For the past few months I have been feeling a lot happier than usual. I remember the day that the sense of unhappiness (well not really unhappiness) was lifted. As most of you know I love telling stories so here goes one.
After a four days of preparing to lead high school students in a 3 week Pre-AP Prep Course in Biology I felt like doing this.
and this during a staff meeting discussing the upcoming weeks.
Actually I thought I may have done this with a few choice words when people started laughing at some comments I made that I felt strongly about. I tell you I was stressed after that meeting but I came to terms that there was nothing I could do but face the funk on Monday. Saturday I was no longer nervous or anxious about that next week.
I really enjoyed the students and the program. I will be the first to admit that I didn't think it would work and my reputation with high school students hasn't been that great in the past ( apost about that will come). However, this experience was delightful. I just spoke with one of the students last night. Even though I wasn't able to help the students with biology, calculus, or chemistry,(that's where the frustration came from. I know my strong points and tutoring anything besides life skills isn't one.) I think I was able to make a small impact.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that I also enjoyed my time with my co-workers. We had not had the opportunity to work with each other that much. There were some bumps in the road but overall I enjoyed hanging out with them at work. (I still wasn't that interested in hanging out with everyone outside of work though.)
Anyway, since that episode in my life I have had nothing but good days. No feelings of personal stress or loneliness. Don't get me wrong, there is still a lot of mess going on in my life and around me, however, it is not getting me down. I have a new attitude. I hope it last.
With that new friendly and happy attitude I need some motivation to study for that darn GRE test. I finally registered y'all! (HOLD THE PHONE!! I thought y'all was spelled ya'll, thank you spell check!) It just took me six months. Heck, maybe it was a year. You know how I do.
