Last weekend was really great. I spent the weekend in Orlando with Kevin Speer and Laura Kelly riding awesome roller coasters at Universal Studios. If you checked out my FB at all, then you definitely saw some terrified Anna pictures. Yikes! It was so great catching up with them and getting a sufficient amount of hugs from them through out the weekend. On my drive back up on Sunday I stopped in Hilton Head to see Meaghan, an old friend from Brockport. That was also great to see her, and she hard core tried to convince me to move down there closer to her. I loved the town and was definitely considering it. But I know deep down I want to move back up North. School this week was rough, just like last week. My students don't care, talk while I am talking, and walk out/flip out/are totally whacked out, and I know for sure that I am done with being in that environment.
Waking up one morning this week though, I read an awesome message on facebook from someone who I look up to very much. It was a long message that they wrote at about 2 a.m. after waking up from a dream. I am supposed to be here at this school, there is a reason I am going through this and getting thicker skin and learning to be with these kinds of kids. There is a reason. I keep reminding myself of that while I am on the verge of crying during school, I just need to remember that there is a reason I am there, and it will be shown to me in the end. It will be worth it.
I've finally started working out more again. That is really nice, and I have found a great workout buddy too. We played tennis and soccer yesterday, and today did a mini crossfit workout, but I am so out of shape, that was really tough.
Soccer on Wednesday nights has gotten better too. I'm starting to play like I did back in the day, and my skills are slowly coming back. I am really thankful I have that soccer team. Its the one big thing I look forward to every week.
I have gotten really good at leaving earlier from school also. I am doing basically the bare minimum that I need to do in order to be a teacher and do a somewhat effective job in the classroom. Maybe I will even start working on the 25 things that I will have due at the end of the year for being an induction teacher... Probably not.
Here's to another week of teaching - keeping my job strictly from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and not any later. To eating lunch and breakfast. Taking the time during third period to do one thing for myself. Working out after school 3 days this week and actually learning how to play tennis. Making at least 2 real dinners and maybe even baking something! You never know, This week could be awesome.
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