New school year, new adventure!

 A few weeks ago I began my 5th year of teaching and my first year of teaching Kindergarten! Yep, you read that correctly! Two week before I was suppose to start back to work I was told there would be some changes to my position as a GT Specialist and I would no longer be able to work full time at my school, so I would be split between two schools. I wasn't super excited about the thought of spending my time between two schools and all that comes with that. I had a few different options and one of those was to go back into the regular classroom. As much as I enjoyed working in GT there was a huge part of me that really missed being in the classroom and having my own group of kids, so back in the classroom I went! 

The last week of summer and the first few weeks of school have been a whirlwind of moving into and setting up my new classroom, learning a new grade and curriculum, but I am loving it! Being back in the classroom certainly has its own challenges but I know this is exactly where I'm suppose to be. I'm getting to work earlier in the mornings than I ever have before and staying later than I'm used to but I'm finally getting the hang of things and settling into my new position, so hopefully these long hours won't last forever! 

I'm still trucking along with my graduate degree. I'm taking one class this semester, had to drop one because with starting my new position I just couldn't handle 2 classes and a new job this semester! I only have 5 classes left to go. I would say I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but graduation still seems so far away! 

Our house is coming along! We really have been making some progress and now that the weather is cooling off we hope to get a lot of work done in the backyard so we can enjoy it!

Here is a glimpse of my new Kindergarten classroom...my home away from home!