Taking Work Home

One of the attractions of this new job is that during the interview process, I was told that they try to encourage employees to leave their work at work, and not take it home with them. While I haven't found this to be true yet, I have started to see the glimmer of light at the end of the busy beginning-of-trimester tunnel. Unit plans are due this week (we don't have weekly lesson plans due, thank goodness, just a rough outline of the trimester due in the first few weeks of school), and after that, it's mostly just sailing through and working on longer-term projects. Not that there won't be SOME planning involved...just not an exorbitant amount.

However, work continues to go really well. It's bizarre how positive my co-workers seem about the kids we work with. Not bizarre in a bad way at all -- it's really awesome to see a group of people who hold these kids who might be considered "troubled" with "unconditional positive regard." The language at the school is really positive; we call fits, tantrums, or behavioral issues "challenges." We "process" at the end of a day rather than venting. I'm not quite used to working in an environment that's so un-jaded; it's a little bizarre to my poor sarcastic nature, but I'm trying to re-train myself, because everyone here seems to have a great attitude and good mental health as far as the job is concerned.

On another note, I went contra dancing last night here in Burlington. It was way fun, and I continue to adore the old men who frequent such events. They're so cute.

Wedding invitations are mostly complete! My awesome designer Jason (God bless him) sent samples to us that arrived today, and they are beautiful. I'm getting excited to send them out! We're down to four months, which is weird considering how long we've been engaged! We've made some progress on getting a rehearsal dinner location nailed down, and we've booked a bed and breakfast for our honeymoon. I'm way excited because we booked a room that is beautiful and big and has a bed that looks like a ship. You can see it here.

So all in all, life is good. Busier than it was this summer (and the past year for that matter), but good. We have also now begun to get paid, which is a huge relief!