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An update of sorts...yeah, yeah, yeah, I haven't written in ages, I've updated once in the last year. I know. Maybe I'll write more regularly, maybe I won't. Still working in the same job...this year I have all new teachers and am supporting people closer to my house. I am also supporting the teachers who are at my old school which is exciting and makes my job feel extremly purposeful being that I know ALL of the kids and many of their families. The first time I walked into a classroom at the middle school an uproar ensued. I guess I didn't realize that I would know the 7th graders from my 2nd year of teaching (they were in 5th grade and I helped their class get ready for the May Day program) and they never expected to see me walk through the door. It's sometimes wonderful to feel like a celebrity in a town of 2,000 people ;)

It's definitely nice to feel more in control in this job, although I'm realizing that each day there is more and more that I need to learn. There are days that I feel like I'm brand spanking new at this, yet other days that things that might have upset me last year aren't anything to get worked up over now. I somehow always find myself behind and with a to-do list a mile long most of the time. I currently have 285 e-mails in my work e-mail...my goal is to get down to 10, by last weekend. Clearly I have some work to do. However, right now I'd rather lay on the couch and look up flights for Thanksgiving (more than $500 and it's still 2+ months away, ugh) and watch Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. Last weekend I spent an entire day lounging and reading a book, the entire thing, it was GLORIOUS.

This is my warning to anyone/everyone...you have the rest of this school year to come and visit me in Mississippi...or it won't happen (and I'm going to reevaluate our friendship!). End of warning.

These next few weeks are going to be crazyyyy. Next week is PACKED for work. I have soooo many observations/meetings/sessions that I am leading, etc. It's good and I'm sure the week is going to FLY. Next weekend is an Ole Miss football game which will encompass my entire weekend--let's hope the weather is as mild as it has been the last couple of days. I take that back, it could be a little bit warmer next weekend for the game. The following week (last of Sept) Ingrid and Sara will be here for a long weekend! I am soooo excited and racking my brain trying to decide where we should eat--there are so many Delta-specific places/items that I want them to experience! The day that they leave I also fly out to Newark NJ for a conference for the majority of the week. October is also packed with a team retreat and the possibility of being gone for a week selecting the next group of corps members. Really, what I'm getting at is that it's practically already November...oh man.

Hope your life is fabulous where ever you are!