I am not even sure where to start....I feel like summer break was years ago and that I am in the full time working routine and I have only worked 13 days.......I have said all summer I will not believe this is all true until Bryson is sitting in a classroom and I have my 1st pay check, so tomorrow this should all be OFFICIAL!!!
At this point I am happy to have a minute to sit and reflect on the changes that have occurred over the past 2 weeks...
I feel like we are running full speed and there is no end in sight....I love my job and I am learning daily what the defined role truly is...I hope that I will get a handle on everything that needs to be done before too long, but right now, I am managing day to day....
My job so far is LOTS of emails with concerns, questions, how to, what do I do....which is totally fine, I just don't have all the answers yet...I have been to all of my schools this week and then some (I totaled 9 Tuesday and 10 yesterday) so once the running is over I hope to focus on the brand new EC teacher that I get to work with along with the others that I already feel connected to...I have a schedule planned which makes me feel better knowing that one day soon the schedule will dictate my day...instead of running here and there and everywhere.
Although through running all over Iredell County I have made connection, after connection, after connection....with people that I use to see at the bank, people that know my parents, people that know someone that I know, people I went to elementary school with...teachers I had at West Middle....AND I walked down the hallway at West High the other day to the exact spot Brooks asked me out on a date....I am so excited about all the connections and the chance to be apart of the community that I have lived in my whole life....
I got to see my favorite Speech Therapist on one of my runs the other day and she quoted best of all "we are HOME"
For the 1st time in 10 years I didn't have to work open house as a teacher, I did however have to work open house as a parent, but for soccer reasons...On the 1st day of school I got to travel around and visit my teachers and schools, I got to meet some really cool, neat elementary kids, see former students on their 1st day of middle school.....walk the halls during the chaos of class change at the high school....it was a really good 1st day for me....
Bryson has had a little harder of a transition than I hoped for....but he is my kid so I am not totally surprised....he misses his friends at Stony Point and the fact that mom is not next door was a bit of a culture shook on Monday....pretty sure he found everything there is to find that is different compared to SP...down to the chairs in the cafeteria....I am hopeful as each day passes that he will love Scotts just as much as SP, its just going to take some time to learn the new place and I keep trying to tell him 2nd grade is gong to be WAY different anywhere he is than Kindergarten and 1st! I have been very pleased with Scotts...I feel like there are several people that we know already that are willing to watch over him when its needed and I was very impressed that the Music teacher knew his name yesterday as we passed her in hall....AND there is a certain soccer mom that has her eye on him a couple days a week!!!
Tonight Britan has preschool open house....I am very excited for her and this new adventure. She is such a little social butterfly and I think she will thrive on the chance to learn and grow.....this is where her and her brother are COMPLETE opposites!
Hope you all have had a great 1st week of school or just a great week in general.....
I am very thankful for a long weekend....
Much love, Alysha
