New Beginnings Remind me of Old Beginnings
Tomorrow is a big day. My first official day as a contracted teacher since 2005. I am a ball of emotions, and add onto it having to do it on a computer? Whoa. I have never been an anxious person, always just taking what comes and handling it. Some was easy, some not so. But always, I came out with a lesson learned. When I was younger and went to college, I was terrified. I was sad to be leaving home, my boyfriend, and my sister. I was embarking on a new journey with not only school, but as a freshman on the soccer team. How was this going to go? Would I fit in with my teammates? Was I going to succeed in school? How was I going to like my roommate? I cried a lot leading up to that day, and then, after throwing up before we left the house, we arrived on campus and moved me in, and I cried a boatload more when my parents left. Not only had I just left home, but here I was, in my new dorm on the 10th floor of the high rise, in my new beginning, all alone. And back then we had to pay ...