school | Lea Geller

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Jan, 2013

I think I’m on the tail end of the flu, although I am continuously surprised how much mucous my body can produce. If there were…

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Dec, 2012

Teach your children (almost speechless Wednesday)

It seems Bennett has found an apprentice in a sweet little boy in Francie’s class. The boy’s mother texted me this picture — her little…

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Nov, 2012

Oy.

Day two of parent teacher conferences. I had my (seven) conferences yesterday and even managed to take whichever children were behaving to see “Wreck it…

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Nov, 2012

Phlegm

It isn’t even ten AM and I’ve hit what I pray is the day’s low point: blowing my nose in a Trader Joes receipt. In…

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Sep, 2012

Friday

What’s worse: Fiona announcing she wants to marry Justin Beaver (I shall not be correcting her), or that when an unassuming person asked her if…

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Sep, 2012

Pain in the Neck.

I went to the chiropractor today to deal with this nasty residual neck pain I sustained when a bike slammed into me while I was…

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Sep, 2012

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Can someone please explain this bungee-chord-butt-floss-back-to-school display awfulness? I get sore just looking at it.

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Jul, 2012

Mercer, Interrupted.

Please don’t tell anyone I told you this, but summer vacation brings out my inner home schooler. I didn’t know I had one in me,…

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Jun, 2012

Nice Surprises

I was about to start feeling sorry for myself. I was trying to get the kids down last night and after I’d read thirty stories…

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May, 2012

Book Fair

I have a distinct memory of losing a tooth and finding a pound under my pillow the next morning. I spent the pound at the…