Thinking thoughts
It is Friday afternoon, and I know I need to get back to work, but I am going to enjoy a few minutes of the end of the week euphoria.
This weeks excitements and successes:
- Researched, found, checked out from the library, and showed a fabulous documentary in class on the Great Depression and homeless teens "Riding the Rails". It was produced by the American Experience folks and won at least 18 different awards. Truly touching and I think an important glance into history for my students.
-All high school planning and grading done for the entire week ahead!
-I am starting on three huge projects for all of my grad school classes- the neat part is that they are on topics that I am choosing/creating. The most exciting is the experiential ed/service learning project where I am going to interview about a thousand people as part of it. It is cool looking at all the programs and thinking about what I might end up doing.
-Jff and I are working out plans for a fiscally responsible, but no less fun, spring break. It will include visiting both of our bff's in other parts of the country, visiting family, camping, and visiting Jff's old stomping grounds in Washington D.C.. I am most excited for the Lincoln Memorial at night. I can stand there and imagine what it was like when MLK, Jr. was speaking or the massive anti-war protests that took place there. Plus I can't wait for spring camping with our new tent!!
-I woke up the other night to find kitties sleeping within inches of each other on each of my legs- aside from the fact I woke up because I was dreaming that I was stuck underneath a tree, I was happy to know they are finding some love for each other.
-The baseboard project in our bedroom was completed successfully last weekend! Husband used the pneumatic nail gun, air compressor, and mitre saw to complete the finishing touch up there. The bedroom is largely done and is a much happier place. It is amazing what finishing touches like that does to a room.
Thoughts for this week (largely garnered though talking to friends or interviewees):
-"One can either be part of the problem, or part of the solution."
-It is important to trust your intuition. The more you rely on it, the more successful you are in navigating life in a way that is good for you.
-I like people who make me laugh and who are kind to others, including me.
-Some of the deeper philosophies around Yoga are interesting. One revolves around the idea of always speaking the truth, simply, without judgment. Let others make their own meaning from it, if they want. You do not need to attach reason for them.
-"We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery." - Samuel Smiles
-"I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred-that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt... If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
-"O! The level lake and the long glories of the winter moon!" -Tennyson
-"There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage." - Martin Luther
This weeks excitements and successes:
- Researched, found, checked out from the library, and showed a fabulous documentary in class on the Great Depression and homeless teens "Riding the Rails". It was produced by the American Experience folks and won at least 18 different awards. Truly touching and I think an important glance into history for my students.
-All high school planning and grading done for the entire week ahead!
-I am starting on three huge projects for all of my grad school classes- the neat part is that they are on topics that I am choosing/creating. The most exciting is the experiential ed/service learning project where I am going to interview about a thousand people as part of it. It is cool looking at all the programs and thinking about what I might end up doing.
-Jff and I are working out plans for a fiscally responsible, but no less fun, spring break. It will include visiting both of our bff's in other parts of the country, visiting family, camping, and visiting Jff's old stomping grounds in Washington D.C.. I am most excited for the Lincoln Memorial at night. I can stand there and imagine what it was like when MLK, Jr. was speaking or the massive anti-war protests that took place there. Plus I can't wait for spring camping with our new tent!!
-I woke up the other night to find kitties sleeping within inches of each other on each of my legs- aside from the fact I woke up because I was dreaming that I was stuck underneath a tree, I was happy to know they are finding some love for each other.
-The baseboard project in our bedroom was completed successfully last weekend! Husband used the pneumatic nail gun, air compressor, and mitre saw to complete the finishing touch up there. The bedroom is largely done and is a much happier place. It is amazing what finishing touches like that does to a room.
Thoughts for this week (largely garnered though talking to friends or interviewees):
-"One can either be part of the problem, or part of the solution."
-It is important to trust your intuition. The more you rely on it, the more successful you are in navigating life in a way that is good for you.
-I like people who make me laugh and who are kind to others, including me.
-Some of the deeper philosophies around Yoga are interesting. One revolves around the idea of always speaking the truth, simply, without judgment. Let others make their own meaning from it, if they want. You do not need to attach reason for them.
-"We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery." - Samuel Smiles
-"I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred-that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt... If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
-"O! The level lake and the long glories of the winter moon!" -Tennyson
-"There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage." - Martin Luther
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