after thoughts

Don't live the American dream. Live your dream.

  • It’s that wonderful time in the semester where the rough drafts are due. –  It is my job to tell a bunch of adults that their grammar is fairly sub-par in the worst cases and passible in the best. I’ve learned through experience and time, a lot of instructors don’t approach the grammar issue.  Maybe… Read more

  • Calloused Hands

    I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot lately. Well, rather, I’ve been thinking about why I’ve been thinking about my dad. — I kind of blame Memorial Day. There’s just something about graveyards that reminds people of the dead.  Course, my dad was in the Army for a while too. I don’t think anyone… Read more

  • bash, bash, bash

    Look, okay, I know that I have quite a few health problems. I’m really very aware of them, what’s going on, and what the future could hold. Heck, at this point, I probably could almost be a doctor. I’ve been poked and prodded in just about every imaginable way over the past two years.  I’m getting to… Read more

  • Okay, yesterday I had a rather good eating day. I limited myself and didn’t really overeat. –  I fell off the wagon a little when I saw there was Wheat Chex. Oddly enough, Wheaties is probably one of my top 3 cereals.   I just like the taste.  Wheat Chex mostly has the same taste, but it… Read more

  • A good eating day

    I’m trying really, really, really hard to have a good eating day. Most of the time, I don’t, but I’m really trying today. A good eating day means that I don’t overeat, under eat, and I don’t stress out about it.  I don’t try to guess the calories, look at nutrition labels, and guesstimate how… Read more

  • Wedding Mint

    My sister is the bride’s maid for her best friend’s wedding this August. Today was our first outing looking for a dress at the local bridal shop. As soon as I walked in, this wedding dress, shining white with silk, lace, and bows, was waiting to greet me.  It was wrapped around an immaculate headless… Read more

  • Yesterday, we had another school shooting. And yesterday, yet again, a lot of people blamed video games, guns, bullying, ect ect ect.   At this point, I really don’t think anything is really be done. Suggestions to stop or deter it has been teachers carrying guns, which I’m oddly for.  Having worked in a public school… Read more

  • Random 001

    There’s a lot I want to write about, but I don’t feel like writing about anything. Does that make any since? But, if I’m ever going to squeak my books, I really should actually start writing – anything from the start.   It’s easy to say you’re a writer, but hard to be one. So.. um…… Read more

  • Mother’s Day

    This year has been particularly difficult on my mom. She’s homebound, probably in some pain, and can’t do yard work or do a garden, which some of her favorite things in the world. After everything and yadda yadda yadda, I’m glad she’s still with me, despite how ornery she is.     I know she’s ornery.   It… Read more

  • Adjunct noob

    Hey lolly lolly, a new term started. I’m monitoring ENGL102, which is a basic class, one step up from very basic, but students are required to take it.   It’s a small paycheck, but it’s a paycheck. A while back, this college started to attach co-instructors to the basic classes.    At first, I wasn’t overly thrilled.   … Read more