every year, and i mean EVERY YEAR, my dad has given me a "back to school" pep talk. (julie, let me know if those quotes are unnecessary...it just felt right :)
i have a mild anxiety before the first day of school. through elementary, he would come into my room, give me a power pep talk and then again in the morning. throughout college, he would call the night before. and even into graduate school, he would call just to reassure me that i wasn't foolish for being anxious.
so why did i work at a school? i still have the same anxiety. it must be something related to the long break and then the readjustment to a different year. if you work all year, then you don't even realize any kind of transition but having two months off...ugh.
my greatest joy is that my school year is going to be three and a half months. this baby is going to dramatically change my year...YEAH!!
ps i looove wpsd and my co-workers. the kids are some of the best people i know. i have a great job and an amazing supervisor...i have a terrific office. everything spells out perfect situation....but i miss max. all of those perks don't add up to jack if measured against him...i have to trust that this is my calling and i am important to them...
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i totally understand that anxiety. i always hated the first day of school. maybe that's part of why i'm homeschooling though i'll probably be nervous for our first official day too (in 2 weeks).
i hope you enjoy these three months though.
First of all..you have a great dad! Secondly, I understand your anxiety...especially about leaving your baby. I think it gets harder as they get older (I thought it would get easier)...cuz they're just so much fun to be around!
This will be my first full year...yuck! I've had two consec years cut short with maternity leave. It's enough to make me think about a baby #3.
i was just thinking about that the other day....how i'm glad i'm not a teacher so i don't have to dread the impending first day of school. i could never sleep the night before school started...always so anxious about it all. i'm happy to hear i'm not the only one!
glad to hear it will be a short year for you :-)
yeah, the first day of school was always such a big thing. i could never sleep the night before, either! all the excitement and stress ... yikes. sometimes i miss school, but i don't miss that part. jess - you crack me up! i think you should use your quotes however you want in your own blog! =) i think either nothing or dashes between the words is more technically correct here, though, (if you care!) since you are using the whole phrase as an adjective, but you really are going back to school.
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