Bouncing Back From Bummersville. Sort of.

I was dreading class today, expecting a repeat at this campus of the squirreliness of my Monday campus. My husband suggested I start class by telling the students what happened yesterday and asking them not to do that to me today.  I thought it was worth a try. It worked like a charm.  We had...

Highway To The Bummer Zone

I yelled at my class today. Well, okay, I didn't yell.  But I spoke sternly.  I scolded.  I told them they needed to start acting more like 15 year olds than 10 year olds.  I threatened to call their parents and tell them to pick them up at lunch and skip the showing of Pride...

Only Me

I mean, this is so Muffy.  This is quintessential Muffy. I was texting with my BFF, chiding her for her lame Amazon.com wishlist, which makes gift giving harder for me and today is Black Friday, darn it, and I was set to cash in on some savings and after all, it's All About Meeeee. One...

Happy Accidental Thanksgiving

I cooked a turkey yesterday. I wasn't planning to, because my Mother-In-Law has claimed the Thanksgiving Feast and she is 87 years old, so while I do, at her request, send an offspring over each year to help with the cooking, there is no way I would take that away from her. So this means...

Starting A New Chapter, Part 3

(Continued from Part 2) I had started this journey to emotional health by asking God what He wanted of me.  Four years in, I still kept asking Him that.  Every time I did, He would point me toward writing, or composing music, or teaching piano.  He never told me to fix my circumstances. In fact,...

Starting A New Chapter, Part 2

(Continued from Part 1) I have to admit, a few years down the road when I finally realized that things weren't going to change in a hurry, I got disappointed. Okay, maybe that's an understatement. I was devastated. It took a good year or so before I even realized this.  I was going strong on...

Starting A New Chapter, Part 1

I feel like a chapter of my life is coming to a gradual end.  I am beyond thrilled about this, because it has not been an easy chapter.  I'm so ready for the next one. I think it was in August of 2009 that this chapter started, five months after I was healed of Chronic...

Not Missing Out

So, I’m going back to school. Finally going to finish up that degree that was put on hold 24 years ago when the kids started coming. I have mixed feelings about this - excitement, certainly, because I love school. No, but really. I love taking classes. Like, probably too much. I’m the one sitting in...

Worried/Not Worried

I'm not a worrier. But I'm worried. I have all these students - 30 young people between the ages of 14 and 18 between the three classrooms in which I teach.  A captive audience every week. A couple of weeks ago I woke up to a realization, probably because I'm planning to take a hiatus...

Whole New Level Of Crazy

True Confession: So, I'm battling the flu.  Having spent the day on the couch yesterday, I decided to try to accomplish something today, so I started with something easy -- correcting lab reports. I sat at my desk for a good 10 minutes rearranging things and checking email and Facebook and even my bank account...