It’s that time of year again. Sunday, February 3, around 5:30 am, I’ll be preparing to run the Surf City half marathon. I’ll also be thinking about my mom, who passed away 24 years ago around that time, on February 3, 1995. Yesterday, I was driving in the car to work, heard a song and […]
Month: January 2019
I’m Learning!
I just got back from the language lab. It’s week 2 of Chinese 101. I survived my first quiz. My son says my intonation is getting better. The writing of characters is getting a little easier. I am learning. I have always been afraid that if I tried to study the Chinese language, I would […]
Making (Taking? Reclaiming?) Time I Don’t Have….
I really don’t have the time to write this blog. And that’s probably exactly why I need to make, take, reclaim the time to write it. It is the second week of the semester. Yesterday, I went pretty much non-stop from my 6am run to arriving home after choir practice at 8:30pm then taking a […]
Week 1 — Dazed and Confused?
It has been a week. Today is Friday and I have a full day ahead of me, but I feel like I can already write this post because I’m already feeling what I’ll likely feel more of by the end of the day. Exhaustion. It is a little early in the semester to be exhausted, […]
Day 1: Chinese Class and Other Adventures
Today was the first day of the Spring 2019 semester. It was a really hard day, but honestly, I’m really proud of myself. My son needed a last minute ride to school, putting me an hour behind schedule on a day where I already had very little give time. But, I got to take him […]
Go with the Flow
I am exhausted. On the eve of my first ever Chinese language class, after a weekend of working with an amazing group of Asian American Scholar-Educator-Activists, after launching and getting incredible response for a study of Asian American educators, after running 5miles at 5:30 am and tucking in my children, before getting ready for the […]
Habits and Intellectual Discipline
It is rainy outside (a rare occurrence in Southern California) for the 4th morning in a row (even rarer). My knees hurt, but I also have extremely low energy from 2 rest days in a row because my running schedule is all off, and because, rain. The 30-day writing challenge is over. The semester is […]
I Guess I Should Write That Book…Thriving with Technology Part 1…
It’s the first day after the 30-day blogging challenge I just finished with my friends, and what am I doing? I’m blogging. I guess 30-day habits die hard. I mentioned in one of my blog posts that I’m working on a book on more sustainable educational technology practices for teachers and academics. My friend, Anna, asked […]
The Finish Line and Carrying Momentum Forward
Thirty days ago, my friends Wes and Darlene casually posted on Facebook about a 30-day writing challenge they were taking on. “Hey, that sounds like something I could use too! Can I join?” I asked. What were they going to say? No. This is our challenge. Friends not allowed. Of course not. They graciously welcomed […]
Coming of Age
We made a quick trip up to the Bay Area (like, literally less than 36 hours -14 hours of driving) to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of my nephew. A Bar Mitzvah is a wonderful, sacred, coming of age service that, as an outsider, I can’t fully understand the meaning of, but as an observer, I […]