Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. And that is how I woke up my first day of “homeschooling” to discover I was part of a new g-chat, “Sixth grade girls and Mrs. Dimock.” Not even 8 am and I am flooded with messages of “hi” and cat emojis. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Seriously kids. …

Coronavirus/Covid-19 is here. Being in the Seattle area, we are at the forefront of the pandemic. Wednesday at 2 pm we learned school would be shut down for six weeks starting Monday. We already had a teacher in-service planned for Friday. Thursday was one big stressball as we all frantically tried to prepare students and …

“How are you today?” Fine? Okay? I’m never quite sure how to respond. Some days are mildly better, some are mildly worse. I’m consistently better on Mondays and significantly worse on Fridays. I’m just living my life, knowing I will get better eventually. Growing up, my parents regularly went to the chiropractor. I have early …

I leave Dr. McHH’s office and head north. I’m exhausted, but my day isn’t close to done. It is the wrong time of day to be driving north. Instead of going home and crawling into bed, I’m driving to Shoreline to meet my friend, Colleen, so we can drive south to downtown to St. James …