One Today is the last day of my 30th (I think) summer break. Life as a teacher is full of challenges, but June, July, and August are not three of them. NO, we DO NOT get paid for doing nothing… They paid us for 183 days of service, but they spread it out over 12…
Category: Friday 5
Friday 5!
One For the past four weeks, I haven’t been writing much. My family was traveling for the first two and a half then I was blessed with my first bought of Covid-19. I’ve just about recovered from Covid, still have a slight cough, but I’ve not tested positive in almost a week. Covid is now…
Friday 5!
One Took last week off because when Dobbs vs. Jackson was handed down, I couldn’t even function, let alone write about it. I did Tweet… a lot, and I’m going to be including some of those tweets here as well. The actions taken by the SCOTUS as they ended their 21-22 term have been the…
Friday 5! Late Night Addition (Again…)
One I’ve been sober for six months. Not because I was an addict, but I was definitely abusing alcohol. I was using it to numb myself so that my depression was less hellish… it didn’t help, but it felt like it was and so I drank. Then I had blood work done and my Dr….
Friday 5! (Late Night Addition)
One Today was my 24th session of Deep Brain Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. I feel amazing. There have been a few difficulties, but they are all related to the flood of emotions that returned after my first treatment. When you are in the grips of a deep depressive episode, you stop having other emotions, at least…
Friday 5!
One 1. America has many problems, but we can solve most of them if we had the political will and moral courage to take them on, but we do not… as least the @GOP does not. Look at their voting records. They routinely vote against the best interests of their own supporters and in favor…
Friday 5!
One There are few people as brave as the anonymous #Twitter user. These resolute souls actually take the time to create a secret account and then fearlessly go forth to battle their foes in the arena of public stupidity. Free of the cares of those who actually put themselves out there, these courageous men and…
Friday 5!
One There are too many shows to watch. We subscribe to an obscene number of streaming services, all featuring shows I love watching or want to watch. The problem is that every time I log on to scroll and see what’s available; I end up paralyzed by the sheer volume of choice, and so end…
Friday 5!
Friday 5! (Deep Brain TMS) Let’s talk about Deep Brain TMS (dTMS). I started my dTMS treatments on 5/5/22, and it’s been a life-changing experience. I’m going to run down the most dramatic effects here, so today’s Friday 5 is going to be different. It’s all going to relate to the same subject. I’ll link…
Friday 5!
Last week I introduced the Friday 5 Random Style. Check out last weeks’ post for details. One Yesterday was my first Deep TMS treatment. I’m so excited about this… please work, please work, please work. So, if you don’t know what Deep TMS is, this is the website of the folks who built the machine…