tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726206.post7469970235768686277..comments2024-03-25T00:14:16.124-07:00Comments on Bread and Bread: square peg seeks circleCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07554329549665664616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726206.post-56113002873730144712016-03-03T11:56:36.572-08:002016-03-03T11:56:36.572-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726206.post-17686638428348388922016-02-26T16:50:05.064-08:002016-02-26T16:50:05.064-08:00A belated thank-you for your comment, Kathleen! I ...A belated thank-you for your comment, Kathleen! I too know fries and cries as coping mechanisms. All too well. Here's to more good reading, and more virtual croissants. ;-)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554329549665664616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726206.post-26196451204474429212016-02-12T13:36:09.204-08:002016-02-12T13:36:09.204-08:00Fantastic post, Cheryl. I cannot believe I have no...Fantastic post, Cheryl. I cannot believe I have not been following this blog. <br />I too need a ritual before I power up my keyboard. Playing Bakery Story on my iPad isn't quite working. It's hard to delve deep onto the page when all I've been doing is mixing and baking virtual croissants.<br />Now, thank God, I am no longer working in the high-stress classrooms of urban schools. I used to sit in my car before hauling out all my gear and ask the universe to please be kind to me for the day ~ hope that I didn't have a panic attack or that my students didn't attempt second-degree murder. After school ended, I would sit in my car with my eyes closed for ten minutes, enjoying the quiet. Would drive home the long way, with no music, and try like hell not to reflect on the day. Sometimes I'd stop at McDonald's and purchase inferior French fries and stress-eat for six minutes. Sometimes I would cry. <br />My life has been filled with suckage at times. I was always good at recognizing how and when to escape. I got out of the classroom before I did something rash and ended up on the six o'clock news. Kathleen Standerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049786629804104315noreply@blogger.com