Friday, July 31, 2015

It's all coming (We're all in this) together

Some of my textbooks arrived today! I'm especially interested in Tools of the Mind- We experimented with that style several years ago, and I'm excited to get some more formal training on the subject. I've covered my notebook with my school family... or at least as much as I could find. I'm afraid I don't have group pictures from 2010 or the 2012-2013 school year. Sadface.

Over the past week or so, I've been getting a lot more information regarding things like financial aid (I has some), my classroom placement (Toddlers, what what!), and the days I'll definitely be working (MWF). It feels good to have these details settled, though each, of course, brings up more questions in me.

I'm flying to Denver Tuesday morning, and will start orientation at BJS the following Monday, though really, I feel like I'm already a year in on this thing. It was a year ago that Josh and I started talking about this program as a possibility. Last November, I recruited my recommendations and references, and let TLS know that I intended to go. In January, I submitted my application, and this whole spring and summer has been about getting every bit of paperwork together, figuring out how and where to live out there. So hey, there's a lot of work (and a lot of people) behind me already!

Friday, July 24, 2015

It's my last day at TLS- for the 2015/2016 school year, anyway. I've been in this place for such a long time, and it's weird to think that I'll miss out on a whole year- there will probably be teachers and children that I miss out on ever meeting. My sweetpeas will be in kindergarten by the time I come back, and my twinkletoes will be big old pre-k types. I hope that we all have a terrific, worthwhile year, and I will be back!
Bye bye, Magic Tree