Beginning The End

It's been a week of transitions and changes. I got to go home for a week, and it was fantastic. I got the most quality time with my family since December. I kept getting some lyrics from Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me" stuck in my head: "You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can. I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am." I love regaining perspective when I'm home.

Moved back into the dorms, too. To be honest, that's been a bit rocky. I was so used to living in a bigger space than this, and it's hard to go back. My roommate and I both lived in houses over the summer, and it hasn't been easy for us both to get used to a confined space again...especially a shared confined space. We're working it out, though, and getting things in order has definitely helped.

This week has been hectic with settling in, methods classes, PI work for freshman seminar class, and workshops to prepare for next week. The first day in the classroom with the 5th graders is looming over my head. I have a confession to make, though: I met my co-op and saw the classroom, and now I'm looking forward to it even more. I'm also a lot more nervous. It'll be better after Monday, and even better than that after next week is finished.

This semester's already off to such a great start, albeit busy, and I'm feelin' good about it. I feel like I'm going to really go big this semester(...or go home, lol).

~"We are talking about children, not Hallmark cards...the only difference is we can't mail them away, although sometimes we want to." [-Andrew Rainey, a speaker at our workshop today]~