I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Monday, December 17, 2012

The Going Ups & The Going Downs



  • Ups and downs of work lately: 
    • UP - I got THE cutest apron from Serena, who was my secret Santa. She said she saw it at the store and thought of my! How cool!
    • DOWN - Katie found an awesome mission trip to Korea and when I asked if I'd be able to take time off for it, I was told I couldn't because I won't have enough vacation time by then :(
    • UP - I really feel like I've found my place as a teacher at the center :)
    • DOWN - When I tried to redirect children who were using blocks as guns, I was told not to do that in that classroom. This was really hard for me in the moment (because of the recent school shooting) and is difficult overall, just because that's not what I believe or how I was raised. The teacher who told me this gave me some books and articles that support this idea but it's still hard :/

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