Endings and beginnings

The end of the year is always so crazy busy for me. We had a hugely successful yearbook distribution event. There have been fewer complaints than normal about the yearbook. (However, each one still cuts me to the core because of how invested I am in "getting it right". This is something I need to still work on. My worth DOES NOT come from other people, it comes from God.) I have been busy distributing the rest of the yearbooks, giving and grading finals, and doing the internal transition of staying goodbye to much loved students. This year, I have known all of my seniors in yearbook for the past three years. It is hard to let go, hard to know that they will not be walking into my room next fall. I let go with prayers and tears, but also with hope for their futures.

Then begins the cleaning up my room process for next year, which is made more complicated by changing rooms. I am so excited to be changing rooms and it is a definite answer to prayer. I will now be in the main building and will have a new room. I have a good core to start the new yearbook, but many newbies coming up. We will work hard over the summer to get ready to produce another year of memories for the students. I will also work on my skills in graphics so I can teach those students better. We got new textbooks in April, so I need to finish going through the book and planning new lessons.

I also start my new MS in counseling on the 9th of this month. So it will be a very busy summer, but I am looking forward to it - mostly to all the new possibilities.

On another note, last Saturday, we finished a transaction that will root us here for awhile. We got a new car, a 2008 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. I wanted my husband to have something new and fun. He has always supported me, always driven the crap car, always been my rock. To be able to do this for him was amazing and I thank God for the blessing of a stable job with a stable income so I could bless my husband in this manner. We named her Emma the Jeep, she is a deep green. We took her out less than two hours after picking her up and got her very muddy. It was so much fun! We have never had a new car so it was and is an awesome experience. I still can't believe we have a brand new car!

Well, I have to finish getting ready for my last Friday of the year. Back to school on Mon and Tues, then my daughter comes for a visit and it will be time to relax and have fun with my family.