How can I be loving something so much and so anxious for it to end at the same time? I'm so torn inside. I adore my job at the school. I love it so much that (and I don't wanna say this too loud - LOL) I'd almost do it for free - as a volunteer. And yet this full-time month is exactly as "too much" as I thought it would be. I'm SO looking forward to going back to half-time in January.
The biggest surprises about being back in the workforce for me has been realizing that what I thought I'd love - I really do, and what I thought I'd be able to handle - is exactly how much I can handle. I think after being a SAHM for so long I'd begun to doubt whether I really knew who I was anymore, iykwim....but I think I still do know who I am, and what I want, and what I am capable of. And once again....after a month or two of adjustment....I'm finding myself exactly where I'm supposed to be. It's a freeing feeling.
I'm tired and busy, but very, very happy.
A new phase.
I'm working full time. I never thought I'd say that.
It's only temporary. And it's the best job in the world. But still - full time?? Who knew.
I'm an EA at my kids' school and I work with grade 1 kids (numeracy). It's academically very easy and the kids are so darn cute! Love 'em to pieces already. And I'm still in the grade 4 class I started in....which I adore.
Whew.
Just a new phase of life I'm adjusting to.
That's all.
It's only temporary. And it's the best job in the world. But still - full time?? Who knew.
I'm an EA at my kids' school and I work with grade 1 kids (numeracy). It's academically very easy and the kids are so darn cute! Love 'em to pieces already. And I'm still in the grade 4 class I started in....which I adore.
Whew.
Just a new phase of life I'm adjusting to.
That's all.
Scraphoria Dec. 07 Kit
A kit so fun it practically scrapped itself (again). Seriously - Tracey knows how to put together some kick-butt kits. Perfectly coordinated and Loaded with goodies!!
Here are my first few projects:
A layout entitled: "So cherished" I love how this turned out. My youngest son (Egan) goofing around with his cousin (Orin) at a family gathering this past summer.
DVD cases (I'm using these as Christmas presents so if you're reading this Mom & Dad (s), you're getting DVDs of our year for Christmas)
A Christmas ornament made out of 3 of the Maya Road chipboard album birds. I couldn't bear to "waste" all these birds on one project :) I love how this turned out. I have a red Kitchen with a taupe wall on one side so this has the perfect home this Christmas season!
A card using another bird. If and when I send this, I'm going to use strip journaling to add the person's name/address across the front. I may have to cover it in packing tape, or a laminating strip to mail it but I think it'll be cute.
Here are my first few projects:
A layout entitled: "So cherished" I love how this turned out. My youngest son (Egan) goofing around with his cousin (Orin) at a family gathering this past summer.
DVD cases (I'm using these as Christmas presents so if you're reading this Mom & Dad (s), you're getting DVDs of our year for Christmas)
A Christmas ornament made out of 3 of the Maya Road chipboard album birds. I couldn't bear to "waste" all these birds on one project :) I love how this turned out. I have a red Kitchen with a taupe wall on one side so this has the perfect home this Christmas season!
A card using another bird. If and when I send this, I'm going to use strip journaling to add the person's name/address across the front. I may have to cover it in packing tape, or a laminating strip to mail it but I think it'll be cute.
Here's a peek at the first page of an acrylic album I'm making based on the song "I believe in Us" by Amy Sky - a challenge on SGK.
Scavenger hunt picture
OK....this may seem like a silly picture but it's for a scavenger hunt so....please bear with me :)
Something cold - freezie
something hot - my coffee (in a travel mug)
something soft - my giraffe (thanks Kat, from Scrappygiraffekits.com)
something hard - the key ring on the giraffe
something heavy - the metal can on the top right contains a huge lump of metal filings (purchased at MCC - no reason - just couldn't pass up such a fun thing to own)
something light - the pompoms
something dark - Staz-on ink
something bright - binder rings from Target
something crafty - my wooden block calendar with today's date :)
something tasty - Juicy Fruit Gum
something sweet - KitKat
something cool - my coolest new scrappy thing - rub-on stitching from Daisy D's, in a tape-runner type dispenser! Very cool!
Photo inspiration
This is a photo I took this Spring of my (then Kindergarten-er) son's hand in mine as we drove home from a field trip on the school bus. Over half of the Kindergarten's, used to only 1/2 days at school, fell asleep on the bus on the way home from this full-day trip and I was lucky enough to have a boy who wanted to sleep on my lap. It struck me as I held him sleeping that this would probably be one of the last times this would ever happen. He's getting big; he was on his way to grade 1 - full days of school; outgrowing naps in general. This picture, when I look at it - inspires me to take advantage of every moment I have with him, and with my other kids because they grow up SO fast.
