This weekend has been fabulous. Friday we went to a party at Mr. Butt's home in the KW area. It's a beautiful neighborhood with old houses built in the style of southern plantation homes. The houses are architecturally amazing, with swooping roofs, gargantuan cream-colored columns, and large porches that look out onto perfectly maintained lawns … Continue reading No Sunday Blues

Sometimes I look around my apartment, my classroom, even my car, and wonder "How did I get here? What am I doing?" I never would have thought less than a year ago, that I would be in Texas, teaching high school Biology. It wasn't a dream I've had for years, in fact it wasn't even … Continue reading What am I doing?

If you're stressed, if you're hungry, if you just want to do something -- MAKE this banana banana bread: http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/6639/my-favorite-banana-bread-recipe-it-has-no-eggs It's amazing. I don't have eggs in the house, and generally I just don't eat eggs period, so this is a GREAT recipe for old bananas that are gonna go bad. I used walnuts and … Continue reading Best Banana Bread EVER.

Weekends go by way too fast. Friday night is great because you know you have two day of no work ahead of you. Saturday morning is lazy...sleeping in, enjoying the fact you don't have to get up at 6:15 to go to work...but by mid-Saturday afternoon I'm realizing I have to go back to work … Continue reading Weekends

My parents just came from AZ a couple days ago with a bag full of food-like items -- I was very pleased. For the first time in a while I had real Indian food, not the stuff I make, but the stuff my mom makes...oh snap. I'm giving a test on Eukaryotic cell structures today...I'm … Continue reading Parents and Tests

So I haven't really updated the blog in a while, but I came across something that...shocked me, and made me a bit sad, so I thought I'd update. The students at my high school today, the 10th and 11th graders, took the PSAT. They had 25 minutes per section, used number 2 pencils, and bubbled … Continue reading PSAT day

So after three days of INTENSE work, T- and I finally set my classroom up! It's beautiful...we got rid of so much stuff, and the stuffed away the stuff we couldn't throw away in to a few random cabinets. We have 10 lab benches, so I can sit up 28 students in my class, my … Continue reading Room’s Ready To Go…now for LPs

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/us/politics/17mosque.html?_r=1&hp What the hell? Let me preface all my statements by saying, I very much believe that building a mosque close to ground-zero is in poor taste, and I would suggest moving it else where. That being said, I complete respect and support their right to build that thing wherever they want to. Why? Because … Continue reading Seriously GOP?

So everyone was really nice...the science department is super small -- let me see if I can remember all the teachers: it's me, Ms. M (my department head), Ms. B, Ms. G, Mr. S (last year was his first year teaching, so he's all about the giving helpful first year teacher hints..he's also a 9th … Continue reading 1st Day at School

An interesting article in the NYTimes today about consumers and happiness. It basically says that material goods don't necessarily make you happy, but spending your money on experiences might be better. It seems like an interesting way to live: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/business/08consume.html?pagewanted=2&ref=general&src=me Anyways, I'm starting this blog so that I can record all the stuff that happens … Continue reading Interesting Article