Another Sort of New Year
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
3y ago
In a year where everything has been different, it hasn't felt like there has been much to say. I shifted to working from home on March 18, 2020, so it has just been over a year. In one way, the days have felt very Groundhog Day'ish like. I wake up in the same place and go through a lot of same routines. I have occasionally had twinges of cabin fever.  There is a large maple tree in the neighbour's yard. I can see it from my office window. I have watched the buds unfurl young leaves, those leaves provide summer shade, then turn colors and fall down in Autumn, and the bare branches all wint ..read more
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Welcome, Baby SY2021
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
3y ago
In the land of school data, years are always denoted by when they end. So while most people are thinking of September to June as the "2020 - 2021" school year (SY), I will continually be living with SY2021. I'm okay with that. It's been three months since I posted here. The end of SY2020. Time has been such an odd concept over the last several months. June feels like forever ago, and yet it has not been a "Time flies when you're having fun!" sort of situation. I have a hard time accounting for my summer. Work never really ended. I had 10 non-contract days off in July, but had been asked not to ..read more
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C is for...Change...Cookie...
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
A rainy Saturday in June means that I am going to spend the evening making cookies (I think it will be these, without the Frosty look). But I suspect from this tweet from this day (full list here), that it is not the first time I've had a craving for mood-boosting treats: Is it acceptable to pair a red velvet cupcake with a margarita? — science_goddess (@science_goddess) June 6, 2009 There are 10 more days of "school" this year. They will be long and hard, and not in the more pleasant ways those particular adjectives can be used. I haven't talked to anyone who isn't exhausted...who isn't d ..read more
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Ashes to Ashes
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
Six-speed stick Mustang in cherry red handed to me as a rental. Fate made an intriguing choice for a funeral weekend. pic.twitter.com/MNkYqMARPB — science_goddess (@science_goddess) June 5, 2015 My grandmother (Mayre) passed away at the end of May five years ago. She did so in the house that she and my grandfather built themselves, room by room, after WWII, on a piece of property that was two doors down from the house she grew up in (and her mother). My dad grew up in that house and it was the place I woke up every Christmas morning when I was growing up. The last couple of years of her ..read more
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Missed It By *That* Much
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
Going to coordinate effective data use for K-12 education in WA starting July 1. Teachers, start your workbooks! — science_goddess (@science_goddess) June 4, 2014 This tweet (full list from this date) turned out to be a lie. Mind you, it wasn't at the time I posted it. It was the first time I had some exciting news at work in nearly a year. On June 30, 2013, the state legislature forgot to put the line in the budget that funded my job, as they were in too big of a hurry to end the session. The oversight pushed me into another job at the agency that kept a roof over my head (which I was grat ..read more
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It's "Ms." Not "Miss"
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
Someone just referred to me as "Miss Washington." Perhaps he could use new glasses. — science_goddess (@science_goddess) June 3, 2009 Looking back on the experience that generated this tweet (full list from this date), I have a lot of treasured memories. At the time, not so much. This happened when I was in Cincinnati to supervise the scoring of the Washington state science assessment. I know that sounds a little strange, but the scoring contractor had a base in Ohio. There was a building there with rooms and rooms of computer labs and both part-time and full-time staff that were trained to ..read more
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June Is Busting Out All Over
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
This has been the kind of week that punches you and steals your lunch money like some grade school bully. — science_goddess (@science_goddess) June 2, 2017 Amiright? This is the month when all the cray-cray comes out in a school district. People are tired and they have no more time or patience for this shit. And that's even without COVID or any stress brought on by the recent police violence and protests across the country. It's only Tuesday, and I've already had to listen to a parent explain to me that her academically talented child deserves some smaller classes because the child will b ..read more
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And, We're Back. For Now.
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
After four months of blogging...and then a month off, guess what showed up in my feed this morning? @science_goddess: Here are your tweets from Jun 01 https://t.co/zl494faidB If you enjoy @your_old_tweets, please tell a friend. ➰ — On This Day (@your_old_tweets) June 1, 2020 Woot-woot! The world is a literal dumpster fire right now, but at least one small thing is moving in the right direction. I will take what I can get. Just a reminder that my goal this year was to select a tweet from each day and write about it. So, okay, I've had to adjust my goal because Twitter was being a jerk for ..read more
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Please Stand By
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
So, after I bragged about posting every day for four straight months, I didn't post for a couple of days. But it's because I'm not getting a list of tweets anymore! I did try to build my own search strings...to no avail. I am wondering if Twitter has done something behind the scenes that is affecting things. Anyhoo, based on the tweet above, it looks like the owner of the bot account is going to try and have things up and running again soon. In the meantime... (PS Raise your hand if you can hear the tone in your mind's ear that goes along with this picture ..read more
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Sure, I'm Decent
What It's Like on the Inside
by The Science Goddess
4y ago
When I started this project on January 1, I was naive enough to believe that 2020 would be a relatively normal year. Got yer leap day, Summer Olympics, and US presidential election. There's some work, some play, some celebrations. But by March 1, it was clear that this year was not going to follow the script. And my May 1? I have to say that 2020 is like a suspense novel that I just can't put down so I can rest. (As if anyone is sleeping well at this point.) And I am continuing to soldier on with my efforts to select a tweet from a previous year for the current date (full list for today). So ..read more
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