The first day back at work is always the same... My schedule is off, I have been oversleeping, can't sleep the night before, and I come dragging in exactly on time (or a little after) and everyone is SO EXCITED TO BE THERE!!!!!
The students have been planning, hoping, dreaming, and scheming about coming to "live" on the Scooba campus of East MS Community College... Some are returning freshman, a little more eager than they were in the fall with more assurance in their faces....The 2nd semester sophomores, signing up for those last classes that lead up to graduation...and then there are those students that suddenly realize that all the fun they had the last 2 semesters have caught up with them and they are desperately trying to figure out how to hang in there or find an alternative to what can be done...
Tears, laughter, interspersed with terse moments when time holds them in limbo and the lines seem to never move!!!! and tears of rejections that may or may not have been of their own making... finding the right "piece of the puzzle" to give them what they need...
So much more important than finding the "perfect piece" of material for a quilt, or the perfect pattern for the vintage cloth...very similar to solving puzzles, problems, whatever.... I love the finished product... I love a finished quilt, I love graduation, I love the ends of the semesters, I love it when my students do well.
I do so love my students,, my job, my life. I have 2 puppy dog quilts I need to finish,,, my husband fixed a frozen pizza for dinner. I am so, sew, seaux, sough, pseu- tired...
I'm glad to see that we aren't the only ones that have an "off schedule" during the holidays. By the end of vacation we are staying up until 2 am (or sometimes later)watching movies half the night, sleeping late enough that breakfast is later than lunch time would normally be. I don't know what makes us do that, but each time at the end we always say it won't happen again...but it does. Love the quilt you made your student worker.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am hoping by the end of the week, I will have more of a routine back...
ReplyDeleteI used to work with the schools as a special ed aide. I know about this same life.
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I now you know what I mean having been there and done that!!!! I joined that "just us quilters" blog last night with some trepidation, since I am not "as good as everyone else that is on there". I hope I qualify as a newbie and can continue to learn from each of you... When I retire, I hope to go "full force" with my quilting and sewing.. for now, I am in learning mode... Thank you for your innovations!
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