Change

I am, admittedly, one of those people who has a hard time with change.  I'm sure this drives my husband nuts to no end, but it's definitely something I'm working on.  Years ago when I bought my car, I realized that you can change the color on the radio face plate.  If you don't want to stick with just one color, you can have it rotate, so every few seconds it changes to a different color.  I know this may sound silly, but I have had it on rotate ever since.  Every time I look at it, it reminds me that change is okay.  Change is good.  I have definitely improved but I'm still a work in progress for sure.

This spring, I decided that the best thing I could possibly do for myself was to take the entire summer off of work.  Luckily, my position working for a school district makes that a very easy option.  I wasn't sure that I'd be able to do that at my other job, but I have the best boss in the entire world and we were able to work it out.  My emotional, physical, and mental health have improved greatly since taking the time off, so I now know that it was the right decision.  I was worried at first from a financial standpoint, but now I'm realizing that I worried for nothing.  The last time I took time off in the summer was when I was pregnant 3 years ago and that was because I had to.  I really need to work on getting out of my head and stop worrying so much about everything.  Life is pretty grand when you can stop to look around.

This new school year is going to come with another big change.  I am being transferred to a different site in my school district.  I'll be working with the same population of special education students but I'll be back at a comprehensive high school campus.  The big change in this is the fact that I've never worked at this high school before.  I don't know the staff or the students well at all.  In fact, I don't even know the layout of the school very well.  I'm feeling now like I did 13 years ago.  I need to learn everything all over again, as this class functions differently than the one I've been in for the last 7 years.  I'm excited but anxious.  I'm nervous but hopeful.  I'm going to miss my adult students dearly, but I'm embracing this opportunity and leaping with every ounce of confidence I can muster.

Here's to new opportunities and change!