I picked up my new glasses yesterday. I started wearing them today. The kids noticed.

"Ms. Joanna, what happened to your eyes?"

They're so tactful.

These glasses are more noticeable than my old pair, that's for sure. They might even be a bit hipster-ish. I decided to be funny when I got dressed this morning by pairing my new glasses with my skinniest pair of skinny jeans. I think I'm the only one who got the joke.

Notable events of the week:

-I don't remember which day this happened, but I kind of quit Fitocracy. I was spending a ridiculous amount of time on there. When you realize you're spending more time sitting on your butt staring at a fitness site than actually doing fitness activities, it's time to take a step back.

-Monday! Yoga. It was good. The instructor has a weakness, and it's that she sometimes forgets to have us do our other side. Doing only one side of Dancer felt terrible. Otherwise, I feel strong and flexible and awesome.

-Tuesday! I skipped sitting group for the first time since I started going. I meant to go. I was right across the street. I had arranged to meet up for dinner with one of my fellow sitters before the group started. We met. We ate. We realized we were 15 minutes late, and that the sit that day was only supposed to be 20 minutes because of this weird lecture series. So we just kept hanging out instead of meditating. We were at a fancy cheese place, and MAN macaroni and cheese can be amazing with high-quality ingredients.

-Wednesday! I got my TB test checked for work. I know you were all sweating this one, but you can chill-- I don't have tuberculosis! No consumption for me. After that, I went to a hip bar in Falls Church that serves only grilled cheese sandwiches and beer. I was on a delicious cheese streak, I guess. My grilled cheese had saurkraut with it, and it was magnificent.

-Wednesday at work! DUDE, the kids went a little crazy. Super stressful. We had to send a couple of them home, and Ms. Lead and I need to talk about follow-up and possible class-wide changes.

-Thursday! Got my new glasses. I'm taking care of these baby blues, except they're not blue. I also had dinner with my parents, because they're great and they feed me sometimes.

-Thursday at work! Sex ed! The kids were awesome this week. We talked about puberty. We talked about how everyone's on a different timeline, and that's OK. We also made them all say "penis" and "vagina." I was so proud of the kid who started that off. We had one girl on the spot to start-- "just say 'penis!' "-- and she was frozen. Then a kid across the table said, with a note of  exasperation, "PENIS," and we were on a roll.

-Friday! Hey, that's today. I decided to have a relaxing evening. I played guitar a bit, I poked at writing a story*, I read a bit of Pride and Prejudice in Spanish, and I browsed Craigslist looking for the perfect reading chair for my new place. P&P in Spanish, by the way, is Orgullo y Prejuicio. OyP?

-Friday at work! I started the day with a meeting at 7:00. Oof. It's hard to recover from a stressful, early-morning meeting. The Animal Farm book club was the highlight of the day. We're almost done reading it. I told the kids to bring suggestions for our next book to the next book club meeting; the two loudest suggestions I heard were either another Austen novel or something by Asimov. I work with awesome kids.

*Story. I was helping the kids to make goals for themselves, and several of them set goals of being published, entering a writing contest, etc. I thought to myself, "Hey! I could do that!" So I looked into it. I also figure it'll be great modeling for the kids to see me go through the writing process, from brainstorm to ugly first draft to ruthlessly revised and edited piece. I found a call for submissions that spoke to me a couple days ago. Tonight was brainstorming.