Whhooosh!

Hey, there, A.

In case you're wondering, that's how time is flying by. WOW.

We got back to school on Monday after a week off; kids joined us on Wednesday, after seven days off. These past couple of days have been strange and exhausting to say the least--catching up on all that time off and getting them back on track isn't easy. We will have school tomorrow (they took back our Veteran's Day holiday), but then it's the weekend. I'm hoping next week will feel more normal, but then we're onto Thanksgiving. Crazy how fast this year is going by.

C and I went out for a drink and some wings after work yesterday (we congratulated ourselves for teaching a whole day--haha!) and she broke down crying...feeling some of the same frustrations I am feeling, or have felt in the past. This teaching thing gets tougher and tougher as we go along, and deciding to leave and reinvent yourself is even more daunting a task than teaching, I'm afraid. Every once in a while the reality of it comes to a head, like for me after the incident with my Napolean principal, and for C after just a bunch of crap all at once. I'm still focused on changing the script in my head, and being open to the possibility of other possibilities; now I'm trying now to get C there, too.

Hope all is well with you this week. It was nice catching up with you on Sunday. Glad to hear JJ's team won!

Love,
Barb