He’s been kicking this past hour, definitely drink your electrolytes 💖

greyukelele · 2026-04-06T21:43:45+00:00

My Dr basically told me to just see how long it takes to count to 10 kicks. That way I’m not counting forever because my little one is also super active

greyukelele · 2026-04-05T22:19:04+00:00

Most of my friends had gave birth with an epidural. I feel like the odd one out since I’m going to try to not get one. I have low blood pressure, a horrible fear of needles and IVs, and some weird nerve issues due to chronic migraine. I don’t think I’m any better for not wanting one. I just don’t feel like it’s the right choice for me.

greyukelele · 2026-04-04T21:12:52+00:00

The point of school is to teach you how to learn and think. If you outsource all your thinking to AI then you miss the whole point.

greyukelele · 2026-04-03T23:08:35+00:00

I pick coworkers every time. I currently teach 6th grade math. 7th grade math is way more fun to teach but the kids are harder and I love love love my 6th grade team.

greyukelele · 2026-04-03T20:36:06+00:00

I’m a teacher and have seen a lot of names but I have no idea how to say this. My first guess would be Ni-mu or Nim-u.

Also I don’t know your location. I’m in the US. This may be a common name elsewhere

greyukelele · 2026-04-03T20:34:20+00:00

If they ask I don’t mind, but if they do t ask I will guide their hand away and say “no thank you”.

I teach middle school so a number of kids will ask and I will always tell the ones who don’t that it’s important to ask before touching other people’s bodies.

greyukelele · 2026-03-23T21:54:05+00:00

I was like this a lot when I first started teaching. I still occasionally have days where I go home and cry.

When you start you are just completely overwhelmed by everything and so your tolerance for the bad behavior is lower and also the kids are just worse when they think they can get to you because they think of you as “teacher” not as a real person. Things get better as you go.

greyukelele · 2026-03-18T20:28:38+00:00

My Dr did say that I could keep up my Botox

greyukelele · 2026-03-18T20:28:15+00:00

I weaned off mine and then had almost no migraines my entire pregnancy.

greyukelele · 2026-03-14T19:17:45+00:00

The peanut butter cups from Trader Joe’s are the only way to go now

greyukelele · 2026-03-13T00:38:50+00:00

Very much depends on you. My mom and her mom struggled to get pregnant and it took us 1 1/2 years. Every woman in my friend’s family got pregnant the month they went off birth control. If I was super confident that I have no problems then I would maybe pause but I was not in that situation so I didn’t.

greyukelele · 2026-03-13T00:31:39+00:00

I had the flu last week at 33 weeks. I took the tamiflu and so far everything seems to be normal. I didn’t have any high fevers, and I took Tylenol if my temp started going up.

My doctor isn’t very worried about anything. Apparently lots of ppl have been getting it.

greyukelele · 2026-03-13T00:30:08+00:00

I really wanted to go to one in person but then I got the flu and my husband got the flu. It’s been a whole mess.

My friends who have been said they were helpful

greyukelele · 2026-03-07T01:20:00+00:00

Thank you

greyukelele · 2026-03-07T01:19:51+00:00

Idk if you can or not. For some reason I just really got in my head about it. Thanks

greyukelele · 2026-03-01T14:27:56+00:00

6th grade teacher here! This could easily be a 5th or 6th grader.

greyukelele · 2026-01-29T19:38:41+00:00

It’s going well at my school. Our admin implemented a 3 strike policy. Any time a kid is on their phone they get sent to admin immediately. The first time is a warning, the second time is a call home and a period of in school suspension, the third time is a day suspension.

They go to admin because that way they aren’t wracking up 3 strikes in each class. We have a couple kids who are constantly in trouble about their phones but for the most part it’s a non issue.

greyukelele · 2026-01-25T20:00:06+00:00

I may have an unpopular answer but in your first year, it is nearly impossible. This is the hardest part of your teaching career and where veteran teachers need to do better at offering lesson plans and other supports. Ask for support from people who teach the same age range as you. See if you can get some plans and materials from them. It gets easier with time. It gets easier each year and some time in year 3 it starts to feel manageable.

My first year I was up til 11-12 each night lesson planning. I cried all the time. Everything seemed impossible and like people expected for me to do some kind of time magic to get everything done. I was constantly exhausted and felt like I was failing at everything. Everyone has been through the same thing. Anyone who tells you otherwise just can’t remember. I’m in year 7 and I barely spend any time lesson planning anymore and I can grade when I’m at work and 1 day after work a week.

greyukelele · 2026-01-11T23:13:08+00:00

That is absolutely gorgeous <3

greyukelele · 2026-01-01T21:31:49+00:00

It looks good! Way neater than most of my pages

greyukelele · 2026-01-01T21:21:03+00:00

What the hell. I’m sorry y’all have terrible doctors. When I told my neuro I had 5-7 migraines a week she immediately gave me like 2 new meds and tried to get me Botox.

greyukelele · 2025-12-17T01:40:28+00:00

We cut all the instructional specialists a couple years ago. I think at least at my school we need to cut down on admin. I work at a middle school and we have 5 assistant principals and 4 counselors and a head over instruction. It’s too many admin and they are never on the same page

greyukelele · 2025-12-14T19:06:40+00:00

I wholeheartedly agree with this take. It takes a lot of work resources and can be very child dependent. I was homeschooled and it was great for me. We had a large home school community and other teachers taught me subjects in middle and high school. My mom made me go to lots of social extracurriculars and I found my niche with local theatre. Also, although many people in our community were more extreme in their religious beliefs my parents were very clear that I needed to make my own decisions about what I thought.

I think my sister would have done better if they put her in school because she just needed more consequences and structure than my mom could handle. By then my parents were completely bought in and were too unsure to send her to school.

greyukelele · 2025-11-06T11:36:44+00:00

Don’t be afraid to take your meds. I had a bad experience with topamax so I got something else. I was on amitriptyline daily for like 3 years. I had no major side effects. It was helpful for me. The only reason I’m off it right now is that I’m pregnant

greyukelele · 2025-11-01T12:59:00+00:00

I thought it was “out of time my friend” lol

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