Do you know how many times I’ve started typing and then immediately deleted what I wrote? I’m not really sure where this post is going, and I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since my last post 😳 A lot has happened in that time, so I suppose some updates are in order 😂
We got a puppy! Her name is Pepper and she is a border collie mix. Prepare to see a bunch of pictures of her, especially if you follow me on any of my social media (linked above, and all updated as of today 🤦🏻♀️) and just because I can:
I am, once again, a stay at home mama. I won’t talk about the specifics, but there was an ongoing bullying situation between Joey and one of my students (where my student was the bully, not Joey) and I strongly disagreed with the way their teacher and administration was handling it.
While I initially gave them the benefit of the doubt, it became clear that Joey was just expected to ignore the bullying despite it clearly escalating (mind you, Joey is in first grade, and the bullying included physical violence BEFORE I was let go), which I was absolutely not okay with. Once it became clear that I was not willing to just ignore the behavior from my student I was “no longer a good fit for the department,” and was let go the Friday before last Thanksgiving.
I have to say, I was absolutely gutted for a while. I did everything I was supposed to, including voicing my concerns multiple times to everyone I was supposed to about working with the student due to the optics of the situation, making sure that my behavior towards the student was fair and above board to avoid any accusations of mistreatment, and allowing Joe to handle the situation on Joey’s end to maintain a positive working relationship with everyone involved.
I took the last couple of months to focus on my mental health and being present with my family, and I have decided to put a pause on going back to school for the time being. I need time to decide if working in education is for me, and to be honest, I don’t think it is. I know that I only worked in one school and I shouldn’t let one bad experience impact me, but I was getting burnt out even before everything went down, and I didn’t like who I was becoming during the limited time I had with my family. Joe’s career is finally taking off, so I don’t NEED to work, which brings me to…
After a lot of thought (and tears, because I did put in a decent amount of work on it), I scrapped the book I’ve been trying to write for the better part of two decades and have started fresh. I’m simultaneously in the planning/outlining/brainstorming stage and the build my social media presence stage, so I would be absolutely honored if you’d take a look at my public social media links (they’re towards the top of this page, just under the header image) and give ‘em the old like & follow 💜 Once I have the basic story nailed down I’ll drop some hints, but it’s definitely going to be geared towards an adult audience, if you catch my drift 😉
As for the state of the world we live in, I feel my thoughts can be summed up in this:
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