Author: Kessick

Sometimes you just need a little bit of school-appropriate trash talk about March madness amongst colleagues…and a York peppermint patty of course to get you to the end of the day. It got me though this Friday, the end of a week full of full moon behavior. It will be forever known as “going mask…… Continue reading Wow

We have a bit of a dust problem in my house. In fact, we have had this same problem before in the previous house. A project gets started, conversation happens about precautions, and then the dust settles. Literally. It settles on the carpets- but you cannot see it much, so it must not be there.…… Continue reading Just a little dust

You can tell it’s a Wednesday, partly because I thought it was Thursday for most of the day. You can tell it’s a Wednesday because I tossed my reading plans out the window and regrouped. It wasn’t working and wasn’t worth trying for two more days. You can tell it’s a Wednesday because the kids…… Continue reading Wednesdays

I will wake up at my first alarm, but not today. I will get to school at the time I want, but not today. I will get that 2nd step lesson in during morning meeting, but not today. I will fill out that form, again, but not today. I will print and send that other…… Continue reading Not today

For as long as I can remember, I have identified myself as a reader (unlike me as a writer, and yes, I see the irony in me writing this statement). I’ve always managed to get lost in books. Maybe it’s my imagination- I love to get new material. My parents used to joke how I…… Continue reading Books and bathrooms

Always waiting, pressure building, phew! Finished.

Easter is one of those underrated holidays. I mean, it’s kind of hard to beat Christmas- especially when you are a kid. Halloween is also up there with the mounds of candy one can collect in a single night of hanging with friends. Even Thanksgiving wins you over. Who can resist all of that delicious…… Continue reading Easter

I’ve been in a relationship for 11 years now (more if you count the courting stages) and it’s been a roller coaster ride. I’m referring to my teaching career. For me it was young love. That can’t eat, can’t sleep, reach for the stars, over the fence, World Series kind of love. #ItTakesTwo I was…… Continue reading Relationship Woes

Dismissal time can be a bit chaotic at the end of the day. I strive to make it a smoother process, but I haven’t nailed it down quite yet. I have one student in particular (2 really) who move as slow as molasses while packing up. I usually take the majority of the students out…… Continue reading I just can’t…

A little known fact about me is that I’m a terrible singer. Like really terrible. In 3rd grade we did a class act for a talent show- we all dressed up as beanie babies (shout out to the 90’s!) and sang about the months of the year. I was one of the cats and for…… Continue reading A little known fact…