Of an Elementary School Art Teacher, that is. In bed by 10, up by 530, packed lunches, rowdy kids, hands blue from markers...and funny thing is...I'm kinda liking it. Alot.
Not to say it hasn't been rough, but a good kind of rough...ya know? The kind of days where you come home feeling like you have been hit by a train, but somehow in a good way. A way that you know you put your time in today and you DID something worth doing. Because easy things aren't even worth it, its the hard things that make you stronger and make you who you are.
I have to admit, I was getting discouraged with the job search and losing touch with the part of me that really wanted to be a teacher in the first place. I was starting to question if it was even something that I wanted to do with my life. But now I see that I was only questioning it because it was hard, not because it wasn't what I wanted. Now I want it more than ever. I LOVE being a teacher, I LOVE the kids, I LOVE the school. It fits. Its me. I can't wait to have my own classroom.
So I know that I have missed a couple of days of blogging, but that is because I have been dead tired for the past three days. With being sick and still working every morning, I pretty much come home and crash! BUT I did take pictures of what its like to eat breakfast and lunch as a "teach".
Breakfast #1:
Banana Pancake Oats...eaten atop my flannel pj's while sitting on my bed reading blogs on the laptop.
Close-Up/Break-Down:
- 1/2 Cup Oats
- 1/2 Cup of Skim Milk
- LOADS of Cinnamon
- 1/2 Banana
- Tbsp. Maple Syrup
- Kashi Flax Cereal
Lunch Day #1
Turkey Sandwich on Wheat eaten atop my desk, with my caffeine fix (gotta have it), a note that says "your the best", and a grade book to the right.
Breakfast Day #2:
Apple Cinnamon Oats eaten atop my leopard print throw. Includes:
- Chopped Apple
- 1/2 Cup Oats
- 1/2 Cup Skim Milk
- LOADS of Cinnamon
- Kashi Flax Cereal
Lunch Day #2:
Hummus and Spinach Sandwich, Pretzels, and an Apple (oh the irony)...eaten atop my desk with all kinds of good teacher-y stuff up there!!
So there you have two breakfasts and lunches in the life of a teacher. Pretty exciting right?...ummm...
Also, like I said before, me being sick gave me an excuse to relax and rest a little. And also to catch up on my cinema. I watched Twilight...which was good, but nothing GREAT. Sorry guys, I know a lot of you are big fans. Then I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Let me just tell you, if you have not seen this movie...GO NOW! It was AMAZING. I seriously loved every minute of it. I laughed, I cried...it was great. There was one quote that I loved in the movie and when I was at school I looked up the exact wording because I could not get it out of my head.
I jotted it down, and when I was bored during my "planning" period I made it all pretty.
"You can be mad as hell at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates...but when it comes to an end, you have to let it go."
This just hit so close to home for me, because I have a really hard time letting things go. Especially things that did not turn out the way that I had wanted them to. Sure I could be angry at how things turned out. But when its over its over, and keeping those angry feelings inside only make it worse and won't turn back time. When things end you just have to let them end and learn for next time. I think the practically reminds me of relationships that I have had in the past.
Now, I am off the enjoy the weekend!!!....uhhh...tomorrow, right now I'm ready for SLEEP!
Hope everyone has a fun and exciting weekend.
Lots of Love, <3 Ems
