Sunday, November 4, 2012

You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful..."

"But remember that you have to move on, somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean, and you move the hell on." -James Patterson

Welp, parent/teacher conferences are over. I'm pleased with the results of the meetings. Also, that horrible Halloween week is over! We survived, thank God! I can't tell you how challenging having twenty already hyper third graders full of sugar for the week! Well, it's over now and I have to say that this weekend was much needed.

 Emma ready after Halloween in my classroom. She was exhausted!

I've had a great time this year. My favorite part of the job, which I have mentioned before, is the crazy things that kids say and do. Especially when they are being completely serious. Just when I think my day is going down the toilet, one of the kids says something that just cracks me up and I realize that I love my job. It's difficult at times. I feel like I am constantly under the microscope, but it is also SO rewarding. I'm really getting attached to the kids and I feel like they are really enjoying school too.

The hardest part about this year is that I don't have a social life. I don't have that network of supportive friends like I did up north. I still have my days where I get very "homesick." I'm working on it. I'm really trying to enjoy my time here and live in the moment. Unfortunately, a lot of those moments are inside the school. I need to get out more. However, when I'm out and about I feel bad about not getting lessons together for school or homework graded. There is always something that has to be done and it's a challenge for me to just leave work at work. I'm working on it.

With that being said, I have work to get to! Rubrics to make! and also laundry....

xoxo

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