We've taken on a lot, and somehow managed to stay in tact. Living life now as a family of 4!

Two posts in two days!?!?!? What the what!?!? It's snowing outside. On May 18th. So...I'm gonna write. I got my first negative reaction about the new job yesterday. It kind of threw me off, to be honest. The reaction was along the lines of 'Why would you go teach grade 9 THERE', implying that not only are grade 9's the worst, the school I'll be working at is particularly bad. So I'm going to write about all the reasons my new work place will be fantastic, and also why I honestly and truly love grade 9 and plan to teach it for at least 5 more years before looking for something new (although now that I've typed that, there will for sure be some kind of wrench or curve thrown at me ;)). New School: I'm not going to name it, but if you live in Winnipeg, you'll be able to figure it out. 1. Skills and trades training: This school is AMAZING. Its mission is to teach vocations, and it does a bang up job. Kids can learn aerospace engineering, phot...

I have a new job for next year, and the most astounding thing about that is that I did not realize, up until I got the new job, how much my current job has been weighing on my soul and self. It's hard to describe what I do all day. Partly because it's never the same, and partly because it is so broad and often vague - even to me. My current official title is 'resource teacher', but that doesn't speak to the complexity of the duties that end up in my lap (or that I take on willingly). Maybe this anecdote describes most clearly why I am so excited for a change: I got the news about my new job on Wednesday morning last week. The morning was uneventful - I taught a class of English, and then told a few select people about my new position - not going to lie, it was hard to focus and I didn't get a lot else done that morning. I went out for lunch with some friends (who are as happy as I am, because they know I needed a change), and when I came back to school for...