Being a teacher doesn’t come with many “perks” with the exception of one…and it’s a big one: summers off. Having the summer off has been the ultimate “me” time, at least before having a child that is, and it’s glorious. However, there comes a point, usually in the first few days of August, where the reality that the summer is ending starts to creep in and it just starts weighing on then back of you mind. From this point on it’s just there, and it only gets stronger, burrowing deeper in. This is where I am now. Continue reading “Dread Creeps In” →

All in all I would say that Saturday is easily my favorite day of the week. Even though I legitimately enjoy my job, many of us are grasping for the weekend once we get to about lunchtime on Weds. In fact, a former coworker and still good friend and I used to have a bit where we would play the song “Working for the Weekend” to start off the day each day from Weds. through Friday – it only lasted a few weeks and students may have been traumatized. This said, as a teacher, Sunday’s are often ruined by the fact that there is always grading to be done. Remember that gnawing feeling that you had homework to do when you were a kid? Same feeling. Saturdays though, Saturdays are my day. Continue reading “Saturdays” →

26 days until I return to work. It’s funny, the emotional impact of the numbers on the countdown on this page have shifted in dramatic nature. At first, the concept of 75 days was an incredibly intimidating sum that I could barely wrap my mind around, let alone dealing with the first day in and of itself. I had no idea what to do with this journey I was about to embark on, and doing so for 75 days seemed insane. Continue reading “26 Days” →