So much for blogging

I really thought it would be great to maintain this blog, as the story of my journey. It turns out, however, that I have more than enough writing to do for UVEI assignments and lesson planning, and never enough time for any of it. Certainly no extra time for blogging. Sigh. It's hard to believe but I only have two days left in 5th grade. My fall placement has flown by! I'm eager to move on, learn more, experience a different classroom, teacher, and school. At the same time I'm really sad to be leaving where I am. I'm so comfortable at my school, my mentor is amazing, the class is awesome, and I'm going to miss everyone. Today we were reassigning reading groups for January and discussing room rearrangement, and I kept having to remind myself that I won't be around for any of that. My thoughts went, "Oh, it will be fun to have that kid in class...oh wait, I won't be here for that." I'm sure my spring placement will go by equally fast and I know it's important to get as much exposure and experience as I can. While I'm comfortable where I am, what I need right now is challenge, not comfort. So I will move one to bigger and better things... well, kindergarten. Definitely not "bigger," and "better" is to be determined. The differences are going to be amazing.