Well, today I babysat for my daughter-in-law because she needed a break--but that doesn't count as my good thing because I made the rule that it has to be something I wouldn't ordinarily do. But it was fun--my granddaughters are pretty awesome.
What I did as my good thing was to accept someone with an open mind. I usually don't have a problem doing this at all, but we have a new director at my school, and I'm (and others as well) a little nervous about what she's like and how things are going to change. Right now, we all have a lot of autonomy within our classrooms and are free to try different things (this is very unusual) and this could change. Anyway, I decided not to be reticent about her coming and see it as a gift--she's surely smart enough to see that what we are doing is working. She's a very nice person from what I've seen so far, and we had a nice talk about the school. I feel a huge connection to my school and it's a very personal place to me. I knew the day I started working there that I probably wasn't ever going to leave there, and I told my boss that I hoped she liked me because I wasn't going anywhere.
I have a date tomorrow, which is a very pleasant thing to look forward to. I usually find dating awkward at best and sometimes downright unpleasant, so this is a nice change.
Tomorrow is my last professional development workshop--then things can settle down at work a little. I feel like I'm hardly in my classroom these days. When I am there, I'm trying to prepare for something coming up--and I'm really looking forward to my class' pumpkin project. We have a lot of fun with it and document all our work into a portfolio for them to take home at the end. They love it and their parents love it. Sometimes I am struck with a genius idea....not often, but when it happens, it's a beautiful thing.
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