Here are all the boring details of my situation.
I got a job as a reading specialist in Elmhurst. Pretty cool. The raise is really sweet, so I'll finally be comfortable. I'll teach two sections of a reading strategies class and spend the rest of my time working with staff, training them in best practices. Kind of intimidating, but I think I'll enjoy it. I just feel a little like a sell out going to the suburbs. Also, it's exactly what my parents have always wanted for me, which, I have to be honest, irks me just a tiny bit. But the kids I'll be working with need help reading, too. It's not like it's only kids in bad neighborhoods who need help.
I'm moving back to Chicago at the end of July. Nancy's going to fly out and visit for a few days, then we'll pack up a UHaul and head home. I'll probably stay with my parents for about a month, then move to Chicago. Not sure yet if Nancy and I are going to live together; it depends on whether or not she buys a townhouse.
So, I'm sad to be leaving my life here in Phoenix, although it won't be hard to leave the city itself in the middle of the summer. But I'm excited to start something new in Chicago. Everything fell into place so easily; maybe it's just meant to be.
I got a job as a reading specialist in Elmhurst. Pretty cool. The raise is really sweet, so I'll finally be comfortable. I'll teach two sections of a reading strategies class and spend the rest of my time working with staff, training them in best practices. Kind of intimidating, but I think I'll enjoy it. I just feel a little like a sell out going to the suburbs. Also, it's exactly what my parents have always wanted for me, which, I have to be honest, irks me just a tiny bit. But the kids I'll be working with need help reading, too. It's not like it's only kids in bad neighborhoods who need help.
I'm moving back to Chicago at the end of July. Nancy's going to fly out and visit for a few days, then we'll pack up a UHaul and head home. I'll probably stay with my parents for about a month, then move to Chicago. Not sure yet if Nancy and I are going to live together; it depends on whether or not she buys a townhouse.
So, I'm sad to be leaving my life here in Phoenix, although it won't be hard to leave the city itself in the middle of the summer. But I'm excited to start something new in Chicago. Everything fell into place so easily; maybe it's just meant to be.
Comments
You have made so many extraordinary changes in your life the last few months, I am so proud of you!
You will have the memories and the confidence of knowing that you can achieve anything you want, and you can do it all by yourself.
:)
muhahahaha. :)