Hello. Is there any way you could upload grades soon? 1) Since they’re not uploaded, I have no way of knowing what I am doing wrong in my discussion boards. I cannot fix that mistake if you take weeks to grade. 2) This is the last week of class. I…

Update Number One: The local police department contacted me via email, and written in the subject heading is this: Disregard previous email regarding your report not in our jurisdiction as that was sent in error to you. That’s it. No additional contact. No investigation. The public safety department at my…

It’s all there, in the title. First, my motorcycle was stolen from my property, carried off into the night. Then, I receive threatening messages on my personal cell and work phone. The first one, to my personal cell, which I do not list or give out to students, said: “I…

I did it again. I ruined another relationship. I keep doing it, by virtue of unrealistic expectations. Or maybe just fear. My fear. I’m afraid of commitment, I guess. Or, maybe, I’m just not a very good person. This is probably closer to the truth. I’m erratic. I swing from…

I quit my job today… I just walked out. I did not say goodbye. I tossed my badge and walked out the side door. Indulgent, you might say. It’s not indulgent because I don’t have any money saved. Foolhardy, you might say. My mom WOULD say. I can hear her…

The pace is picking up. All of it is getting faster. What’s getting faster? It’s not just the cars on the highways that are going faster, causing more accidents and deaths, but the pace of changes due to climate change. A dust storm in Arizona. A freak snow event in…