Life...: Recent Events and New Job Info

Friday, September 3, 2010

Recent Events and New Job Info

I have not had the chance to blog in a while so I thought I’d take some time today to catch up.

Major events for the last 2 weeks:

• I lost 4 more pounds
• (Note to Chelsie) I will be finding my 6’s soon  - sorry but only SHE knows what that means.
• Meagan started her LAST year of elementary school (she is growing up so fast)!
• My sweet Catie made the volleyball team – GO CATIE!
• Anthony and I had our 4 year anniversary (we haven’t celebrated yet – but we will this weekend sometime).
• A body was found about 2 blocks from my house which makes me afraid, and assures me that I NEED TO MOVE VERY SOON.
• A long lost co-worker (that I adore) found me on facebook. I’m very excited that he is back in my life. He has always given me fatherly advice and guidance and I’m looking forward to advice filled conversations with him in the near future!
• and of course I started working

Now about my new job:
It has now been decided that I will work half days in pre-school and half day in the upper Autism class. I am very excited to work with the preschoolers! I didn’t think I would be, but they seem awesome so far. I haven’t had the chance to be there much as I had training all this week. I have come to the conclusion that I love working with children that are Autistic. It is going to be a wonderful learning experience and I’m pretty sure it is going to lead me into the classroom that I will come to call home. Yes – home. I will now now, or ever, talk about the negative aspects of the job; I am focusing on the positive components and treating the “not so nice parts” as learning experiences. So far, I have learned a great deal about positive reinforcers and behaviors. I will take this school-year as a learning experience and gain as much knowledge as possible!

That’s really all for now. I will let you know more once I meet the new students that are arriving on the 7th!

3 comments:

AnonymousSeptember 3, 2010 at 8:39 AM
AND May I add to your SWEET Blog that Miss Meagan has joined the Traveling Softball Team! YaY! Hoping you and Anthony will be able to see her play in October since we will be in Roanoke.
We Love and Miss You Aunt Jess!!
(((hugs))) and kisses from us all
Chris ~ Renee' ~ Catie ~ Meagan ~ Erin ~ Christopher!!
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ChelsieSeptember 3, 2010 at 10:54 AM
You need to go to my blog and look at the "Teaching Tiny Tots" webpage that I talked about! http://the-word-wall.blogspot.com/2010/08/teaching-tiny-tots.html <-- Just copy and paste that into your browser! There are some super cute ideas for preschoolers!

Just so you know- I found the 7's and am now hunting for the 6's :)

Can't wait to see you on Thursday! Enjoy your long, holiday weekend! The kiddies come on Tuesday!! AHH scary!
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JCSeptember 4, 2010 at 10:40 AM
yay for kids! classrooms are lonely without kids :)
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Things I Love the Most:

Things that I love the most:

The way Meagan says I love you, it melts my heart, oh and
the once I year I get to see my nephews, because I miss them so much!

The smell of honeysuckle when the spring wind blows,
and how the sunlight heats my face.

The feeling of falling in love, and the hard work it takes to stay there.

Post-It notes, school supplies, new pens and pink erasers.

Pouring my heart out on this blog, and not caring who reads it because it is who I am.

Books for kids, books for adults, books about life, books about love and books on self-improvement.

Laughter, the kind that makes you cry or pee in your pants, laughing at the silly things life holds and at the mistakes I make.

The way a child's face lights up when they realize they do "get it", and knowing that I helped them get there.

Instant gratification, even if it takes a while to get.

Peanut M&M's and decorated cupcakes, but most of all enjoying them with a friend.

The way he pushes my buttons since I'm so cute when I'm angry, and then we laugh.

Having a tiny hand in mine as we walk to the park, when you know you are their protector and guide, and somehow they know they are yours.

The smell of suntan lotion in the summer, the sun at the beach, and the pages of an old book.

Good friends, the kind you consider your family, the ones that don't leave when times are rough, the ones that don't disappear when life goes off course, the ones that don't quit or let you quit when you are tired.

Crossword puzzles, learning new words and their meanings, and then using them in a sentence so someone else can learn them too.

Most of all, I love life, I love the little things in life, the big things in life, the dreams that do come true, the fairy tale that awaits and knowing that God does have a plan, even if I don't know the outcome, I know - that my life is the way it is for a reason.

Favorite Poem:

This is what we are about:
We plant seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold the future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We must provide yeast that produces affects beyond our capabilities.

We cannot do everything
and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.
This enables us to do something,
and do it very well.
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way....

We may never see the end results,
but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders,
ministers, not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own.
~from a poem by Archbishop Oscar Romero

Where I'm From...

Where I’m From

I am from that old wood stove that crackled and hissed at night,

By the rocking chair where you were held tight.

I’m from up the hill, under the pine tree where the sap stuck to my toes

From the mile long clothesline stretched across the yard,

From the home inside that buzzed in the summer and stung my nose.

I’m from the swimming hole filled with tadpoles that hatched,

From the toads under Granny’s trailer we used to catch.

I’m from the sweet smell caught in the breeze,

OH that honeysuckle made me sneeze.

I’m from the bus stop where I got my first kiss,

And when my daddy found out he was....

I’m from Andy Griffith reruns, Heman and She-ra shows, cassette tapes I made for my friends, star bright, light bright, and bears that cared.

From leg warmers to rolled down socks, tight rolled pants and where turtle necks, and sweaters, were paired.

I’m from the Little House on Prairie and plenty of Hail Mary’s,

From standing on my knees and those old rosary beads.

I’m from that pan of shepherds’ pie for

which I despised.

I’m from snow so deep you couldn’t see my house,

Even though I was tiny as a mouse.

Christmas with cookies and milk, stockings that hang, newspaper wrapping that covered a doll, when all I wanted was a basketball

OH- and turkey for carving.

Where I’m from you’re not made of glass, children are seen and not heard and we don’t have enough money to heat the whole world,

and by the way eat your veggies because children in Africa are starving.

These are my memories,

Those were the days.

To Be A Teacher Means...

To embrace diversity and love every smile regardless of learning ability, physical capability, color, race, religion, or any other discrimination people face.

To not only love to teach people to think for themselves, but love to be ever learning and ever evolving into something greater.

To try not to change the world, but to change a child, make them be their best even if you have to give them a piece of your soul.

To be your best everyday, even when it seems that you have given your all.

To fight for social justice, because it is right, moral and a social necessity.

To know that teaching has its successes and its failures. If a teacher isn't making mistakes then they are probably not taking risks.

To take risks and learn from the mistakes.

To have a classroom that feels like a home, where I, my students and their parents can feel comfortable and loved.

To overcome the daily challenges of teaching with a smile on my face and a warm heart.

To teach the "unteachable" - to have someone learn something when every other teacher said they were "unteachable".

To not lecture of group of young minds, but lead them through thoughts and questions they have about the world.

To know, I am good at what I do because it is my passion - not just a paycheck.

To always remember I was born to teach, and this I shall do - someday :)