Don't Make Me Use My Teacher Voice

I am LOVING my new job! Working full-time for the first time in years sure is tiring though. But I really couldn't have asked for a better situation. I'm paired with a great teacher, I'm loving Kindergarten, and my co-workers are sooo helpful and supportive!

I haven't felt this happy and generally satisfied for a long time. Its nice to feel like you have a purpose and you're making a difference. I'm also learning a lot at work. This coming week all of us will be starting a Guided Reading block which I'm tremendously nervous about. Its new to all of us and I'm one of those people that hates going into situations blindly. Being a bit of a perfectionist I like to know the ins and outs of things before diving into them. Soooo...I've asked about a thousand questions this past week. But I think I'm as prepared as I can possibly be for the week ahead and I can always tweak my methods if need be. Its also comforting that all the other teachers/staff are going to have to feel their way somewhat blindly through this task. But overall I'm really happy with my job.

In other news, hubby and I have planned a Thanksgiving trip to NYC (our city!) and I'm SO excited about it. It hit me that we'd be there ON Thanksgiving day for the first time and I immediately started jumping up and down saying, "WE CAN GO TO THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE!!!!!" So that's what we're going to do. I'm STOKED, can you tell? I only wish we had children to take with us so they could enjoy it. But I guess I can be a little kid myself about something like this. And of course we'll get to enjoy the sights and take in a Broadway show like we usually do. It will be great to get back to the city we love so much!

The only other thing that's going on is that Bob and I have registered for a Halloween-themed 5k on Oct. 29th. This should be fun because some of his family has also entered and we're going to try to dress up. So on Friday I managed to get back to my 5k distance and I'm going to try for it again today. Fingers crossed!


-G♥