Slice of Life Tuesday, Chapter 6
So, here’s my slice…three days late. It’s been a nutty week. Renovations began on our kitchen, on Monday, so I’ve been home for a little bit but escaping outside frequently to give myself a break from the noise and chaos. The work does seem to be moving swiftly, though so the disruption should be short-lived.
Last week, I started the Commenting Challenge but I’ve been finding it hard to keep up. Instead of feeling guilty about not checking in with daily activities, it’s easier to just drop the endeavor. I have enough to do online to keep me busy, though the challenge did have the benefit of making me more conscious of my commenting behavior.
Speaking of lightening my internet load, I also dumped Word Count Journal. It was starting to feel redundant, given that I have plenty of other places to bust my writing chops and I was tired of logging in only to be faced with days of empty journal entries that I felt compelled to fill in, in order to stay caught up, on principle. To hell with principle… better to just cut it out. I’m glad to have experience with it, though because I think the classroom applications are enormous (aside from the constant spam, which apparently the WCJ people are working on…) and it’s another tool in the Internet arsenal that I can recommend to teachers.
This week has also been about being awed at my ever-growing belly. I’ve hit 7 months and with the warmer weather, the countdown has begun and the whole thing is becoming more and more real.







