It's been awhile. A long while. And I'm not even going to try to make up with it by listing off excuses such as I got way busy, my job got much more demanding or that since one of the largest natural disaster to date hit my current place of residence and completely destroyed my sweet college town I've been at a lost of words. I won't justify my absence with my own personal problems.
However, I often looked at my blog because I knew I had a good thing going there for awhile. That I was good at blogging and that although it takes significant time, I had been able to find it. And then as I stared at my blog, I would proceed to leave my homepage because I couldn't/didn't want to find something to start fresh with. So yes, it's my own fault. And yes, I had it coming. And definitely, I am to blame.
But I am also well aware that running from things will get you absolutely NO where in life. So for some reason I chose today to start fresh with again! I know I have missed a lot, i.e. My list of what I'm looking forward to in the month of May. And I also know that in this post, I said I would keep #10 as my only item if it still existed in May.... BUT I'm not going to settle! Instead, it'll just become my #1. So there.
1. (same as from March) Hopefully, maybe, my fingers are crossed for, finding out more stable plans for where I'll be and what I'll be doing next year....
2. Bachelorette Parties!!!!
3. All my 22 IEP's being done.
4. A new friend's baby shower!
5. My dear senior friends high school graduation day!
6. Memorial Day Weekend! No plans, I just enjoy a good ole holiday.
7. A Backyard BBQ Bash in honor of the soon to be Brittany and Jess Mann!
8. May flowers! Brought to us by April's showers...
9. Spring cleaning...? Well, not really the cleaning part. More like I'm looking forward to sorting through all my things in order to GIVE to those in need.
10. May 31st. Because then school is over in the academic sense but not the I-still-have-2-more-days sense.
I'm sure you are all wondering about soccer season. It has come to an end! Am I overly joyed? Nah. Am I surprisingly sad? Absolutely not. Last night we had our make-up senior night game because the one scheduled was the night of the tornadoes... We had to make something out of nothing so we scrimmaged the teams (boys and girls) against grades. Like, seniors verses freshman then juniors verses sophomores, etc. It was original, that's for sure. It was special, without a doubt. And it was meaningful to everyone. And that's about all that matters. There was a mic and speakers set up where the girls enjoyed giving commentary the entire 2.5 hours. At the end of the game, I got a special shout out: "And a thanks to Coach Peters! Thanks for carrying those water bottles (I was carrying 12 water bottles to the Coach's truck), you're doing it so well. Thanks for being so fun and for always talking to us on the bench. You've taught me so much about soccer." I was shaking my head the entire time at her because I was embarrassed by carrying 12 water bottles, mortified that she called me out for talking during the games and ashamed that I had had such a terrible attitude this whole season when in reality, I enjoyed getting to know the girls and the game of soccer. But no- I am not sad the season is over.
This Friday, the Special Education teachers in our county are being monitored. They have even named the day: Federal Focused Monitoring. We have been warned that if anything in our files is not how it's suppose to be and we are the 'chosen' one to be monitored, we will be cited and it will be mandatory that we come and present our case to the Central Office over the summer. I have been warned but I ain't stupid. I know that my case will have mistakes, I just know it. I am a first year teacher and call me crazy but I didn't get my degree in paper work! I am not an expert at what button to push or what box to check, NOR WILL I EVER BE OR DESIRE TO BE. I am a passionate advocate for student's receiving Special Education services because I firmly believe every student can learn. So, I will developed my IEP's and I will formulate appropriate accommodations and I will distribute those things to the specific general education teachers but I REFUSE to lose focus of the needs of my students because I need to go back and amend items and re-hold conferences. It's just not needed.
Whew. That felt good. Apparently I've needed to get that out.
As stated earlier, and on every news channel, Alabama was hit bad by a tornado. If you're like me or if you simply have a heart of any size, you may or may not have decided how best you can help out. Search no more! These shirts are simply rockin' and I would get one even if 100% of the proceeds didn't go to tornado relief. But they do! Which made me buy 2. Go get you 1. Or a whole bunch.
15 more days of school for me. And if you are looking for something to pray about or a topic to send good thoughts towards, I'd really appreciate some about a job for next year. Specifically in Atlanta. Bless you
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