Wednesday Hodgepodge - 8/15

1. I included this quote (attributed to William H. Danforth) in my blog post yesterday... "The best cure for a sluggish mind is to disturb it's routine." When was the last time you 'disturbed your routine' and how'd you do it?

I'm back to work, so I am ten kinds of disturbed right now.  Getting up early, teaching new classes, adjusting to staff changes (including not have my mother in the building with me for the first time in my teaching career)...it's crazy!  But when the dust settles, it will become the routine and the breaks will be what breaks it up!

2. What's your favorite fried food indulgence?

Fried foods are my love language.  But I'm trying not to eat them very often at all.  My favorite will always be french fries, but I have a soft spot for a well-made fried pickle or potato skin.

3. Did you have an allowance as a kid? What did you do with it? Do you give your own kids an allowance?

I didn't really have an allowance.  Mom and Dad just gave us money if we needed it, though they did award money if you did a little something extra around the house.  I think if I had kids, I would probably give them an allowance, but who knows?

4. What's something you wish you knew more about?

I wish I knew more about how to put together my Common Core curriculum map.  I'm making progress but, I really wish I was done with all of them, so that I could start putting together more lessons.  It's a process, though, and I will see it through.  (I am repeating this as much as necessary.)

5. Is there anything you feel too old to do anymore? If so, what?

I am too old to stay up all night.  I was never that good at it (I like to sleep), but I know after every Project Graduation that I don't have it in me to let my inner teenager lose anymore. 

6. What's a song you think has a great first line?

"Hold on to me as we go, As we roll down this unfamiliar road..."  Home by Phillip Phillips.  I don't know that it's my favorite ever or anything, but it's the song that I am listening to a lot recently and am using to keep my focus when things seem out of control.  

7. Who are you writing to/for when you create a blog post? In other words...as you write, who is the audience in your head?

I'm just talking to you all--my people.  I talk like I am talking to a friend, because I am.  I've "met" some of the coolest people blogging, and they are always the audience in my head when I write.  

8. Insert your own random thought here.

It's Tuesday (because I am working ahead) and I'm already exhausted.  I don't know that I like what that means for the rest of the week.  I welcome any warm thoughts or prayers that you want to shoot out to the universe in my favor.  :)