Biggest accomplishment of the year: getting my son to say mama before dada. I may have conditioned him everyday for three months, but who cares, it worked. I may be more proud of this than my finished book. Academic Mom, PhD

This. I feel this so much.

Every semester

Have you had an infant cough in your mouth? I have. That’s all I’ve got.

I always feel extremely exhausted when I'm about to write a formal letter and not something. #AcademicTwitter

I sharpened my guillotine today. #twitterstorians

Do you ever post a tweet and then wonder what you were trying to say hours later?

Students don’t check email. How do you get messages to students? I want to explore all options. Currently I send messages through LMS that get pushed to email. #twitterstorians #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

My 15 month and old passed his Global Entry interview! Woohoo!

7th annual conference! So happy to be a part of the planning committee again this year!

Why does no one talk about how sick you get during your child’s first year of daycare? I haven’t been continually sick like this since I was in daycare. Academic Mom, PhD

Spring break begins Monday. Looking forward to the break because for whatever reason Spring term is always the most brutal. It always feels longer and students seem to check out earlier.

I will push him anywhere, even if I never can get any work done. Academic Mom, PhD

You haven’t lived until you are cleaning out sippy cups in a hotel bathroom with one foot on the toilet seat cover behind your child doesn’t put their hand in the toilet.#momlife

So, I am going tired for the next 17 years, right? Between a job in academia and my 1-year-old, I am exhausted. #AcademicChatter Academic Mom, PhD

Absolutely this

Took some time today to enjoy the weather and a local street fair. My 17-month-old got to check out the inside of a fire truck. The excitement on his face was epic and it made my day.

So is your office perpetually cluttered? Because despite my best efforts after the end of the semester it still looks like whirlwind. Should I just give up and be resigned that this is it’s permenant state? #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter