Seattle is beautiful. I can’t believe sometimes that I live in such an amazing place. There is currently a big pink flower blooming on a bush outside the coffee shop that I’m sitting in…and it’s JANUARY.
I really just don’t get why people it say it’s depressing here. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a less depressing place. Sometimes it gets dreary and you get that feeling like you’re in a bog or something, but we get that in Indiana too. Their winter feels like our springtime. Which is just another way of saying that this is an amazing place and people are crazy for thinking otherwise. Rain? WTF is rain. I’ve seen more rain in a month in Indiana than I’ve seen in half a year in Seattle. Oh, and did I mention that it doesn’t snow here?
Besides the weather, other things in life are going well. I’m working on my teaching stuff right now. I’ll need to start job hunting in the next month or so, and I’m trying to get everything together for that. Right now it’s ok, but when I think too much about it it’s hard…the biggest challenge is not knowing what I’m gonna be doing next year. It’s kind of like that senior year feeling. Ah, well.
As for my job, I still have a lot of mixed feelings. We have lost 7 Corps Members since break, and I wonder how many more we’ll lose before June. There are a lot of qualms that I have with the organization, but I try to focus on my work with kids. I have several responsibilities, and it can often become overwhelming. However, when things get stressful, I just try to remember where I was at last year. I never worked harder than my time student teaching. The work I’m doing this year is difficult, but I still at least feel like I have a life outside of work. That’s certainly something.
I’m going to try to focus very hard for the rest of the year…I want to leave as big of an impact possible here. I also want to prepare to go back home and start the next part of my life. Finally, I want to enjoy my time in the Pacific Northwest as much as possible. I don’t think that any of these things are mutually exclusive…I’ve just to work at managing my time better. I’ve just got to push the fuck through this. That’s all.
Currently listening to this: http://www.rustedroot.com/images/songs/05_CatTurnedBlue_WiW.mp3
1. you should come teach in chicago, then we could be roomies and you could teach me all your teacher ways.
ReplyDelete2. i read in that last paragraph "start the next PARTY of my life"...which would be so true if you come to chicago.
3. keep on, keeping on because you are a rock star!
- your less slatternly friend