This past week I've been teaching Kindergarten for the first time in 22 years. I started teaching in Kindergarten the year Lisa went. Last week I hired on at Monte Vista in West Jordan, where Lisa taught 6th grade. Many of the teachers and staff are familiar to me and I know some, so I feel at home. I started in Kindergarten and know I'm going back there to attend a year-round school where I can have the breaks. This schedule, plus the fact that I'm part time will help Greg and I get away a little more. I hope to go full-time within the next year or two, so I can get my retirement salary up. It has been a fun transition, and I feel tired from all the work to get set up, but relaxed.
Thank you Lisa for helping me set up my classroom in miracle record time. I've had lot's of help from parents and community and find that the teachers I work with are totally helpful and fun. I've enjoyed the change and feel a great sense of freedom and creativity again. Sixteen years in one grade is a little much. I love the energy I get from the kids though, and I get paid to work at what I love most in life. I was sort of forced into the change, but it felt good and Heaven sent when I finally made the change.
