This week I started to have fun with this job again and I was able to do a few of the things that influenced me to take it in the first place.

First, on Wednesday, I taught teachers how to use blogs ALL DAY. No lunch, and I even offered a session after school for those who couldn’t make it to the sessions during the school day. It was fun to be doing something hands-on, not just presenting info, but actually teaching. And so many teachers got excited, said they were seeing the applications and implications in new ways. That’s why I took this job–to help teachers learn and be excited about new strategies and technologies in the classroom. It was a good day.

Then yesterday, I found myself in meetings, but good ones that had relevance to what our true mission should be, meetings that focused on figuring out how to really help the kids who need it the most. And I was fortunate enough to have a good idea or two, to contribute something useful to the discussion. So it was another good day.

And today I was just busy…busy putting into action so many things that have been discussed in the last few days. That’s another thing I’ve learned about myself (something I’ve suspected all along): I function best and am most fulfilled when I have almost too much to do. (Notice I said “almost”–I often had WAY TOO MUCH to do as a classroom teacher, and that’s just stressful and frustrating). Having almost too much means I work late, I feel rushed and just a little overwhelmed, but I’m pretty sure (though never 100%) that I can get it all done, even if it’s just in the nick of time. In some (sick?) way, I kind of like that feeling.