Everyone always told me my first year of teaching would fly by and they were so right! It seems like I blinked and it's already March. CRAZY! I really am speechless. I didn't think it was possible to be so exhausted but so full of energy at the same time.
It amazes me when I think back about everything that has happened this year. And everything that I have learned! My life has changed so much,
SO MUCH, since the last time I wrote a blog post. I thought I would share a little about what has changed by linking up with
Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday.
I am now engaged! My love took me on a beach trip during winter break and Proposed! We are so thrilled to finally be at this stage in our lives. We have been together since we were 17 so I was starting to think that we wouldn't be married until our 10th anniversary! Our 8th anniversary is much better ;)
I'm a little bummed that the only picture of us came out so blurry
weird looking but at least I will always remember :)
I started my Master's Degree back in October. It took me a while to
figure out which school I wanted to enroll in, but I finally decided on
Walden University. I am currently in my third class and love it so far!
Don't get me wrong, it is a lot of work juggling this with my first year
of teaching, but I am so glad I started when I did. Only 11 more months
and I will be done!
I got a new (to me) car! Goldie, my first car, finally became so
unreliable that I had to put her out to pasture. I took good bye photos
before trading her in...
and I came home with this beauty!
I have only had one major classroom incident this year. I teach at an
urban school in the heart of Las Vegas. I have students who have parents in
jail, who are homeless, and who have probation officers...and I have
only had
one major incident. I feel incredibly lucky to work at a
school that has such a great campus culture that this possible.
In case you are wondering, yes, the student with the probation officer
was involved in the incident. Shocking, I know.
I finally quit my second job in December. I had a cleaning
business that helped me get through college and I really didn't want to
give it up! I held onto my last 3 clients until December. I was so
overwhelmed with teaching and my Master's...I had to give up something
(and since I had already given up on blogging, it was next!)
My intention is to start blogging more regularly now that I can finally breath again! But with SBAC testing coming up, this feeling of relief could be short lived. I plan on logging back in before then, but if not, I will be back this summer! And for good this time. Like I mean it.
