Thursday, February 19, 2026

Yesterday and Today Are About Working Ahead so Next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday Don't Have Me Drowned Out

February is always a lot, and it is even more with the onset of potential weather events. I already had once cancelation needing to be rescheduled from last Friday. Next week I have a PD in Darien, two days of PD in Redding, and a two-day conference online (as well as the regular scheduled teaching, plus another candidate on campus). The result is lying around Wednesday, hair unwashed, to start planning everything so I don't seem to be a schmuck when I arrive to the settings. Plus this Friday is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Leadership Academy.

Sprinkle into that the news of a new grant needing to be spent quickly and registrations coming in for summer and I'm a little wide-eyed with getting it all done. My lack of planning cannot constitute an emergency. That's how I role.

Such is the way of a birthday week (and friends want to know why I'm not in a mood for doing something extraordinary...I just want peace and quiet). 

I am thankful, though, for all the opportunities and try to package the labor and resentment to the side so it doesn't slow down the possibilities for teachers and students. Lucky for me, it's low-grading until March. 

Here's to all of us currently hitting our heads to the screen.  It is what it is and we got this. There's no other choice.

The Cancellations Began at 11 a.m. Before the Snow, so There Was a Time for a Pink Pam-ther and a Few Rounds of Rummikub

The best news of the day is I didn't adventure to campus to finish preparation for PD in Darien with middle and secondary teachers in li...