Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 95

Happy Monday! I’m nearly caught up on sleep, and I made a terrifying realization — I’m settinup the calendar for the last marking period and I have eight weeks left in the year. That’s insane. Didn’t my school year just start???

Today might be a double update — the Phillies are playing at 9:45 and I’m definitely going to need something to keep me up. I tried to stay up last night, and it was a struuugggle. I might sneak out for some coffee later this evening or something. I’m addicted to the Dunkin’ Banana Creme Iced Coffee and I need to figure out how to make it at home because it’s a seasonal flavor. I can’t imagine not having it in my life, lol.

Tomorrow’s first update comes later — I have an appointment with the TMJ doctor in Philly — my first check in since like, 2023, lol. I definitely need an update because my jaw has been super sore. The migraines aren’t back which is good because man, they suck, but I really don’t want to get to that point again. Let’s hope for a good check up!

Tonight’s second update will be between 8 and 9:30 — I usually post on Twitter or Blue Sky when I’m about to write, and then I’ll post the link in my Patreon Chat Flash Fiction thread which is open to free members. And don’t forget — you can sign up for update posts from the site to be emailed to you, too. That’s on the sidebar.

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 94

Happy Easter 🙂 Hope everyone who celebrates is having a good day. I’ll be getting ready for an afternoon down at my sister’s after I finish writing, and then other than my doctor’s appointment this Tuesday, it’s the last commitment I have for the rest of the week. Looking forward to a week of sleeping in until 8 and wearing yoga pants.

Tomorrow’s update should be around the same time 🙂

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 93

• Fixed a numbering issue — 1 part was mislabled as 78 when it was 79, and another part wasn’t listed in the series. All good now!

I’m so sorry about not updating on my last few half days! On Thursday, I was just exhausted — I was pushing so hard to get grades in, and that wave took me through Wednesday. It wasn’t until I got into work on Thursday, and had nothing to do that I even started to relax. And then my brain was like, but we’re done now right??? And I was like NO you like writing, dummy. But then I got home, and I started to feel weird – and it continued through Friday.

I don’t even know how to explain it — my throat feels like something is stuck in it — it’s not painful, it’s just uncomfortable. And it’s not all the time — it’s mostly in the afternoon. It’s gone now, and I’m gonna try to pay attention to what I’m eating to see if something is sparking it. I have a bad feeling it’s cheese.

ANYWAY

We’re on spring break, YAY. I slept 9 hours last night and I feel okay today — only really focusing on writing this and doing laundry today, and anything else getting done is a bonus. The Phillies are on their first West Coast trip of the year, and I think we’re going to try a few double updates. Here’s the schedule for this week

• Sunday, April 5: Writing at 11, posting at 12
• Monday, April 6: Writing at 11, posting at 12
• Tuesday, April 7: Doc appt in the morning, so writing at 3, posting at 4
• Tuesday, April 7: Phillies play at 9:45, so writing at 8:30, posting at 9:30 (DOUBLE)
• Wednesday, April 8: Writing at 11, posting at 12
• Wednesday, April 8: Phillies play at 9:45, so writing at 8:30, posting at 9:30 (DOUBLE)
• Thursday, April 9: Writing at 11, posting at 12
• Friday, April 10:  Writing at 11, posting at 12
• Saturday, April 11: Writing at 11, posting at 12
• Sunday, April 12: Writing at 11, posting at 12

All updates marked DOUBLE are not guaranteed. We’re mostly at noon all week except Tuesday when I have a doctor’s appointment.

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 92

I have my prep the last period of the day (the “free” period when I don’t have lunch or classes that you use to…prep the day) so I usually pop in an airpod and work right until the dismissal bell — and ignore the announcements because anything super important comes out in our weekly newsletter.

Should have been listening on Monday because I have some kids stop by and they’re like MISS M CONGRATS and I’m like, for what, making it to 2:30??? And APPARENTLY they announced…

I’m Teacher of the Month for March.

I dunno how THAT happened, but sure why not!

I’m effectively mentally and spiritually on Spring Break. Grades were due today 3 PM and I managed to finish up at 2:05 — a little earlier for a change. A little less chaotic than January, but not terrible either. We have two half days, and the kids are just finishing up unit tests. I really just have to be there:P

So daily updates REALLY begin today! I have a DR appointment tomorrow, but I should update between 3-5 🙂

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 91

Never fails — I promise daily updates and in the next post, I immediately have to take it back, lol. Just for tomorrow though. I was talking to my dad last night and he invited me down to my parents tomorrow night (Monday) for dinner since it’s their anniversary. Forty-one years 😛 I always know exactly how many years because they  got married just before my first birthday. Anyway, I figure no one is going to argue if I skip one update this week. There’s just not enough time to come home, write, and then drive down to their place. I’ll get hit with traffic if I leave after 5 and be late for dinner and the game.

Other than that, we seem to be good to go for daily updates. I was working on the calendar and it’s mostly going to stay between 4-6 on weekdays with the occasional later update for the West Coast games next week. I’ll have that calendar ready for you on Tuesday.

See you then 🙂

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 90

Happy Saturday! I’m really looking forward to this upcoming week (other than grading 90 quizzes in 48 hours, we will not be discussing that horror at this time thank you). Mon – Wed are full days, but then Thurs/Fri are half days for the staff and students AND then we’re off the entire following week. I can’t tell you how much I just want to not set the alarm for an entire week. The last time I had this much time off, it was winter break and I was still recovering from pneumonia. ALSO BASEBALL

We are also in the era of daily updates FINALLY. With the end of the marking period and then some time before the next marking period begins (plus I’m doing benchmarks when we come back which are already written and created), I have about three weeks between now and the next chunk of content I have to deliver, so I get to take a deep breath, reset, and go into the end of the year a bit stronger than the last few months.

So the only thing I’ll have to work around is my working hours and the baseball season. I’ll have a schedule up sometime this week 🙂

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 89

I promise that it was never my intention to write THAT ending and then leave you for two days, lol. But well — it was just one of those weeks. But good news — the Phillies are back and we won yesterday, woot! annnd my weekend is a lot lighter on annoying work. Content is created for next week and bc it’s unit testing and two half days m , I really just have to do some slides to help students through their unit tests and write some quick lesson plans. ALSOOOO it’s spring break after next week, so I don’t even have to torture myself a lot during the week.

The only worry I personally have is that I ended up not finishing a quiz that I really need for a gradebook — so we’re finishing on Monday — and then I only have until Wednesday at 3 PM to grade like 86 quizzes. But that’s a future me problem to solve.

ANYWAY. Like I said — did not plan that ending at all so now as I start setting up the next update at 4:26 to start writing at 5, I really only know that I’ll be listening to my girl Taylor and the Tortured Poets Anthology, so I’m gonna be as surprised as you with how it turns out.

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 88

We came so close to an update yesterday — I had the time, but I only slept about 3 hours on Sunday night and struggled through work. By the time I got home, I was just completely done.

One of the real struggles of writing a story like You’re Not Sorry is that I can’t write all the scenes I really want, lol. There are so many pieces I want to do more with, including more into the Liason relationship which I don’t know if I’ve done my best with. I look at the Flash Fictions like first drafts, and while there’s a certain amount of planning that goes into it — I don’t really let myself get married to those plans. If I’m writing a scene and it feels better to go in a different direction, I’ll do that. For the novels, it gets cleaned up in edits, but Flash, it sort of just lives there, lol. The messiness drives me insane, and I do try to minimize it but this story is stupid long.

I am absolutely planning to rework this one as a full length novel once it’s done (in the background because I have a thousand other things to do) and I have so many ideas. But please just know — if you’re feeling that something is missing, I feel it, too. And don’t hesitate to point it out! I read your feedback as ongoing beta readers — you shape the narrative as I write it, and will incorporate what I can in edits.

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 87

Can’t believe baseball starts Thursday. This is the best time of the year. Nothing like the roller coaster dopamine of your favorite team hitting balls with sticks. Best sport on the planet.

So far I’ve accomplished a decent amount on the to-do list — French I fully prepped through Wed (just need to do slides for Thursday, French II through Thursday — and today’s goal is to get French III basically prepped for the week. I get that done, we’re looking at more frequent updates.

With baseball season starting, the start times will fluctuate —  Thursday, no update — opening game starts at 4PM. There’s not enough time to get home and start writing. That’s really the only one that’s going to affect us for a while.

There’s a 75% chance I get to update tomorrow 🙂 See you then!

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 86 (wut)

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Hello 🙂 Very sorry I wasn’t able to get more than one weekday update last week. That’s not an indication that things weren’t going well — they were and I consistently got everything on lists done but it’s actually just how behind I was in everything, lol. BUT I am nearly caught up and if things keep going well this weekend, I’m on my way to being ahead of the game.

I should be able to start daily updates this week (I KNOW I’VE SAID THAT BEFORE TAKE A DRINK IF YOU’RE PLAYING AT HOME) but I mean it this time. I might miss Monday if I don’t get a chance to finish everything for French III tomorrow because I have to write an entire (short) chapter of content, but definitely starting Tuesday.

Teaching three subjects this year has REALLY kicked my ass, but after three years I’ve really learned a lot about what I need to get started in the school year and I’ve been doing a lot of reflective writing after lessons and units so I can do a better job of prepping and remembering the schedule (like my juniors spend half the spring in testing because this is a stupid world) AND it will be my third year writing curriculum, so I have a super firm idea of what I need to do BEFORE I start actually writing the curriculum. Every year is a learning opportunity to make me a better and more informed teacher, and as long as I look at it that way, it doesn’t become a torture chamber, lol.

Anyway, see you tomorrow — same time same place!