Author Archives: ahiddibah

I googled “What age is middle age?” It said 45-65 years old I celebrated my 45th birthday last week. It was a quiet affair. I taught my classes. A few of the kids wished me happy birthday. I received lots of text messages and FB greetings. I even got a delivery of flowers from Myers.Continue reading “Welcome to Middle Age”

Today is Patrick’s 27th birthday. I think back on our lives together. I say all the time we raised each other. Patrick taught me the meaning of patience, kindness, love, acceptance and generosity of spirit. Every time I see my son he gives me the biggest hug. I sway in his arms as I grabContinue reading “Favorite First Son Turns 27”

After many years of Plenty of Fish and seeing that that pond was poorly stocked, I tried my luck on OkCupid. It was slow going. Not as many hits as on POF. Hardly any of the lewd behavior either. The notes I did receive were polite and on topic. This brings me to Kyle OkCupid.Continue reading “Stood Up by OkCupid”

Distance education is an education as a teacher daily. I am constantly learning new things. One of the things was shocked about this year was that we have to administer the MAP reading and math assessments for the fall, winter and spring. This tests the students growth over the year. We started doing these testsContinue reading “Testing in Distance Education”

No, not Star Wars. I probably have a copyright infringement coming with that title. Sue me. No. This is what I’m left with after a week of distance education. I’m not going to lie. I went into this week with a nasty outlook. Nothing but pessimistic forecast of a a dumpster fire of elephant shitstormContinue reading “A New Hope”

My Uncle Dave always called me teach. This lead me to call my student teachers Baby Teach. Now almost twenty years later, I’m the new Baby Teach. This school year is nothing like we have seen before. The first couple of days of training I cried. I was so completely overwhelmed I cried. I criedContinue reading “Brand New Baby Teach…Virtually”

For the most part, I only date during the summer when I’m off from school. I don’t have the time or energy to date during the school year. Dating or attempting to date is time consuming. It requires energy and a commitment that I’m not willing to make. Maybe a commitment I’m not ready toContinue reading “Down with Dating…Again”

I’m sure it’s getting back to a full time schedule but man, am I exhausted. I can’t stop yawning. (I just did it again) and I’m just pooped. It could be that I’m settling into the meds and they are a bit too high now that i’m coming down from my high that I wasContinue reading “Tired”

Didn’t want to leave everyone hanging. I was beginning to have a hard time with the meds. Not just seeing things but a depression dive. I was crying none stop and that was getting pretty bad. I called the doctor. In the midst of the crying game, I fell. I was mopping my floor barefooted,Continue reading “Update”

Standing in front of my bathroom mirror, I brushed my long locks. It felt good to run a brush through my hair. Would have felt even better for someone else to have brushed my hair. But it’s just me so I’ve gotta take what I can get. I just stared at myself. As I brushedContinue reading “Black Haired Beauty”