Catching up

Well again I have fallen behind, but there have been so many changes in my house and in my world that I am trying to adjust to everything. 

For those of you who are interested, I have become a lunch room supervisor for the TDSB and I love it.  Have had quite a few shifts already and have one stable place for now until they find someone permanent.  Seeing these kids makes my heart fill with joy.  I remember why I wanted to be a teacher in the first place, there is something in a child's laugh or smile that just takes you to that special place in your heart and makes you smile and laugh as well.  Though I must say it is a learning curve.  The lunch room is huge and the older kids are definitely make it interesting.  My goal is to learn the first table's names by March Break and then move on to the second table.  Little steps, but I think I can do it.

I have also been volunteering in 2 classrooms as of late.  I work with 5 ESL students and a room full of kindergarteners.  Each day I walk in I am greeted with happy faces and interesting stories.  I try to pronounce everyone's name right but again...learning curve, so many new phonetics and lots of longer names. I got to spend Valentine's day in the classroom and for the first time in a long time got to give out valentines.  Takes me back to when I co-oped in the grade 2 class and how everyone was just so much fun.  I still have the best wishes book they gave me and I have pulled it out and showed the girls and they read the nice things the children back then wrote to me.

So between managing the house, the kids, the husband, the never ending laundry and well just about everything I have added a ton more to my plate.  I think the me in ME is back.  My children don't need me as much as before and I can go out and be a grown up again.  I truly hope I never stop learning because I have just too much fun.