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I am an Ontario Teacher*
If you want to get technical, I am an Ontario occasional teacher. What does that mean, you ask? To me, it means a few things: It means that when my alarm goes off at 6:08 every morning, I roll out of bed and into the shower to get ready. My phone stays beside me while I prepare for work, and by 7:15am I am dressed, my lunch is made, and my “teacher bag” is prepped and ready to go. And then I wait for a call. Often the call doesn’t come. By 8am I know I’m usually off for the morning, and by 12:30pm I’ve accepted that I’m off for…
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21 Weeks*
How Far Along: 21 Weeks* Size of Baby: Banana Weight Gain: 8 pounds Movement: Still nothing, but still not worried. Cravings: Sugar. It’s bad. Food Aversions: Nothing specific, but I’m very sensitive to textures. Also, having too much in my mouth feels disgusting. I can only take small bites. Symptoms: Vivid, weird dreams. Full of absolutely random people and places. Chances are that if I know you, I’ve probably dreamed about you in an entirely non-creepy weird sort of way. Also, I just started to have a bit of sporadic cramping. Apparently this is the beginning of Braxton Hicks contractions. Fun! Lastly, my pants don’t fit. Does that count as…
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Still Looking*
Every so often I look back on posts I’ve written and sort of “relive” those moments in my life. The other day I was browsing back on where I was last spring, and I can still feel the stress of everything that was going on between March and May. Teacher’s college courses, new house, moving, work, the play, etc. I was desperate to find some balance in my life. Then the summer happened. I had such good intentions and such big plans to accomplish a billion things with all the free time I knew I’d have. And then… I just couldn’t do it. Part of it was due to he…
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Fire Alarm*
The Hubster and I have had a busy week, so last night we tried to go to bed early. We were in bed by 10pm, and after watching/falling asleep to an episode of Seinfeld, we decided it was time to turn in. I’m pretty sure I was out cold before he even turned out the light. At 12:45am I woke up suddenly to a loud, consistent beeping which I immediately recognized as our smoke detector. I cried out to the Hubster who was still a bit groggy and we both seriously jumped out of bed. You need to understand that having a fire in our home is one of my biggest…
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The Book Club*
Last night we had our monthly book club get together. Over the past few months we’ve switched from meeting at coffee shops and restaurants to rotating through each others homes and apartments. We originally began in coffee shops as our group was so tiny and I was the only common link between everyone. Desperate to try and build some friendships in my new town, I emailed every girl acquaintance I knew between the ages of 20 – 30 within a 30 km radius of my apartment, hoping that a couple might respond and be interested in joining a book club. We started with four, and now–18 months later–we’re up to…
