I get sick two weeks away from the students. As punishment, my body decides to become ill.
My wife says that I get sick because I miss my students. I think she’s joking because if any student reads this they’re probably getting excited about the prospect of a substitute teacher the day they return from vacation.
felixnation :: Dec.24.2008 :: The Coal Mine, students, wife :: Comments Off
My plan is as perfect as it’s convoluted. Work, stay after work, travel northeast to game, travel southeast to pickup my wife, go home and sleep at 11-12.
This way, my students get to rehearse and makeup exams, I get to play Necromunda with some new fellas, and my wife gets a ride home instead of riding the trains for 24 miles.
felixnation :: Apr.30.2008 :: Addictions, Odysseys, The Coal Mine, family, students, wife :: No Comments »
When I tried to buy a PS2 through The Evil Social Networking site, I was offered my friend’s husband’s PS2, which I declined on moral grounds.
Soon thereafter, I received an offer from my cousin’s boyfriend, who lives even farther away from town.
I accepted.
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felixnation :: Jun.18.2007 :: Addictions, Hermit Cave, The Coal Mine, church, family, friends, students :: No Comments »
There are options this summer.
My wife asked if I preferred teaching in the summer, nannying the nephew and niece, or, I don’t know, GAMING AND PAINTING DAY AND NIGHT! Continue Reading »
felixnation :: Mar.12.2007 :: Addictions, The Coal Mine, family, students, wife :: No Comments »
Filipino Club practice ended early, and I was so relieved that I told the kids:
Awesome. I can pack up and go on my date.
A date? What are you talking about? WHO are you dating? We thought you were married?
felixnation :: Mar.05.2007 :: Conversations, students, wife :: 1 Comment »
“Don’t you ever wear something other than a black tie?” my students asked.
“Why sure,” I told them, “I do, in fact, have one other tie that I’ll wear to work.”
felixnation :: Feb.13.2007 :: Conversations, Fashion Police, The Coal Mine, family, students :: No Comments »
For the unfamiliar (or those who slept their way through high school English), the freewrite is an activity that involves writing (obviously) about a topic that doesn’t require constraints of grammar, sentence structure, or even the English language. The goal is to get words onto a paper, so often the only requirement for the activity is that students keep moving their pens for 10 or so minutes.It’s more difficult than it sounds, particularly for the reluctant students, but even some of the better performing students have trouble with writing activities because they are such great conversationalists. (To put it mildly)
That’s why today was such a riot.
felixnation :: Jan.31.2007 :: The Coal Mine, students :: 2 Comments »
Seriously. Five. I woke up early (translation: wife woke me up early), spent time in ye ole coal mine, shouted like a madman at the children, openly made fun of coworkers who secretly patronized me behind my back (and plotted death plots and other forms of madness), travel to the comic book store and the cheese steak place, had five blog ideas (including one or two random story ideas), but waited until I got home to write them down.
felixnation :: Jan.24.2007 :: Hermit Cave, Mad Schemes, Odysseys, The Coal Mine, coworkers, family, students, wife :: No Comments »
My wife made me sleep for 4 hours on a Sunday afternoon, even though she knows I slept for a nice 7 hours the night before. See saw the exhaustion in my eyes and heard me speak and complain and so she knows:
My vacation is almost over.
felixnation :: Jan.07.2007 :: Hermit Cave, The Coal Mine, students, wife :: 1 Comment »
I told myself I wouldn’t include students, but this was just too creepy-funny not to write.
If you never read Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” stop reading now if you don’t care for spoilers. I’m not going to baby you with extra white space or font that matches the background to hide the spoiler, but just know it’s one of “those” stories you read for literature type classes and so knowing the ending might spoil your fun but the story makes a lot more sense when you go into it knowing how it all turns out. This entry is about a moment of personal discomfort so you should just keep reading anyway.
Ready?
felixnation :: Jan.06.2007 :: The Coal Mine, students :: No Comments »