I'm Writing Too: January 2017

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Somehow

Somehow it is Tuesday again.
Somehow I am looking at a blank screen and wondering what I could possibly write about. Somehow I am convinced that the thing that looms largest is not what I will write about. Somehow I know that the day will come.
Somehow it is not today.

Monday, January 30, 2017

What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA!

It's Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme started by Sheila at Book Journeys and now hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It's also a great chance to see what others are reading right now...you just might discover your next “must-read” book!

Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee of Unleashing Readers decided to give It's Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children's literature - picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit - join us! We love this meme and think you will, too. We encourage everyone who participates to visit at least three of the other kidlit book bloggers that link up and leave comments for them.

Here are my January books...

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

On A Scale of 1 - 10

Have you ever had a medical professional ask you how much it hurts, on a scale of one to ten? At least for me, being in labor at the hospital I was asked this question often. The experience of delivering my daughter with nothing but cranberry juice and water expanded my idea of pain.

That being said, pain is a regular part of my life. I have 'chronic classic migraines' and have since 1998. I also have a pain in the neck from severely compressed vertebrae that are trying to grow together and no space in the spinal column around those vertebra. This is not a 'woe's me' story. This is background information for my recent revelation.

Yesterday I had a debilitating migraine and in the midst of the pain I found myself thinking, "On a scale of one to ten, what is my pain level?" Now I am pretty sure that back labor reached a ten at times, but what about this pain? The process of trying to categorize my current pain distracted me from the pain itself. I found myself debating if this was more or less than the worst of labor.

Ultimately I reached a conclusion, though it didn't come until the pain had abated (thanks to lots of fantastic pills). I realized that pain in your head has a different scale than pain anywhere else as the pain in your head makes it hard to even think about how much the pain hurts as it absorbs all ability to think at all. So, on a scale of one to ten? I just might answer "kumquat".

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Wordless Wednesday - 7 Year Old's Moana Thoughts

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Time Keeps On Slippin'...

How does it happen? You 'slice' at the last minute one week, realizing that this is not preferable nor sustainable so you set the goal to write sooner the following week and then you realize you have done it again. As teachers know, this time from Christmas Break until Spring Break has a tendency to drag on, so I am not complaining that another week has passed in the blinking of an eye, but geez!

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

OLW entry that doesn't contain One Little Word

Not your typical OLW entry as I don't have a word! What? How can this be a OLW entry without a word? Read on.

The past few years the OLW thing has really taken off. If you know me, you would think that it would be right up my ally. I am all about concise. I love reflection. A mantra - yes, please! Goals are a regular part of my life. So why can't I get on the OLW bandwagon?

I have no idea.

Finally I am OK with living amongst all of you OLW folks and not being a part of the 'game'. I have decided that I can live on the outside of this 'inner circle' of posts and thoughts and be OK with it.

Anyone else?