Looking Forward to Spring
Well, I think I've had enough of the cold weather. I'm getting excited for spring.. looking forward to the warm air hitting my face, the SUNSHINE (it's amazing how happy it can make me feel), green grass, the sound of lawn mowers..etc..I went skiing first thing last Sunday morning. It was GLORIOUS. The BEST day ever! The weather was superb, the conditions were pretty good, all the trails were open, and there weren't that many people. It was awesome! I was on a high... so much that we decided to go skiing at Poley Mountain on on Friday. We went for a night skiing session on Friday, and boy, was it ever the opposite to what I experienced last Sunday. Freaking cold and bad conditions. It was really hard to even turn at times because there would be big patches of compressed icy spots. The snow was really compressed, not very much fresh snow left at all :( Anyhow, it wasn't really worth the effort to drive all the way there and back.. we only got to go down the hill three times.. sigh. (Plus, Poley mountain can look super freaky at night, with it's drop offs .. shiver)
I had my first supply teaching gig last Thursday. It was only half a day, but it was good. I was with a grade one class at Garden Creek. There was a student teacher in the class, so I didn't really have to do much except make sure the students didn't get too out of hand. Had a couple of really distracted children, but all was well. Nothing in comparision to my own practicum experiences when supply teachers were in with me ;)
I took my resume around to a couple of schools yesterday in hopes of meeting principals. No luck. I did talk with the VP at Connaught Street, and I think it's looking good.. afterall, I told her that I was a previous student there and that I was in the band program (Connaught is really big on their Music program, in fact, the VP is a music specialist, so it helps that I have 7 years piano teacher experience). It's funny, I've gone all the way from hoping to get a contract job, to getting excited that I may get called in to supply teach.. hmm.. is it getting pathetic? Am I lowering my standards, or is it just that I'm excited to be back in a teaching environment??
CCANB is having a dance teacher fly in from Toronto for March Break (which is next week). It's all very nice, but it's a lot of work. Especially with me being the program director, I'm feeling a tad worried that we don't have everything organized. I must say though, I have a great crew behind me.. a crew that actually gets things done when they are suppose to!!!
I do think I'll learn a lot from this experience, mostly in terms of people management. It's a bit of an awkward situation as many of them have watched me grow up and are people we consider "elders" of the community.. how do you boss people like that around?? There are/will be times when I will need to "crack the whip" - it's already apparant during meetings.. but a-w-k-w-a-r-d!!!!!
Just got an email from two of my teacher college friends this morning saying that they are engaged! Wow! Again, it's amazing how much can change for people over a course of a year...perhaps next year whoever you are, you will be in a new job? getting married? having a baby? travelling the world? ooo la la.. the possibilities!
Alrighty, that's it for now!
Ciao.
posted by jaryee @ 5:02 a.m.
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