While I am still a novice practitioner, I have never hurt my neck doing yoga before. In fact, I am usually really careful to listen to my body while doing yoga because I do it to help my body, not get hurt. I don't know what ouchy signal I missed this time, but my neck is killing me. I think that I won't be doing shoulder stands for long periods of time ( if ever again, if I get my way) until I am at a higher level. Oh... to be honest, I am extremely annoyed.

My dog (my parents' dog actually) isn't looking too well these days. She seems to have no specific ailment, she just seems to lack her usual joie de vivre and energy. She is acting pretty sucky these days, too. Calling her to come usually means that she will stop as close to you as she can ending up on top of you is not a possibility. She's an affectionate dog, but this behaviour seems to be a real call for sympathy-- which she gets, of course. She's a nine year old border collie. She...

There are a lot of ants in our back yard. They don't bite or anything. They are kind of cute in their little anty way since they are small and don't bite. Sometimes they crawl on me if I stand near the bar-b-q and because they are so small that I don't notice them. When I do, I try to shake them off, but there is always another one on my leg. Now I've kind of got the heebeejeebees and I feel like ants are crawling on me all the time.

It seems that there are certain things that I should avoid saying. "Things are going great," seems to top the list at the moment. It is like inviting trouble to knock you down on your ass. I haven't decided yet if even thinking that phrase is anathema as well. I am also going to avoid any obersvations about people's happiness, because I don't want to muck things up for anyone. So far, "You look well" hasn't produced any dire effects for anyone. I can only keep hoping. If I have wis...

Let's see if I got it THIS time! http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=c5pmfzv5.2mjmiykx&x=0&y=ogeq58

Well, I started applying for jobs already, and I have already gotten my first PFO letter. Lovely! I really appreciate being laid off AFTER all the other schools have done their hiring.

I just submitted my entry! YAY YAY YAY time a million! woah! Some background may be needed. Last week I tried to enter a writing contest and wrote furiously to make the deadline, only to notice later that the dealine passe a week ago. I obviously need some more instruction on reading instructions. That's why I am a teacher. Hah! This time, I got my act together and got stuff submitted an hour before the deadline! For the procrastinatrix, this is a feat worthy of... I don't now wh...

I've been planning to make dinner on a weeknight for two weeks now. Hubby either takes me out for dinner (as neither of us has enery to eat or clean up after) or I am falling asleep at 8 pm after getting home around 7. The gym? Forget it! But I made a potato cream soup today. Sauteed onion, garlic and mushrooms and then added microwaved potatoes and carrots to speed up cooking time. Added water and boiled it for a bit. Stopped the pot to go for a 10 minute jog with hubby (this was sh...

I've been teaching for about 10 years now. I have enjoyed it quite a bit. I have taught across the spectrum. I have taught at a university, I taught at a nursery school. I taught at businesses, I have taught housewives and seniors. I have taught in an elementary and at high school. I taught EFL (English as a foreign language), English lit, history, health class, and now math at high school. In elementary it was the whole she-bang. I am thankful probably for the EFL teaching the mo...

Ack.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, that is how I feel right now. I don't know what it is about me but I have a tendency to get myself in over my head. Must be some sense of overwhelming self confidence that I probably shouldn't have. Feels like the energy rut I've been in is cycling out and I've got a lot of better focus. I'm teaching a math course and the whole teaching math thing is new for me. I'm working hard at it and I guess it's going ok, but this is probably NOT the job I sh...

Remember the movie Aliens when Ripley want to blow up the planet and the company guy says "no way" because it is too expensive? Ripley had the best comeback-- "They can bill me!" This is probably a vague parallel but... it seems like a lot of stuff that hasn't happened has not happened because no one authorized it. Whether it's using the city buses to evacuate people or the bringing in of troops, it seems to have slipped through the cracks of someone else's job or no one told me. Yet,...

Maybe I unknowingly clicked some buttons. Dunno, but my recent articles are anything but. Puzzling Any ideas?

Sheeplester: one who controls or manipulates sheeples sheepleitis: the condition of becoming a sheeple explacuse: what is said when it is not clear if making an excuse or giving and explanation.Join in the fun! What words can you create today!

Foreverserenity has a good discussion going about computer literacy. Link This blog is somewhat related to that, but mostly to a comment that someone made about a teacher saying (note the attempt at neutral terms here) why watching the movie of Romeo and Juliet was as good as treading he book. I really don't want to discss that issue here as arguements can be made for both sides. I also don't have the background to that comment as it wasn't included in the blog so I don't want to dis...

I was doing pretty well on this for about four days. Day 5 was a non post day so that I could go do stuff instead of sit around. Then tragedy struck. My hard-drive crashed completely. It happened gradually in dribs and drabs so I was able to back up all my documents except for my precious links in my favorites folder. It could have been worse. It could have been the big bang, and the repair shop upgraded the hard drive to 60G! Good for my little laptop. And since my computer ha...