDE. Hmph.Let me explain the situation. So, last year I got a new passport so I could go to Jamaica to get married. This year, before we head to St. Lucia, I needed to update my passport with… Continue reading Passport Customer Service
Midwestern Heart in Dixie 