You know something big is happening when I wake up at 7 am on Saturday and can't go back to sleep because I am too excited!

Finally
Finally
FINALLY
I got a new job!
It's hard to even really express how excited I am.
And how thankful.
I've been hoping and praying and trying for this for so long.
I'm going to be the librarian at a catholic high school near here.
The library is a mess!
But I am so excited to do library work again
and not so much teaching.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.

say that three times fast.

So I've compiled a list of the top 40 'most interesting' student names from the kids I am currently teaching each week.
[Honestly, I don't know how to pronounce quite a few of them!]

1. Penina
2. Bhoomika
3. Akash
4. Osayamen
5. Ebreez
6. Amna
7. Amir
8. Nyvia
9. Jahair
10. Soumya
11. Brietta
12. Tyshira
13. Sreelikhi
14. Yana
15. Jaidyn [also have Jaden and Jadon]
16. Nivedita
17. Chiere
18. Kenika
19. Radhika
20. Asuka
21. Brodyn
22. Aleksandir
23. Asiyah
24. Maxim
25. Abena
26. Kanishk
27. Aislinn
28. Aritro
29. Torsten
30. Naia
31. Nyah
32. Dai-Jahn
33. Mehul
34. Nybree
35. Eleni
36. Akyr
37. Denisse
38. Ciasaire
39. Maizy
40. Purva

Also, I have about 98363 girls with a variation of this name:
Kirsten
Keirstyn
Kierstin
Kiersten
Kristen
Kristin

thurs - after an especially badly behaved class, i had a pretty good one

fri - 3 kids hugged me on the way out [and they had only just met me 40 minutes before]

trying to find a silver lining, no matter how small

School has started and I can't lie and say it's great...but I really hate that I *hate* it...and I don't like the way I feel when I am there and the way I act and things I say. It's just really not me.

So in order to combat this, I am going to try and think of at least one GOOD thing that happens each day at school.

So here goes:

Tuesday - a 1st grade girl named Maggie came into the library during open house, and her mom told me that Maggie said they had to go visit 'the nicest teacher in the school'...and it was me.

Wednesday - I was completely stressed out about having 4 autistic students and 5 special needs kids in my room for 40 minutes not even an hour after school started...but then we had an assembly during that time, and the kids were wonderfully behaved. Phew.

Today - Umm today was a challenge. I will keep thinking and get back on here soon. ;)