Master’s nearly done. Sitting on a 4.0. Grad school is like a fever dream.
Admin interviews up next.
Possible international travel this summer, because I cope geographically.
If I start talking about “systems-level thinking” in an airport lounge, just let it happen.
Non sequitur cat pix!
For years I thought I'd never leave the classroom, but as an administrator I'd have the ability to help usher in a culture change of a school and community.
Only thing the current environment has done is raised my monthly student loan payments...
Yeppers, in education, my mentor is trying to convince me to get my PhD... I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet, but it's possible.
I'm going to do my best to be more active. I'm one semester of my internship away from my Master's rocking a 4.0, so that's been pretty good!
A Bears'playoff win, a morning of cat cuddles and a big workout; this is the perfect final weekend before my last semester of grad school.
Growth is not always linear, this has been a challenging 16 months, but the healing continues and life improves.
Was a very crazy end of my year and I'm sorry for the silence. I had bicep surgery around my birthday in August and then adopted another cat.
Here's my boys...
I feel you, I'm so burnt out with grad school, my internship, being department chair and teaching 4 different courses with only one plan period. I'm finding myself very cranky.
But it's par for Novembers...
So I'm going to share a picture of Big Tuna and Mr. Nimbus to bring cheer.
Last minute Kesha and Scissor Sisters tickets?
Yes, please!
9 years ago Umberto Eco died...30 years ago he gave a speech at Columbia University, this became a small book called Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Way of Looking at a Blackshirt.
This is a great article from The Medium that talks more about Eco...
micheleriva.medium.com/umberto-eco-...
Finish my grad school paper that's due in over a week or be tactical pibble?
Going through a rough patch?
Be like Big Tuna, keep your chin up!
A year ago, I had an artificial disc replacement in my neck. 7 months ago, a two level cervical fusion. Over the last five months, I've had to make several major life changes...
Life is hard, be harder!
Big Tuna was upset my first post on here wasn't pictures of him... so he insisted on posing - he didn't want me to include him almost falling off the bed though.
I really think his impression of "The Puma Logo: 'Bulking Season'" is perfect.
New year, new house, new pix,new goals.
Same dog, same wonderful goofy cat roommate, same attempts at thirst trap pictures!
