#dullposting

I’ve also figured out what’s going on with my challah lately. It keeps collapsing — I thought it was the flour, but I changed the flour and had the same problem again to a lesser extent. So now I think it’s actually the yeast. I’ve been following the package directions, which tell me to put in an insane amount of yeast, probably twice as much as I should be using, so the dough is rising way too quickly. Lesson learned; next week’s will be better.

have a lovely day

Can’t wait to spend the week before summer vacation in a 35 degree classroom with 25 middle schoolers in opaque tights and hoodies (sheers are nerdy and so is the uniform shirt)

then i cut it in half and it doubles in volume. i take off some leaves to make stuffed cabbage and it doubles in volume again. slice it to make coleslaw? lord help me. my fridge is now full of cabbage. there is no escape

My master’s thesis isn’t due for another 3 weeks but now the pressure is on to lock in and get it done ASAP so that I can use it in my application.

Master’s classes are starting back up this week and I’m still working overtime to cover for a colleague, so I have a LOT on my plate, but good things are happening in their time <3

Next year is supposed to be harder, since I have to write my thesis and I’ll be student teaching, but I don’t know — I feel weirdly chill about it. I did very well on my literature review/research proposal, so I feel like I’ve set myself up well. Also, one of the hardest things about this past year was feeling like I wasn’t doing anything useful. I spent a massive amount of time in class, most of it spent on incredibly tedious and boring test prep for the teaching exam. Next year, I’ll be split 60/40 between taking classes and student teaching. Allegedly. At any rate, I’ll have something to focus on other than how much I hate my tedious and boring test prep!!