A Good Day

I love my jobs. That probably sounds crazy since I complain so much about them, but I realized today that I really love what I do.

Today started off like any other day...I was dreading going to work, but when I got there I enjoyed every minute of it. Within the first 20 minutes I was there I was given 4 pictures drawn by different students (it was indoor recess time, I really didn't let them draw all day) and as the day progressed I ended up with 8 pictures to take home with me. I absolutely love getting pictures, it probably sounds really dorky, but I do. I seriously have an enormous stack of pictures I've accumulated since student teaching and I refuse to throw them away. Looking at them reminds me how sweet kids are, and how much they look up to and admire their teachers. At the end of the day I left happy and I promised myself I was going to have a better attitude about subbing. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I don't hate subbing....I just hate getting up to go to work and all the unknowns that go along with being in a new classroom.

After subbing, I had to go straight to work to teach for a couple of hours and then meet with my boss for my annual performance review. I had really been freaking out about my performance review because I have totally violated the dress code a couple of times by wearing sweatshirts (I can be reallllllllllly lazy on Sundays) and I have been very close to being late on more than one occasion. Surprisingly neither of those things were an issue at all, they weren't even mentioned! I was actually very happy to discover that I am the most requested teacher at the center. This also may sound like a very dorky thing to be happy about, but it makes me feel good knowing that so many students enjoy working with me, and it certainly gives me a reason to continue working there. I guess I never really hated this job either, I just hated going there after a long day of subbing.

So today was a good day. I'm very happy with what I do and I feel very fortunate to have such great jobs. Oh, and I got the perfect ending to my lovely day...SNOW :) I had been keeping my fingers crossed all day for snow, so I'm thrilled!!! Now it's officially Christmas season in my head and there is no doubt I'm heading to Target tomorrow to buy some Christmas knick-knacks.