I used to teach bilingual elementary, and this is almost exactly how one of my students would spell my last name (not cinnamon, but close) on her papers. Kids, especially English Language Learners, often mix up c/s (especially soft c) and e/i (the letter i sounds like "ee" in Spanish).

Been there—I ended up having the (non-cancerous, thankfully) node removed and no side effects afterward. Early detection and testing is a good thing. The only bad thing about the biopsy was it made the lump sore for a few days, and prior to that it had been painless. Good luck, and keep us posted!

Congratulations! I'm also a teacher, and besides seconding the rec to see what your school already has (before you buy anything), I swear by Dollar Tree. Target and Lakeshore are too expensive for the same (generally disposable) stuff. You can get border, pencils, even binders there. Also check Staples, Office Depot,…

The silliest thing about asking for cash is that it's an implied acceptable gift. People have always known that you could give money as a present—requesting it just makes it clear that is your preference.

I just googled and came back to say that—written for Posh Spice. It's all jumbled in my memory bank of Beyonce songwriting controversies.

Posh Spice actually wrote it. Jasmine Sullivan's done a cover too.

I went to middle school with a Carl and Carleisha, a year apart.

Same! But I was born 2 weeks late. Funny enough, my birthday is one of the least common in the US (#360 out of 366)—must be the dry spells caused by post-holiday breakups. :-p

Recently I was triggered so badly in the real world that I had a trauma-induced psychotic break, reliving what happened to me and trying to escape. I woke up alone in the hospital, and was dumped as soon as I got out by the guy I thought I was going to marry.

I'm a teacher, and I'm sadly not shocked. Early last year, an enrichment teacher at my school shoved a kid (I teach in a K-6 school) and rumor had it that she'd also cursed at them before. Imagine my surprise to run into her at PD earlier this year, and she said she's teaching second grade. All kinds of fuckery…

Who decides whether students have to say the pledge, the principal? I'm a public elementary school teacher, and we don't say the pledge at school. There aren't even flags in our classrooms or one in front of the school. Any fellow teachers with the same experience?

And it was lovely.

Don't forget tissue paper! I bought 40 large sheets for $1 at Dollar Tree to make my wedding favors. The paper was the same thickness and quality as the Hallmark brand, which is 8 sheets a package.

If you like her, check out Chrisette Michele. Very similar sound/style.

I just open the bottle and pour a good amount right into the wash, no measurement needed. We have a coin-op laundry in our apartment building, and it doesn't seem like it ever gets cleaned, so the vinegar makes all my clothes actually smell like detergent/fabric softener, and not that old washer smell.

Vinegar in the wash will get those smells out.

I use Sure antiperspirant, which is pretty cheap, before bed, and that works fine. I feel like the Drysol is cumulative (this week I think I've only used it once), but I think it's that combined with the anxiety-reduction—now I see that even if I do sweat at most 1-2 drops will show on my clothes, not the big patch of…

I got a prescription for Drysol before a big event, and now I hardly use it. It definitely works, and 1) you don't need it every day and 2) I think the most important thing for me is that it reduced my anxiety about sweating. I vote worth it. :-)

I recently got married, and we planned and paid for it ourselves for $6000 (in the Bay Area). Two things I would add:

That's totally reasonable. I recently planned a wedding (even posted about the cost on GT), and even with our small budget, there was no way I was having people fly cross-country for hot dogs and punch.