Piece of Cake!

So I was nervous today about subbing in the resource room. After talking with the sub yesterday, seeing her evaluation from yesterday, and hearing the classroom teacher and classroom aide prepare me for what the day was going to be like today, I was really regretting taking this job. If there is one thing that I have no desire to ever teach, it's special education. It's just not my cup of tea and I don't have the never ending patience and love that it takes. I debated about whether or not to accept today's job but went against my gut feeling and accepted because we need the money. In the end I have to say that I'm so glad that I did because the kids were great. I kept getting warned about their behavior but didn't have a single behavior problem. Today reminded me why I love teaching so much. There isn't a better feeling in the world to end the day feeling like you kicked butt and were awesome. If there is one aspect of teaching that I have a handle on, it's behavior management. I taught in some rough schools and had some VERY rough kids so it's one of my strong points and I was really able to control the kids and engage them in their learning activities. I felt like I was on top of the world when I got done. The best remark came from the para pro who said she's never seen the 4th hour group of kids be as good as they were today, not even for their regular teacher.

Today was especially long though because I didn't get a break until lunch time. I had to sub for another teacher during my prep hour. By the time lunch rolled around I felt like I was about ready to burst because I hadn't pumped or fed Baby M since 6:30 am and lunch was at 11:30am. I ate lunch in my car so that I could pump the whole time. It ended up working out fine and I'll just have to be sure to pump more and drink plenty of water in the coming days so my milk supply doesn't go down. R goes to Denve.r next week so I won't be subbing. Tomorrow I'm subbing in the afternoon so I won't have to be at the school until 10:30am. I talked with the teacher today for whom I'm subbing for and she has 5th hour prep and then I'll also get 30 minutes for lunch after I get there so it will be an easy day.

I just want to mention how incredibly awesome R is doing at the stay at home parent thing. It's so hard to transition from working to being a stay at home parent and he's doing awesome. I came home today and the kitchen was clean and he was reading and rocking Baby M. I'm actually liking the reversal of the roles because I forgot what it was like to work. I do enjoy getting back into schools and going to work in the morning. The feeling of earning the money for the family is empowering too, I got my first check today. I ended up with $158.40 for two days of subbing. R still isn't sure if he's going to get unemployment or not but he called today so we'll see if he gets any money.

Well I'm off to bed, finally at a descent hour.