Always moving forward
Life has been like a whirlwind lately. I have been really busy with my new position. One of my students has really been taking up a lot of my time. I am hoping that I can get things back on track, but with only 29 academic days left in the year...I can't expect miracles.
I have a really supportive team at school. I am still sometimes amazed that within a month and a half of graduating, I got a position in a job that I have wanted so bad for so long. Especially, because it was the middle of the school year. Things have really come along well. The teachers are so nice and really supportive. They keep laughing and saying how they are shocked that this is my first position. They were very surprised to hear that. It makes me feel good and feel valued. They also look at me with amazement at how well I work with some of my students. It makes me feel good. When you are working with students with special needs, some days it feels like a losing battle. But then someone will reassure me that I am doing a great job. I don't know what special ed was like before I got there, but I know where I want it to go. I know what I want to see happen. I really feel good about my job. Even though the last few weeks have been trying with my one student, my other seven our doing amazing things. It's like watching little miracles happen each day.
My mom is coming to visit this week! She is driving my grandma's car back from Florida and she is going to stop and spend the night with us. It's surprising to me how well I have done being far away from my mommy. We are best friends and we talk all the time. But I am really doing okay with it. It has been tough and there are times I just want a hug from my mom, but I am okay. I am okay to stand on my own two feet. It makes our time together so special.
Dave's friend Joe from college is going to possibly come visit next week. He has some extra vacation time and wants to take a trip. I think it will be really nice. Dave and I have been talking about how hard it is to not have friends to go out and do things with. We are homesick for that environment where you can just call someone up and go hang out on a Saturday night. We don't get a lot of that. We have our work friends, but we haven't done too much outside of that. Dave has gone out a few times with the guys from work, but I haven't yet. I was invited to go to Boston with some teachers, but we will be in Syracuse for a wedding. It was nice of them to offer though. They are about the same age as my mom. Jane always says how she wants me to work with her next year and then one day at lunch she said how she didn't like working with people who could be her daughter. I asked if that meant she didn't want to work with me next year and she said, "OH NO! Never mind, I take it back!!" It was funny. They are wonderful.
I started going to the gym again. I think it will be good for me. Some of my friends from another school told me that I need to take the time for myself. It gives me more energy and lets me destress. I am going to try and get back to it regularly.
Well, enough rambling. I'll check in later......
I have a really supportive team at school. I am still sometimes amazed that within a month and a half of graduating, I got a position in a job that I have wanted so bad for so long. Especially, because it was the middle of the school year. Things have really come along well. The teachers are so nice and really supportive. They keep laughing and saying how they are shocked that this is my first position. They were very surprised to hear that. It makes me feel good and feel valued. They also look at me with amazement at how well I work with some of my students. It makes me feel good. When you are working with students with special needs, some days it feels like a losing battle. But then someone will reassure me that I am doing a great job. I don't know what special ed was like before I got there, but I know where I want it to go. I know what I want to see happen. I really feel good about my job. Even though the last few weeks have been trying with my one student, my other seven our doing amazing things. It's like watching little miracles happen each day.
My mom is coming to visit this week! She is driving my grandma's car back from Florida and she is going to stop and spend the night with us. It's surprising to me how well I have done being far away from my mommy. We are best friends and we talk all the time. But I am really doing okay with it. It has been tough and there are times I just want a hug from my mom, but I am okay. I am okay to stand on my own two feet. It makes our time together so special.
Dave's friend Joe from college is going to possibly come visit next week. He has some extra vacation time and wants to take a trip. I think it will be really nice. Dave and I have been talking about how hard it is to not have friends to go out and do things with. We are homesick for that environment where you can just call someone up and go hang out on a Saturday night. We don't get a lot of that. We have our work friends, but we haven't done too much outside of that. Dave has gone out a few times with the guys from work, but I haven't yet. I was invited to go to Boston with some teachers, but we will be in Syracuse for a wedding. It was nice of them to offer though. They are about the same age as my mom. Jane always says how she wants me to work with her next year and then one day at lunch she said how she didn't like working with people who could be her daughter. I asked if that meant she didn't want to work with me next year and she said, "OH NO! Never mind, I take it back!!" It was funny. They are wonderful.
I started going to the gym again. I think it will be good for me. Some of my friends from another school told me that I need to take the time for myself. It gives me more energy and lets me destress. I am going to try and get back to it regularly.
Well, enough rambling. I'll check in later......