Month of Muchness

Well, March has been a month of muchness indeed!

I am currently finishing a fabulous placement at Taupo Primary where the children keep me happy and on my toes.  The result is simultaneous knowledge that I definitely want to be a teacher and concern that I may be completely incapable of doing this for real!
This will soon be put to the test, as last week I trekked up to Auckland for an interview and very swiftly I was offered the job.  So as of 23rd April I will be teaching a year 7 class (11 year olds) in Auckland.  Why Auckland?  Well, Gregg was offered a job there and so I go too!
Does this mean...?  Really???  Yes indeed, in less than a month we will finally be leaving behind National Park and Mt Ruapehu to give something new a go.  So of course we are both experiencing the full gamut of emotions that hurl themselves at you when you decide to make a big change.  And in no particular or reasonable order, and certainly not synchronised that we are both in the same headspace at the same time!

Great to have a challenge!

Endings and beginnings

As someone who is usually notorious for being aware of impending changes and getting (mildly?) wound up about them in advance, I surprised myself by realising that today marks the end of a particular era for me.  This is the last day of a year of home study for me.  As of Monday, I'll be on my final 5-week placement, after which I'm all done!  All being well, come 23rd April, I'll have a job of some description and that'll be me for the timebeing.

I've really enjoyed studying at home.  I have proven that I can motivate myself and get the work done, despite all the distractions.  And I've established myself a rather nice, comfortable routine, thank you very much.  I cannot WAIT to be a real teacher with my own class, but I will also miss the self-managed time I have had this year.  Not to mention countless hours of quality time with Mav the cat!  Maybe I'll rekindle some of my social skills now though...