A New Day, A New Year

A new day, a new year and a new chapter in my life has begun.  December 18, 2011 was my official graduation day.  Graduating with a bachelors in Art Education and now in this new year I will get the chance to put it to use.  On Monday I went in to Human Relations, filled out all of my paper work and headed off to my new school.  Before I had left for Minnesota I had no idea when I would be starting to teach and when I would be able to set up my classroom or when I would get students.  Well as I went over to the new school monday I still did not know anything that was going on.  For those who have known me for a while, would know that being thrown into something and not know anything of what is going on would stress me out very much, but now I am able to take things as they come and go.  Which is good, because it seems to happen to me constantly.  

When I arrived at the school the principle was gone, the secretary didn't realize I was coming and neither did the assistant principles, and the classroom I was supposed to have was still occupied by another teacher.  Ha go figure.  Since it was a staff development day I just hung out with the other art teacher at the school, met some of the other teachers and went to my first meeting with the electives teachers, who are hilarious by the way!  Once the principle came back we kind of figured out a plan for me.  I will be helping out in the Art teachers classroom for 2-3 weeks until they can split up the classes and switch schedules around.  I will be taking the 7th graders while the other teacher will be taking the 8th graders.  I will be teaching in a science room until the end of the year, when the other teacher can move out her stuff.  The room I will be teaching in though still has stuff in it, so I still can't set up my classroom and I still don't know for sure when I will be getting students.  Ha everything in my life is an uncertainty still, but I have come to the conclusion that it will always be that way.  After school I went out for dinner with some of the teachers and received a phone call from Pier One.  Before I left for Minnesota I had told my boss about the new job, but let him know I would still like to work over the summer.  So we figured I would just work I weekend each month to keep the job until summer.  Well the call was that I was supposed to work at 5:30 and four more times that week. Surprise!!  I still have two jobs apparently! 

 As you know life goes on and I take each day as it comes.  I still don't know what lies ahead.  All I know at this moment, is that I am writing this post aimlessly...oh and my fears.  Yes I know those too.  The fear that these kids are going to be upset, when they are taken from their teacher that they have now and given to me.  The fear that I won't be able to handle this.  The fear that I won't do a good job.  The fear that I chose the wrong school.  The fear that the other teachers might not like having another art teacher.  The fear of feeling alone here.  The fear of loosing my love and passion, like some teachers have. They already think its crazy that I still have a smile on my face each morning when I arrive and each night when I leave.  I pray that it stays there...