Slice of Life

Work & Joy

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I need to complete the genogram and write a case conceptualization, Easy? Breezy? May be. But it is taking me a LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLooonnnggggggggggg time. I spent the week synthesizing material, worked on it several hours  yesterday and today….., I realize I had misread the directions.  Though I will be able to use most of the  material, I will need to redo a big chunk of paper.  Back to board we go.  As I am trying to complete the assignment before clock strikes last bell of midnight, words of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai comes to mind.

 

hmmmm! Wiser words were never spoken. 

Here we start again! 

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I am participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

How R you?

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How are you doing?

Did you smile at a kid today? 

How about the one in mirror?

Wait in a line today? Why?

Picked up a phone to say hi?

Or bring some goodies to home bound?

 

How are you today?

Choose to believe.

We are stronger than this.

Work from home if you can.

Lose some income? Please lean on.

Try to stay sane.

This to shall pass.

Stay calm.

This too shall pass.

We are here 

to Remain. Strong. Together. Alive.

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I am participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

#SOL20  #HowRYou #Today #Stay Calm

What’s in a Name? You Ask.

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What is in a name? You ask.

Not much and everything.

Is it the hill I want to die on?

Is the the reason I want to dig my heel in?

 

Would it have made a difference for Herman?

Would he have fame?

Would he have enjoyed the riches?

And not died heartbroken, a dockworker, a layman

an not so famous author?

If he had only chosen to name his narrator

Tito, Jimmy, John or Alex  rather than Ishmael

?????

for Moby Dick?

 

Go ahead

Call me Corvette, not Purvi

TrIII ve DDDa not Trivedi

Call me Zaa EM ba, not Ziemba

Scramble up my name,

Call me a maa’m,

At end of the day,

I will remain the same.

 

But really,

would it be too much to ask

that you call me Purviben?

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I am participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

 

Toilet paper Anyone?

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Disasters, even impending ones, seems to turn us into hoarders.  Sometimes all the preparations and concerns are legit and other times we must shake our head and chuckle on our worries. Remember, Y2K?  The worry, the talks of impending dooms and how world was going to turn Topsy-Turvy on January 1, 2000?  Remember, how the Sun still shined, and societies kept on going without any glitch? On the other hand, if you live in Florida, preparations during hurricane season is a way of life. The worried, hurried evacuees of Florida in 2019 was no small matter. Those people prepared, got their stuff together and yet had to flee their homes as it was going underwater.

Yes, the loss of lives, income and disruption to day to day lives as a direct result of COVID-19 is real. Everyone wants to make sure that in case of quarantine or major shutdowns, they will have enough resources to carry on. The shelves in supermarkets are getting spare and hoarding of necessity items is going on full force. Let us not even talk about price gauging and worry about families stuck abroad. My only hope is just like in movies, we will find a cure in days, and life will get back to normal soon. 

Until then, did you make sure to buy enough milk to last for the impending quarantine? What about toilet paper & water?

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I am participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

Today is the day

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Today is The Day to make a list and check it twice.  Once I submit this week’s assignments, very first class of Marriage and family Therapy will be in the books.  wow! 

 

Today is the day to tackle the laundry and start a war on clutter.

Is today the day to go out and shop for more?

Would it be tacking Corona or hording more?

Today is the way to make decision.

Do I need to spend 2 hours browsing or spend it  on whatever?

Today is the day for the family supper, 

Today is definitely the day to cook the supper (and not the goose).

Today is the day to submit that paper

Today is the day to be me, just the version that is better.

 

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#Sol20, #Today

I am again participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of  lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

Quizzes Bizzies

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I am BBBBEEEEhind (add some scary faces, or not 🙂 )

Plan:

Mon – Tuesday: Study, Watch videos, review, take notes,  let ides percolate

Wednesday: Take Quiz

Thursday – Friday: Write & Submit ” What I Bring in Therapy Room”

Saturday – Volunteer for Solo & Ensemble, Attend Twice told Tales

Sunday: Complete & submit “Use of Crisis Text Lines in Mental Health Care”

Reality: 

Mon, Tuesday, Wednesday – Study, watch, video

Thursday – Completing Quiz,

My Superman is under the weather so plans need to change for Friday & I am driving to and from to pick up Amaze for Spring back so I can be at Solo and Ensemble at 8:30 AM

This means, I need to find the fortitude and borrow Superman’s time turner.

 

Did you say you have one too?  Feel free to lend it to me.  On a second thought, I bet you need to keep it for you. 🙂

Let’s dig in and check off the tasks.

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I am  participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of  lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

Super Tuesday

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Super Tuesday

A day when political future of many President wanna  be is being decided by general population.  Or is it, really?

For democratic party two female and two male candidates are still standing.  But if we here media hype, we will not even know Tulsi Gabbard  is in running.  When pundits are discussing Biden & Bernie, Warren is mentioned in passing.

No, I will not call it a conspiracy or old white men’s ways to keep capable candidates away.  I will call what it is.  Apathy and inaction from general public, media’s greedy grab for TRP and …… .

Did you vote in primary?  Are you looking forward to the general election?

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I am again participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of  lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

Laundry

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Laundry

Laundry.  Never ending one task.  I remember the time when my daughter was itty bitty and into changing clothes.  I had to sit her down and explained that if she changes 5 outfits in a day, all of them does not need to go into wash.

Today, the washer was kid of quiet.  When I went to do washer-dryer exchange, I realized, I had closed the lid but forgot to press start.  Getting old anyone?

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I am again participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of  lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

Sitting other side of the desk

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Other Side of the Desk

 

I am going back to school for Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy.  Sitting on other side of desk is…. 

Enjoyable

Exhilarating

Scary

Overwhelming

Hard work

Allow me to have study dates with my kids

Let my kids boss me around about need to stay on task 🙂 

 

In nutshell, being on other side of the desk gives me a perspective from my kids, my students’, view.  This week I have a quiz and 3 papers due, each 7-9 pages with at least 5 scholarly, peer reviewed references .  (OK. It would have been two, if I had managed my time right and have earlier submission on time. Still working on time management.  

I am learning so much, fast paced and enjoying every minute of it, OK almost every minute of it.  Now, if I have this time management thing under control, then I will be rocking.

 

 

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I am again participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of  lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

 

Stay a child

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To my child(ren)

 

Kids sitting on porch, only their shoes is seen
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Summer afternoon,

Lazy, Breezy, Carefree.

Enjoy, Relax, Be a child.

 

Before long, the calendar will move the pages.

Summer will be gone

and….

so will this carefree days.

 

Be

A Child,  A Girl & A Boy  Little longer

Before Becoming A Woman, A Man

And shepherding the responsibilities.

Stay.

a child little longer.

For me.

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#SOL20

I am again participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. The whole month of march, we blog and share little slices of  lives- some we experience, some we find while walking around.  Would you like to join us too?

 

Sunday Fun day

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Yesterday, we attended Sonya Kovalevsky Day at UW Eau Claire.  In the evening we attended a fundraiser for Friends of the local Library. 

Fun?  yes.  Work-life balance?  Definitely.

Today is the crunch day.

I need to grade gazillian papers from all 6 of my classes AND prep lessons.  

  • Spend time with kids – Check
  • Papers Grades – None
  • Algebra lesson plans  – check
  • Intermediate Algebra  lesson plans – Check
  • College Algebra  lesson plans – Not started yet
  • Blog Post written and posted – almost check
  • Comments on March Slice of Life slicers  – Next item on agenda
  • Comments on Student Blogging Challenge bloggers – Not yet

It is already 10 PM.

I better get going and get on with my task completion. 

Sleep can wait, the students can’t 🙂 

 

 

 

Tell Me

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Tell Me

 

Tell me how can I go on, 

Take rest,

Get a job

Get good grades,

You can do it, 

You will excel, 

Just try hard, harder,

You will make it.”

 

Tell me how? 

I am only one.

There are all these classes, 

Then the masses, 

Training for games 

 

ACT / SAT > COllege Applications > Scholarship

Accepted / Wait ….listed /….

How do I choose?

What I have to lose?

Where is the gain?

Is their pain?

How do I know it?

 

Running from rain 

of expectations

 

Working, studying, playing,

How I am going to keep on going?

I am still a kid

and I feel a need

to scream and shout and get a hand out

Tell me, 

 

How can I go on, 

Why can’t I stop & breath.

Can’t life wait for me?

Will I waste it?

Will I make it?

Will you be proud of me?

Tell me. 

Tell Me.

Tell ME

TELL ME.

TELl ME

TEll Me.

Tell Me

Tell Me.

Tell ME

 

 

 

Going to National Rube Goldberg Competition

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We are going to Nationals! 

 

Setting up Rube Goldberg Machine at Regionals
Setting up Rube Goldberg Machine at Regionals Image © Purviben K. Trivedi-Ziemba

 

The students, guided by coach C,  worked hard  almost every school day during WIN (New name for RTI) and an hour after that.  They sacrificed many, many saturday mornings.  I am the new member of team.  I stepped in when the other coach left for a new job over the holidays.  Students’ enthusiasm and teamwork resulted in…..

Drumroll time…….

Winning the Regional Rube Goldberg Competition.  Ye!! 

Indiana, here we come for Nationals.

Let’s go for 2019 National Rube Goldberg Championship.

Won’t you cheer us on?

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I am writing this post as a series of post for 12th Annual March Slice of Life challenge hosted by Two Writing Teachers.  You can find similar posts by searching for category Slice of Life or Hashtag #SOL19.  You are invited to join too.

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For more information visit Rube Goldberg competition,

Enjoy Rube Goldberg machines in action at  Rube Tube

 

 

 

Today

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Today

A new day, new beginning

Snuggles, cuddles, getting ready

Teaching, reaching, reflecting

Today also brings

Parent-teacher conferences

Meeting peers for math competition

and visit to McD on way back

Today,

Let me not rush,

Let me savour, the moments, the meetings,

Getting to know fellow educators

Reaching, teaching, reflecting

Today

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I am writing this post as a series of post for 12th Annual March Slice of Life challenge hosted by Two Writing Teachers.  You can find similar posts by searching for category Slice of Life or Hashtag #SOL19.  You are invited to join too.

#SOL19

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