This is a Bob Dylan Song Waiting to Happen (Blog to Learn, Day 16)

Well, after yesterday, I am still having mixed emotions about my job. On one side, our morning meeting made it all too clear that change is in the wind, and it may not benefit any of the arts teachers. Latin has already been removed from the schedule, but the Latin teacher has retained his job and will be teaching Language Arts, instead. It also sounded more and more like someone may be cut from the resource schedule altogether. Our principal also warned us that we may not hear about job placement, reassignment, etc. until late August. It's all the more reason to consider my options.

On the other side, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that many of the kids practiced their music during spring break. I also got a lot of small but necessary tasks finished. I was in bed early, ready to pass out, when my best friend--who lives out of state--called to share some exciting news. Then, my boyfriend called too. So much for sleep, but I would take the phone calls from people I love, any day.

I am off to another late start this morning, though. I'm going to have to reconsider my mornings...and my evenings, for that matter. Yesterday, despite being exhausted, I made a decent dinner and got an hour or so of reading in before falling into bed. Oh, and I blogged elsewhere for the first time in a while. Not too shabby. Today should be even better, if I can use my non-teaching time wisely and efficiently. I may have to start using more of my A.M. quiet time on job-hunting, for a while. Quite honestly, I think it may be easier to deal with those big, "scary" tasks before going to the job I already have. Then, I can be consistent about spending time on important pursuits, and still have the opportunity to read and sleep in the evenings.