Moving–New Adventures

Well, it’s been a tumultuous and stressful few months. In November, I decided to start applying for jobs. By January, I had decided that I would definitely be leaving my job. I had several interviews (on Zoom, but for jobs all over the country), and I decided to accept an offer from Western Kentucky University.…

Basketball and More

It’s been a while! At this rate, and point in my life, it’s always been a while… How about bullet points?

Taos to Boulder

Happy New Year! We’re in Boulder, getting ready to head to Frisco today for our last week in the West. Our last few days in Taos were sunny, warmish, and beautiful. On Christmas Eve, we met up with some friends who live in Maryland to ski with them at Taos. Gilbert had a bone to…

Interviews with Boys: 2022

Seamus at 13 years old What is the meaning of life? What do you want to be when you grow up? What makes you happy? What are you afraid of? If you had one wish, what would you wish for? What is the funniest word? What is the hardest thing to do? What is the…

Winter Break

After a tough semester, we wrapped everything up and headed out of town! First we departed around 4:30 am; Patrick and I had both been sick, and Harlan missed school on Tuesday, and Seamus had missed the Tuesday before, so like everyone else in the world, we’re having a cruddy fall. It’s not Covid, but…

Thanksgiving–Lead Up

I pretty much was done with work on Friday last week, but I decided to offer some optional field trips to my students. On Saturday, it was so cold, but Gilbert and Patrick went to an outdoor woodworking class anyway. They had fun, and Patrick said it was a good experience for Gilbert to work…

Days Off

Last week was Election Day and Parent Teacher Conference day. The kids also had a gloriously warm weekend before it turned off super cold this week. The last soccer game was November 5th, and Seamus’s team ended with a win, which made everyone happy. Then, he and Gilbert went to decorate for 4-H achievement night.…

Homecoming

This weekend was homecoming at my university, and I took Harlan and his buddy to be helpers. All the other kids had games, but then Gilbert’s got residual-rained out. Porter woke up Sunday with a bad sore throat, so he laid on the couch all day Sunday. Seamus, Gilbert, and Harlan went to the batting…

Fun Weekend

It was a little blustery, but after the deluge of last weekend, it was nice to be out and about this weekend. I spent a lot of time with my older boys, which is a little unusual because when we split up the family for activities, I’m more likely to take the younger kids. However,…

The Grind

I was going to write a happy and upbeat post about the kids going back to school, but it turns out they weren’t actually that excited about it. Everyone is fine, but transition from summer has made a lot of them kind of grumpy and needing more sleep. However, Gilbert finally switched from Spanish into…