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Teachers

Daily writing prompt
What makes a teacher great?
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My sister is an elementary school teacher. My sister in law is a middle school teacher. Most of the people in the old game night/anti-valentines crowd are educators on one level or another.

What makes a good teacher? I don’t know. I think patience is a big plus. Brains are a given. Charisma, the ability to communicate and connect with kids. The ability to handle difficult parents. I have to think that patience is probably the big one though.

Why Yes, Yes I Have

Daily writing prompt
Have you ever had surgery? What for?
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You know, if I didn’t know better I would say that whoever is coming up with these daily writing prompts is basing them on my blog. That couldn’t be it, could it? I mean… really?

Have I had surgery? I’d say that about two thirds of the posts I’ve made here since May of 2022 have answered that question.

Have I had surgery? Why yes, yes I have. On May 4, 2022 I had gastric bypass surgery. A surgeon made a bunch of little incisions into my guts and rearranged my entire digestive tract to make sure I couldn’t fit metric tonnes of food into my stomach anymore.

I have lost a shit load of weight but I can’t eat M&M’s anymore so there are upsides and downsides. (That previous sentence is meant to be dripping with sarcasm, just so you know)

Daily Habits

Daily writing prompt
What are your daily habits?
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Daily habits. I don’t know if I really had any daily habits prior to the whole weight loss surgery thing. Now I have a bunch of them, mostly due to having all of these post-op goals to hit every day.

  • Have some water and my morning vitamins before breakfast
  • Exercise every morning before breakfast
  • Eat a lot of protein for breakfast
  • Make sure the cats are fed
  • Make the bed (I fail on this one a lot, but I hate it when I do)
  • Exercise again during lunch, just a bit
  • Hit my daily water/liquid intake goal of at least 64 ounces
  • Hit my daily protein goal of at least 80 grams
  • Hit my daily Apple Watch Activity app exercise goal of at least 30 minutes, preferably more like 60
  • Hit my daily Apple Watch Activity app move goal by burning at least 1000 calories
  • Hit my daily Apple Watch Activity app stand goal by standing for at least one minute each hour for 12 hours
  • Write at least one blog post
  • Take at least one photograph, preferably with my Nikon Z5
  • Most important of all, be kind and loving to my wife
  • Track my sleep stats with my Apple Watch
  • Wake up and do it all again

I am sure I am missing a few things. I find the whole exercise and post-op thing a ton easier if I stick to a routine. Like, I overslept by almost two hours this morning and I am worried about staying on target for all of the exercise and food/water goals already. It’s only 7:30am, but I should have a bunch of that stuff done already. It bugs me a bit.

Anyway, those are some daily habits. I may be insane. Just a smidgen.