As I seem to constantly forget what month it is, May seems to have crept up on my like every other month of the year did before it. Apparently I am really fucking easy to creep up on. We’ll add that to the never-ending list of Things I Need To Work On. (Why haven’t I […]

As my college roommates can attest, my room tends to fall apart at a pace consistent with the disarray in my life generally. I confess that I am not a particularly neat person to begin with. I know this. But every now and then I hit this wall where I lose the will to do […]

I only had a few hours to hang out in DC before we had to load up the car and drive home. Somehow, a few hours skulking around my former college campus was more than enough to give me an unending, “!!!! I am just. so. uncomfortable.” feeling. Yet when given the option to go […]

Last week was rough in subtle and unexpected ways. I mentioned that I broke up my first fight as a substitute teacher. That was a little less subtle. Most frequently, it was being confronted by my own limitations, both personally and within the opportunities made available by my jobs. For both of my current jobs, […]

During my obligatory WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE OH MY GOD WHO AM I post-college quarter-life-crisis period that I am totally still in the middle of, I considered a handful of different hypothetical career options. I have spent the better part of the last year working in education-related jobs. The question was always: […]