"Twenty five, all of these mixed emotionsTangled up in pure confusion"-Colbie Caillat, Tailor Made Well, family, friends, and strangers- Week 1 of teaching is complete! WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! It was definitely a learning experience, but a good one! I have 15 little scholars and potentially more as the month progresses. I feel like I've kind of been thrown into this new world, and really I guess I have. I kind of feel like I have NO idea what I'm doing, but I'm figuring it out! The people at my school are great. I'm getting to know some of the other teachers really well and hung out with some Friday night and listened to some Blues music. On another note.... my stuff has yet to arrive so no furniture or belongings have made it into my home, and still no real food happening as my pots and pans are not here yet. Hopefully something with that will work out soon! Right now I'm in the middle of writing 25 lessons for the upcoming week! It's been a lot harder than I thought it would be because we are supposed to use Common Core and I'm unsure of how that works.... but I've about got reading done for the week. 4 other subjects to go... blahhh. Luckily I have some amazing friends down here so I've been able to use their internet and furniture to work on! Again- lots of pictures.... and lots of my classroom for the year... ONE DAY! I PROMISE!!! You'll be in overload with all the pictures.... =) Okay... lessons to finish. Yay! Then bed. Later.
Alright, I'm back for a veryyyyyy brief moment. I currently don't have access to the internet, even at my school, so the only time I can get on here is if I can get to the library when it's open or go to McDonald's.
I am now living in Arkansas, and teaching in Mississippi! Tomorrow is my first official day with the new kindergartners and I have to say that I am excited, happy, nervous, scared, and really have no idea what to expect.
Many of you already know just getting down here has been a challenge on it's own for me... starting with a rental car breaking down, paperwork going array with my moving company, having HORRIBLE movers in my house, confusion with what's being moved, as well as barely being able to get in touch with the moving company. Needless to say, none of my stuff has arrived yet. But I'm making the best of it. Also turns out there was trouble with the car I returned (and the place I returned it to is 2 hours away) so that's the other fun issue I have to deal with now. I truly think I can claim the title for Worst Luck Ever. Fortunately all of you, friends and family have been once again beyond helpful with everything. I definitely hit my breaking point the other day and my parents were of course there on the phone to listen.
Things obviously happen for a reason, and I'm hoping this just means I am going to have an amazing school year! =) My class is coming together, and I really want to post some pictures of it, but I forgot my cord to hook my phone up to the computer. I have a huge classroom, will have probably 15-20 students, an assistant, and lots of technology in my room (however with the internet being out, I don't know how much I can use it!) We get EEF cards at some point that will have at least $175.00 on them to spend for our classroom, so I'm trying my hardest to hold out on buying anything.
I did end up getting a part-time job at the Helena Country Club. I will probably be working around 15 hours a week, Friday evening, Saturday Morning-lunch, as well as Sunday for brunch. I'm actually pretty excited about it as it pays $7.25/hour + tips and I will get to wait tables, and apparently learn how to bartend. Bartending when I worked at Outback was a high privilege, and allowed for a lot of tips, so hopefully that will be the case!
Anyhow, my animals have all settled in. Toby was a little sad at the beginning without his fellow fury friends, but he's back to being my little baby now. We go on big walks every day and he seems to enjoy that.
I still feel like I have a to to deal with but it's going to come together little by little, I know it.
I'll try to get back on here in the next day or two to update about my first day!
I truly miss you all very much and love you! THANKS FOR EVERYTHINGGGGGG!!!!!
