So far, I've had two subbing jobs this week. On Monday I took a job working with the special ed kids. I could have worked in a 2nd grade class, but I was interested in seeing what special ed was like. Wow was that a long day. It seemed 3x as long as my ordinary day with 8th graders. Every 1/2 hour I had a new group of students...usually 3 -5. It was good because I worked with Kindergarten - 5th. I think I just prefer the dynamic of working with a class of students, not such a small group for such a short period of time. One group of Kindergarteners was FANTASTIC the other was a pain...overall I just think that age group is not for me. I already deal with that at home.

The teacher I subbed for was there for the first few minutes and recognized me. I was asked "Hey, weren't you the Artful Dodger?" Apparently we were in a play together in highschool. She was an elementary student who played an orphan and I was the Artful Dodger. I guess I made an impresson back then.

Yesterday I subbed in an 8th grade math and science class - that was familiar territory.

Thanks for the responses to my previous post. I wasn't in the best mood this past weekend. An interesting note - I received a text message from a dear friend a couple of days ago it said "Was thinking of you. Just wanted to let you know that you're such a together woman with all the right priorities." I thought it was so kind, and I called and said "I guess you've been reading my blog." She said "No." God really does put the right people in your life...