Only two and a half days of teaching this week. I love long weekends.
I especially love this weekend. It is my favorite time of year-- sunny days, crisp air, conference, family, autumn leaves. Ebelskivers at Nana's on Sunday morning. Naps. Projects. A welcome
break; time to breathe. Perhaps even time to ride bikes.
Teaching is hard, and, as I mentioned in an earlier post, good. Hard and good. But it has been mainly hard recently. I am now learning all of the things that they forgot to teach me in college. Like how to deal with kids who have ADHD, or what to do when kids are defiant, or how to coordinate parent efforts, or how to help when your students forget how to subtract, or how to not take it personally when your students don't care, or how to not spend every waking moment thinking about/doing stuff for school. Even so, I do love it. And my mom and dad are so supportive and awesome. My mom has been my saving grace-- she knows how to get things done. My dad often is my voice of reason. And, I think my friends still like me even though I've fallen through the cracks in so many ways. Love to all.
So. Life is busy and challenging and rewarding. Happy October this week.
I made it home! Africa was incredible.