I figured that after 2 years, I was due for another post.

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.