So, since I've last updated this, I have graduated college and acquired a first grade teaching position at a local charter school in Mesa. Who's excited??? Me!!! However, I'd being lying if I said that I was not scared out of my mind. I'm not exactly all that familiar with what goes down in first grade. I just remember AWFUL memories of awkward square dancing and getting in trouble for stealing from the cookie jar (literally). I promise to not leave those exact or similar disturbing memories with my students.
I also STILL work at Safeway; however, I have moved up (or down) the totem pole so to speak and into the world of the produce department. If you thought working at a grocery store was stress-free, then I dare you to visit me for just ten minutes on a day that I'm scheduled a shift over THERE. Sure, the apples, oranges, lettuce, and other delicious fruits and vegetables may look innocent enough, but trust me when I say that they can be evil! I have never hated a piece of fruit before in my life until the day that I stepped on a red seedless grape, slipping and falling face first onto the ground. You think that's embarassing and/ or painful? Let me tell you a little something about those wooden palletes that everything comes on...those suckers are not to be handled without the utmost care. Example: Circa March 2009...Wooden pallete falls onto a friendly produce worker and destroys the second toe on her right foot. YIKES!!! Pain, pain, and more pain. As much as I loathe the stress that THAT area of the store brings me, I am proud to say that I do a mean Cull, Straighten, and Detail over there. ;) I'm going on vacation from the store in just a few days, HALLELUJAH! After that, it's down to one shift a week...I mean, since teaching is pretty much a 24/7 job...except on holidays, summers, and weekends.
Overall, the status of Amanda as of this moment is anxiously excited. I am freaking out just a bit because planning for a year in 5 days is quite intimidating. Wish me luck. Actually, wish my students luck... May I not embarass myself too badly in front of them.
