Happy Sunday!
I have been movin’ and shakin’ the past couple weeks. School has started, so work has started, so early bedtimes have started, and sore throats have started. I celebrated my 29th birthday this weekend, so I’m a year closer to 30, so I have to recreate a life to-do list, but I shouldn’t keep planning, so I may not update my new adventures, so my life will just be one huge question mark, so I guess I will take things day by day. Fall weather has hit, so I want to wear my scarves, so then I need to clean my boots, but I need new boots, so shopping weekends must commence.
If that wasn’t enough of nonsense gibberish, I’ll catch ya up:
School Days
School is back in session and I survived my first week. Things are changing quickly in the educational world. Our school district rolled out our 1:1 initiative this year, [1:1 means every student gets a electronic device, in our case we are using chromebook flips], it’s been an adjustment to upload EVERYTHING online, to teach a classroom full of fifth graders how to appropriately use their computer, & to just figure out how to teach a little differently. Our middle school is still a construction zone, but the academic areas are pretty much complete – they’re beautiful. Our 7/8 pod has multiple break out rooms with couches, swirly chairs, high top tables, and smart TVs. Students have already blown us away with their capabilities to work independently. It will be fun to see how much they grow in these areas as the year goes on!
I’m adjusting to my new role of being a Remedial teacher slowly. It’s a tough transition to go from an 8th grade Honors Language Arts class to a low group of 5th graders. I love both groups for different reasons, but to change the way I give directions, speak to students, and adjust my patience level will definitely take more time. 🙂
Birthdays n’ Such
 Another year older. Time literally flies. I remember sitting in the exact chair I sit in now, writing my birthday post last year. [I was snuggled with Ace, writing about my grandpa’s sweet card and my mouth was watering thinking of our dinner at The Melting Pot]. Tony planned a wonderful weekend for me; dinner with friends Friday night, brunch with my bests Saturday & a Canterbury visits with more friends, a brunch my mom cooked up this morning, and a Counting Crows concert tonight, [another phase in my life – I was obsessed with the Counting Crows, refused to wash my hair, and told people my style was grunge. My poor mother, I was like in 3rd or 4th grade].
He’s amazing, right? I’m what some may call… a birthday snob? So bless his heart for making me feel so special this weekend.
At one point this weekend I did find myself getting a bit bummed, thinking of all the things I wanted by the time I was thirty. I KNOW, I’m not thirty yet, but I’m one year closer, and some of those things on my list are still pretty far away.
However, I had another healthy year, I went on some amazing trips, I did some must-needed home improvement projects; I know I’m doing okay.
My goal for my 29th year is to live. Live day by day. Live in the moments. I will not try to plan when babies are going to grace us with their presence, I will not plan plans, just to have them 😉 I will not get wrapped up in what everybody else has & complain about the have-nots; I will just live.
Here’s to being 29 – I’m going to make it count!