I made it!

Well readers, I did it. I have made it through not only the 4 required weeks of full load student teaching, but also the self imposed additional 4 days before spring break of full load student teaching!!!

I have to say, being on this end of the bridge feels really really good. I'm so honored to have a great class, a great school, excellent principals, and a fabulous cooperating teachers. I have learned so much in the last 3 months and I will forever remember the lessons learned here. It's been a priceless experiences. :-D


This past week was C-R-A-Z-Y!!!!!!!!!!!! To start it off, I had a rough cold all week, still fighting the tail ends of actually. My CT bought a house. And then we had the make up work.... the mountainous amounts of make up work. lol Ending a quarter right before a break, with a class that has students that are consistently 3-6 assignments behind, is rough. There was a lot of reteaching, corrections, and "hustling" to get it all in. In the end though, I'm proud of my students. They came through with pretty much everyone passing all subjects, despite this being a heavy content semester. Yay!!!


At our "spring celebration" (which replaced V-Day parties, btw) it was with relief that my CT and I stepped back and handed over our "spring breakers" to the WONDERFUL parent volunteers. The power of involved parents.... WOW!!!


So here I am, on my first Saturday out of full time. I'm oddly not working today despite being able to. But luckily I am working 3 days over this next week. (I've got some cash to earn back from my month long sabbatical!) And while I'm honestly, not totally looking forward to having to work again, I do kind of miss my coworkers and managers. I also know that by the end of this summer, I will be quitting, probably for good, so that I can focus solely on being a new teaching in the wonderful class/school I end up!

 Speaking of where I end up. I have no clue. I feel that it will honestly be more in my best interest to stay within the school system I'm student teaching in. But, there are several other counties that I'm considering and  will start completing applications for. I can only hope I can at least start interviewing for jobs in the next month. It would be BEYOND cool to know that I have job before graduating if possible!


.... Now all semester I have focused on really being in the moment and not worrying so much about student teaching. But, with full time over, the rest is really just a cake walk. (While still giving my 110%, of course) So I feel that it is safe to finally start the countdown! I love countdowns, and will do so for any big event in my life (including birthdays, because hey, it is an important thing to me that I was born! lol)

Here it is.... GRADUATION IS IN 41 DAYS!!! :]


Happy Spring Break Y'ALL!!