Category: Grad School

Phd part 3

Hello! Happy Saturday! I hope that everyone is doing well, staying as dry as possible! I am grateful for the rain because hopefully that means that it will start to cool off! I do enjoy the warmer weather but I really enjoy the colder weather! Ok so where we last left off was I was…

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October 3, 2026

Grad School, Life, my life, PhD, Student life

dissertation, dissertation life, Grad School, grad student life, Graduate degree, Life, my life, PhD, writing
Batteries and mad scientists

I hope everyone a good weekend. Mine started a bit rough.. so Friday night we had the Hispanic heritage festival at school. When I went to leave my car wouldn’t start. I was walking back in to the festival to get some help and I stopped Childers on her way out. I asked her if…

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September 28, 2026

find the sunshine, Friends, Grad School, Gratitude, Life, mad scientist ball, my life, science, teacher life

Grad School, grad student life, Graduate degree, mad scientist ball, teacher life, teachers, thankful and grateful
Then this happens

It has been such a long time since I have posted I know! A lot going on. Still working on my dissertation, I have hit a bit of a wall and I am not working as fast as I had been or as I would like but I am getting it together! Trying to do…

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September 24, 2026

Grad School, Life, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

6th graders, college, dissertation, dissertation life, Grad School, grad student life, kids, kids are funny, mental health, middle school, students
Phd part 2

Hello! Happy Friday! We have officially made it to the time of semester, as a student, that you think it is all down hill from here and you realize that you are actually still very much going up hill. There are due dates for all the classes, due dates for projects that you were so…

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May 1, 2026

Enjoy, Grad School, let go and let God, Life, life lessons, reflection, Things to Ponder

college, education, Grad School, grad student life, Graduate degree, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, mental health, my life, PhD, phd life, reflection, Student life, writing
Long time no post!

I know, it has been a very long time since I have posted. Life be life-in! I am finishing my last semester of classes before I start my dissertation, I am teaching through a state take over in my district, I am playing pool again, I am trying to win the best teacher in America…

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April 26, 2026

Adventures, Enjoy, Family, Friends, Grad School, Life, life lessons, my life, science, Shout out, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

America’s favorite teacher, APA, Bill Nye, education, Friends, friendships, Grad School, Graduate degree, Life, life of a science teacher, mental health, my life, PhD, Pool, stories from school, support, TCU, teacher friends, teacher life, teaching, writing
Out with the old, in the with the new!

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone has had a great holiday season! Mine has been pretty great! Spent time with old friends, with new friends, and everything in between! As I look back on this past year there have been ups and downs, good times, and rough times. There have been times that I…

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January 1, 2026

Adventures, book talk, Enjoy, Friends, Grad School, Life, life lessons, my life, Things to Ponder, Year in Review

book, books, Bullet Journal, Enjoy, Family, goals, journal, Life, life lessons, my life, New Year, outside time, pondering, reflection, teacher life, travel, writing
SSMA

Happy Sunday! I hope that everyone had a great week! This week was super crazy and hectic. For one I traveled last weekend so Monday was exhausting. However, it was so worth it! One of my cousins retired from the military and the police force so he had a retirement party. I enjoy getting together…

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November 16, 2025

Friends, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, Life, life lessons, my life, science, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

education, Grad School, Graduate degree, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, math, my life, pondering, presentations, science, SSMA, Student life, teacher life, teaching, travel, writing
20 bucks worth of gas? In a Tahoe?

Happy Sunday! I hope that everyone is having a great weekend! My weekend was good, long and not nearly as productive as I was hoping for but over all, not bad! I am not sure If I mentioned I joined a pool league again. It has been nice! I have made some new friends, I…

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October 12, 2025

Friends, games, Grad School, Life, Online dating, People are crazy, Pool

Family, Grad School, Graduate degree, haha, Life, love, mental health, my life, Online dating, People are crazy, Pool, writing
Nay moves to Texas… Continued

17.5 years ago I sat in an interview with a principal and an assistant principal. Side note she was so scary in the interview! haha Those 2 people took a chance on a kid. I was straight out of college. Like literally I had walked across the stage 2 weeks before the interview. I could…

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September 24, 2025

Friends, Good times, Grad School, Life, life lessons, my life, science, Shout out, stories from school, Student life, teacher life, Things to Ponder

education, Friends, friendships, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, math, my life, pondering, reflection, school, science, Shout out, stories from school, Student life, teacher friends, teacher life, teachers, teaching, writing
Evel Knievel before coffee?!

Good afternoon! I hope that everyone is doing well! So I finally finished that pesky paper I have been working on for weeks! haha It is due today but my goal was to get to work super early yesterday and lock myself in my classroom and work on it for an hour uninterrupted! Well I…

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May 1, 2025

Adventures, Grad School, haha, Insurance, Life, Oops, People are crazy, Starbucks, Things to Ponder

Adventures, cant-make-this-up, confused, confusing, confusion, evil knievel, Grad School, haha, homework, Insurance, Life, life lessons, my life, papers, People are crazy, pondering, real-life, Starbucks, travel, what the what?, writing