“So long sweet summer
I stumbled upon you and gratefully basked in your rays
So long sweet summer
I fell into you
Now you’re gracefully falling away”
~dc. shut up.
Summer’s winding down. I’ve fallen in step (literally, I learned to step) with my principal and other teachers during this past week. Lots of professional development with a healthy dose of dancing. So grateful to be here, I really feel it was a perfect match. I feel so overwhelmed though, there is an insane amount of work for me to do (above and beyond normal 1st year teacher duties). I think it is effective and for a good cause though.
so the 4 milestones for the week:
1. Officially starting work duties as described above/
2. My first long run of marathon training = running 9 miles. Chinatown to Dodger’s Stadium to Downtown to Staples Center back to Chinatown.
3. I also broke into pork this week. Don’t go inviting me to any pork buffets any time soon, but Andrew made me a delicious pork tenderloin (what a treat to be with a truly amazing cook!) and I ate a pork sausage @ my principal’s place yesterday.
4. Hanging out with a lot of wonderful people! Tahoe Galbi, Mimi’s, George’s, Father’s Office, BJ’s!
I’ve enjoyed hanging out with people while I still can, and look forward to doing a bit more of that this week. The Cambodia team gets back tomorrow. I can’t wait to see them! As I think of all the hanging out though, it is very bittersweet because I feel like it will probably be my last times hanging out for the foreseeable future. I hope and pray that I learn to balance work life with school life with personal life, but I fully expect this to be the busiest, most hectic year ever.
Please, loved ones, know that I still care and I wish I could be there 100%. My #1 wish is that you would all still feel loved and cherished by me.
