Oh happy day
9:55 a.m. - 2003-01-17

FRIDAY!

YES! Yay! Hip Hip Hooray! I'm thrilled that the weekend is looming. I'm happy that I'm alive and well. It's beautiful (though quite cold) outside. Tuesday is my last day of work here. I just got a phone call, and there's a possibility that I could start teaching WEDNESDAY. As in, the day after my last day here. Wowza. They're evidently in desperate need for teachers. I'm a little apprehensive about being thrown into a classroom situation with NO experience...don't know how that would work. But I've got to call the lady back in about ten minutes to see what the deal is. I was anticipating a couple week's break, but if they need me now, then I'm willing to help. I'm happy overall today, which is a great change from yesterday's incredibly depressing entry.

In other news, our kitchen floor is looking absolutely marvelous. Beautiful. Exquisite. I'm jumping for joy...and I'll be jumping even higher when it's completely finished. YAY!

Okay...cutting this one short, because I have to get back to work. I'll probably update a little later.

*************************2:40 p.m. I'm Baaaack! Still in a pretty good mood, though one of my co-workers sort of pissed me off earlier. But I'm not letting it get to me. Hey buddy--I'm rubber, and you're glue. Get my point? Sooo...I got the teaching position! Which means I'll have exactly...0 days to get my mind together in order to transition from one job to another. I'm very nervous about this predicament. I've never taught before. I've tutored, but that is SO not the same thing. And they're going to throw me into a 3rd grade classroom full of 21 students and expect me to know what to do? Ha.

I'm wondering how this is going to work. "Hi, I'm Ms. Dreamer. What were you doing before I came to be your teacher? Because I sure don't know what the hell I'm doing in this classroom. They just told me to show up, and here I am!"

I guess the fact that they're begging me to come teach without even being certified or in a certification program shows how desperate the world is for teachers. (I am going to enroll in the certification program, though, thank you for asking. I've got all the paperwork and everything.)

So, yeah, I'm about to be molding the minds of 3rd graders. It's a rather scary prospect, but I think I'm up to it. I get one day to observe a class being taught, then *WHAM* I'm thrown to a pack of 21 ravenous little wolves. Intimidating, yes?

But, I'm happy I've already got a job lined up. It's full-time, which means I'll have insurance, etc. And I get breaks--lots of 'em. Hopefully I'll like it alot. I'll let you know.

Until next time, booger-bears.

Love and light,

A.

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I am: so very many things. A mother, a wife, a dreamer, a lover of animals and babies, a friend. I've been called a bitch, but if that's what you call someone who stands up for what they believe in and refuses to settle, then I guess the title fits.

loves: my family, horses, a full night's sleep, puppy breath, my daughter's laughter, thunderstorms, bubble baths, makeup, soft sheets, David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, wine, massages, the written word, and sour straws.

dislikes: closed minds, depression, pimples, extreme heat, math, panic attacks, black licorice, doing laundry, white chocolate, gin, Bush.

feeling:
hopeful