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 :)

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Mama, Mama Dear

  • Happy Birthday to my mama, my Great-Grandma Dorothy (she'd be 103!) and my cousin Trevor...June 3rd is a very special day for the Bell family :)
  • I am realizing that my patience skills are really improving the more I work at Towsley. At first, I thought that I might not be able to adjust - at one point, I was even a little afraid that I might get fired because of my temperament (that was a little dramatic of me). But I can really see a difference in the way I'm working with my kids, especially the most difficult ones. Today, I dealt with one of my girls who cried for about 30 minutes straight...by the time I got her to settle down I could barely remember/figure out what she was crying about. But one of the teachers who'd been working in a room off the hallway we were in came out after and told me I'd done a really good job keeping my cool and handling the situation. There is also a student who asks me for help in difficult situations when we are paired with her class. Yes, she should be working it through on her own, but I do also appreciate that she can see when she needs help (plus the kids in that class can be REALLY difficult). Also, the new teacher in my room told me that she loves how Will (the aforementioned kid who calls me "Ehmu") calls my name at least 3 times when he needs me - that she heard him say my name tons of times today. He is also one of my difficult ones but he is very sweet and I love him. Oh and cute quote from today? Jeremy (one of my other toughies): "Do you like me and Will every day?" Yes, Jeremy, yes I do.
  • My kitty is so cuddly and I love her :)
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