I've been offline for a long time! I actually went to Austria over Thanksgiving. Well, I actually took FIVE DAYS off of work before Thanksgiving plus the three days I already had for vacation. I was in Europe for 12 days total, and it was amazing.

I totally screwed up my substitute lesson plans somehow, and I was quite dismayed to come back to rumors of other teachers having to figure out what my kids were supposed to be doing. For someone who is terrified of off-putting others and caring a bit too much about what people think, I feel a little sick thinking about my reputation in the eyes of my colleagues at the junior high school.

I tried to make amends by giving Austrian chocolates away at our math meeting on Tuesday :)