lately...

since my last post i've celebrated our first anniversary, driven to rhode island & back for thanksgiving, graded a hundred million essays/tests/journals, written report card comments, checked attendance for 21 students for 3 months, and opened christmas presents from one side of the family. what a (wonderful!) whirlwind.

and now, in no particular order, a few photos from life lately.

 (joel drew this on my hand on sunday, november 20th. who cares? oh, yeah, it's our anniversary, duh.)

 (nelson family christmas)

 (it was on zoom. oh well.)

 (cliff walking in newport)

 (my rad brother)

 (merry christmas to meeeeeee! new hand-made white pillows from momma!)

 (this book is a total throw-back to my younger years. i'm reading it to my students next)

(if i can't eat dinner till 8pm, i better have a little snack)