Fordpride

I moved to NYC this summer during a heat wave.  It was about 4804 degrees, according to my calculations, and I almost instantly hated it.  Did I really move to this city to sweat with my closest 45 friends on an unairconditioned subway car?  I had no desire to touch any other human or object. #sweat. Now that the weather is a little cooler, though, I'm really starting to dig on the NYC vibes.  There are Christmas lights everywhere, people aren't as angry at each other, and there are delicious treats on every corner. Yes.Plz. Winter also means one other thing: cuffing season. I don't know when or where this term came from (I just googled it and there are some interesting facts but I'm not going to write them all here, although I do appreciate all the graphs on this Huffington Post article ), but from what I understand it's basically mating season for humans.  It's cold, people want to hibernate, but they don't want to hibernate alone...they want someo...

Things I’ve liked in the last 24 hours: -Snapchat singing to Celine Dion with friends in Denver.  Felt like I was there -Bringing cinnamon rolls on the bus this morning (including 1 transfer) -Deciding to name my turkey bowl football team “the Ford Force” and wearing Star Wars themed clothing -Telling my students Gerald Ford was my grandpa -Despite today being the day before a long break, having a decent lesson prepared and being presented while having an unexpected visitor (along with the dean of instruction).  The students sounded like they were learning! -Beginning to appreciate a student I haven’t really liked that much -A fun day with our kids involving a Turkey Bowl -My team winning the championship of said Turkey Bowl -Attempting to cheat to win said Turkey Bowl -The school drumline during halftime -Getting a turkey hat (and a trophy) -A pleasant potluck w the students where they all got along and no one was annoying! They were just normal kids!...

I know what you're all wondering: am I still only eating at McDonalds or has my palate become so sophisticated that I only dine at the finest New York restaurants.  Also because I'm a teacher so OBVI I'm rolling in the dough and can afford it. I don't want to crush your dreams.  I ate nuggets last week. It's official that I live here now and I think I'm finally hitting my stride.  It's interesting because you think about moving to New York and then you end up here and you realize life is mostly the same. You go to bed early because you need to wake up before the sun so you can run to your bus stop so you can make a transfer to another bus so you can get to school on time to pick up the kids and steal one of the breakfasts they get and then try to figure out how to teach the 2016 election without providing your own personal commentary on everything that's happening because these little minds need to figure it out on their own.  And then when you ...