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Sometimes teenagers are punks who try to test boundaries and stress out the adults who love them. Sometimes adults are equally obnoxious as they struggle through new personal growth. Hopefully…

Sometimes my cultural analogies are lost on students. For example, yesterday I tried to tell a student my seemingly tedious assignment to him was his "wax on, wax off" task…

So I really love cheesecake. It's delicious.  One of my students found out and promised to make me a boss cheesecake. This escalated in importance when I found out he'd…

If you haven't listened to Rend Collective's latest album, you're wasting your life. I'm currently obsessed with several songs, but "Counting Every Blessing" resonated pretty well with me tonight. As…

First of all, I want to give a huge thanks to those who prayed through my birthday prayer requests this weekend. I warned you my post this week might be…

My German choir is learning a rendition of the Charlie Chaplin song "Smile," and I really can't stop smiling at the cute German accents pronouncing the soft "ch" in "aching"…

I just had an amazing two hour conversation with one of my best friends across the ocean. Shannon and I were going over the details of the stress and celebrations…

I told my friend I was going to go to bed in half an hour... and that was like fifteen minutes ago. Sometimes I can blast out an update quickly,…

I’m posting this update later than normal, and I’ll ask for your forgiveness, a mercy if you like, as I give all the details of my full and adventurous previous…

So I accidentally wiped my whole hard drive yesterday when an update on my computer went wrong. Don't worry, the only document I didn't have backed up anywhere was the…

I finally made it to Christmas break. It was a bit touch and go at the end, but I took it one day at a time. Actually, to be completely…

Like all healthy people, I like happy things. I look for them to celebrate, and I create positivity when I can. I have a lot of negative crap in my…

I'm not a fan of homework - what weirdo is? I do assign it, however, and I expect my students to do it. Generally in my class, I assign classwork…

While it was only a half week of work for most in America, I had school every day, and two big meals to celebrate my international community. I'll be honest,…

During this morning's prayers of intercession at church, we heard about a ministry our congregation supports that helps young women who are victims of violent acts. As I looked at…

An alumni recently messaged my TA encouraging him to "always be a pain the the butt" to me. I know this because the alum sent me a screenshot of the…

My back hurts. I don't say that much - I hope - but there's often a dull ache that goes along with the hum of my life. Today it's a…

I love my job. I wheeled through dog poop on my way to get groceries this morning. These things can coexist, and I'll still choose to say that my life…

About twelve years ago I went to my first Demon Hunter concert (above left). They were my favorite band at the time and remain so to this day. When I…