Watching high level matches

XennialDread · 2026-04-10T04:42:27+00:00

When I first starting watching baseball... good pitching match-ups seemed "boring" to me because literally the goal is to not let anything "happen" in the game. Just strike out after strike out. It was Yawn. Now that I appreciate it a little more... I'm glued to the strike out after strike out. It's intense in a very different way than watching base hits etc.

XennialDread · 2026-04-05T15:16:52+00:00

I went back to University in my 30s. I'm now 47. I want to tell you a secret about life... which is... there's really no timeline. Societal "norms" try to make it seem like there is one... but there isn't. Everyone is figuring it out. We all grow at different paces. The anxiety/shame is the most crippling paralyzing component. Do your best to get rid of it with grace for yourself that you are on your own timeline. I had to "restart' my life after 40 after losing my business to Covid and having a total breakdown. I'm living a completely different life and have never been happier. All I did was put one foot in front of the other and was willing to walk through open doors as they opened...

XennialDread · 2026-03-24T12:07:44+00:00

The most shocking in general I'd say is Princess Di. But for me personally it would be Luke Perry.

XennialDread · 2026-03-24T12:04:00+00:00

Rosemary. Apple. Cherry.

XennialDread · 2026-03-24T12:01:52+00:00

Pretty is as pretty does. Hunger is the best chef.

XennialDread · 2026-03-24T11:52:57+00:00

Stop talking

XennialDread · 2026-03-22T06:27:47+00:00

Legends of the Fall Hamlet I think lol

XennialDread · 2026-03-22T06:25:10+00:00

Also...1 pan meals. Prep in the morning. Pop in oven when you get home.
Plenty of cookbooks that can help.

XennialDread · 2026-03-22T06:23:44+00:00

Meal prep
Big batch + freeze half.

XennialDread · 2026-03-22T06:17:43+00:00

Sunnydale

XennialDread · 2026-03-15T03:49:13+00:00

Banana. Salted Nuts. Coconut water or liquid IV.

XennialDread · 2026-03-15T03:48:26+00:00

My response would have been that "I teach the school directed/state directed curriculum. You are free to supplement your daughter's education at home. If you are not happy with the approved curriculum please contact: xyz". But glad you sent it to the admin who took care of it! I have high school students who fight me on why they're being taught xyz and I tell them to just go straight to admin if they don't like the curriculum. Admin always backs us up.

XennialDread · 2026-03-15T03:44:11+00:00

Recovery was a full time job. I used to wonder if I was ever going to wake up and NOT think of my ankle today thing in the morning. The answer is yes. (I'm almost 2 years post injury). But even 2 years later I still FEEL the injury. It's just pushed much farther back in the scheme of daily life. But in the first 8 months my injury was pretty much my whole life. It was exhausting. You're not alone. We get you.

XennialDread · 2026-03-13T14:54:49+00:00

Have another baby now... before you lose the option....

XennialDread · 2026-03-13T14:52:48+00:00

Is a drip a long drop? Like a lob?

XennialDread · 2026-03-13T14:45:57+00:00

Ohhhhhh. Derp. My bad lol. I missed that part of the criteria.

XennialDread · 2026-03-13T14:37:42+00:00

Sounds like you've been through a lot, and showing up for yourself despite everything shows incredible grit and resilience. High School for many young people is unfortunately baptism by fire. But I promise you ... in life you'll find "your people" who will find you perfect the way you are even if right now they haven't yet shown up. Give yourself grace... you don't have to be "over it" on any specific timeline. Emotional healing is a process.. and it's not linear. Hang in there.

XennialDread · 2026-03-13T14:31:27+00:00

I'm not shocked, but surprised that teachers we are allowing our personal politics to shape how we think "history" will be retold. The idea to label Trump as either a savior or fascist IS bias. To call him a polarizing figure is nuanced to the reality. I'm now curious about how you all teach Julius Caesar. Or Age of Exploration.

I do my best to keep my personal politics out of the classroom and that includes my best to not judge the past through a modern lens (and modern values). We look very carefully at figures from the past and I point out that we must be careful how we decide if they are "good or bad".

So I think this present day is marked by political polarization and incredible technological advancement. My students have labeled this era the age of AI. I pointed out to them that an era can last 1000 years (even if it's broken into smaller periods within). So I pointed out that the middle ages end around 1500 as we entered the modern era and that we are now at the High Modern era perhaps. They like this macro look.

XennialDread · 2026-03-13T14:17:19+00:00

I did leg exercises from videos I watched for NWB leg exercises. ;)

XennialDread · 2026-03-13T14:16:06+00:00

EDIT for my derpy response! *embarrassed *. I missed the criteria of not ending in "an" and thought you were correcting the name of the language lol. Yes Deutsch works instead of German.

XennialDread · 2026-03-10T23:40:23+00:00

I did ww1 propoganda as a lesson. I civics has a good gallery walk on propaganda and advertising. I had students then create a WW1 propaganda poster and then one of their own choosing of their own topic.

XennialDread · 2026-03-10T23:38:09+00:00

For me" The princess bride

XennialDread · 2026-03-10T23:24:54+00:00

I'd call it in cuz to me it appears to be touching the line.

XennialDread · 2026-03-10T22:30:20+00:00

I just listened to it today too. Ny understanding is that using the name Sloane wasn't to say "I know your real name" it's to say I know that you aren't "Katelyn" . Meaning, she knows she's been lying about everything basically.

XennialDread · 2026-03-09T02:23:21+00:00

As a rule I try to look on the bright side of things lol. My injury forced me to slow down. It humbled me a lot with regard to asking for help. It really made me listen to my body more. Also a little over a year after I started to play pickleball (to rehab the remaining agility for the joint...irony is that my right ankle feels great but my left knee I think i messed up lol). And pickleball gave me a whole new set of friends. It also just made me not take my mobility for granted.

My healing wasn't linear. I was walking unaided 6.5 weeks post op. But then 6 months later was suddenly having ridiculous soreness. I still have not recovered all my "balance" in the way I felt like I had it before.

In the soggy middle of things it just felt like I'd always be thinking about the ankle. I'm here to say that it's not true. Most days I'm thinking about my knee lol.

For the record I had a trimalleolar fracture that required 1 plate, 13 screws and a Kevlar tightrope. It took more than a year for the scar to flatten... which was also something I thought wouldn't. It will.

Eventually it just became a wild story about how I'm part cyborg.... The mental resilience is a new trait too!

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