Today I am thirty + 2 days old. Thirty came in with a wonderful bang, and turns out, I feel no different than 29 as far as my body goes...the only thing that is changed is what I have realized in the 2 days since the big 3-0. Actually, we will say last 4 days, cause my party was Friday and it was after that in which i had these realizations.
my life would suck without you. yes, it is the name of a kelly clarkson song which i actually really like to scream at the top of my lungs when i am in the car...but more importantly, it is how i feel about the amazing people in my life.
it has been said that when one door closes, another opens. i feel that up til this point, doors have been closing and, afraid i may not see another door open, i just jump right into the first one i see. last year, a door closed at me when i was working at my last school. i must say that in the moment, i was devastated. i wondered what would be out there, if anything for me. i wondered if i was doing what i was meant to do...or if maybe i had jumped into teaching without thinking it through...
then open the door at St. Leo. i looked long and hard at the door. i took it even though i was taking a pay cut, even though i would have a 30 minute commute, even though i knew nothing about Versailles. i walked through the door not knowing what to expect. or, maybe even expecting the worst and hoping for the best. because of this one open door, my life has changed drastically and i find myself realizing, probably for the first time, this is where i was always meant to be. the door had to close there to bring me here.
Because of St. Leo, i was challenged to a game of corn hole with Djibouti as my partner, and Mr. Djibouti as my competitor. Only to lose a last minute heart breaker and have to be a "bartender." Helena, the cause of most of my daily laughs, and if not the cause, the person I laugh with or who laughs at me...she has got to be the best work partner one could ever have. Truly, I couldn't have gotten any luckier to have to work in close contact with anyone else. I think there is no one else who could understand my ridiculous 7 year old humor, or put up with it the way she does. And her husband, who laughs at me equally...and with whom I share my addiction to WebMD, are two of the most amazing people I know
Because of St. Leo, I met Ashley and Christina, who are the answer to so many prayers I have prayed for really awesome, authentic new girlfriends here. I got to start the Y Club, without which I would not know these two incredible girls. I'm not sure that we share a tremendous amount in common, but what I am sure about is that they are two people I can't imagine my life without now. i look forward to a long friendship with these two incredibly amazing ladies.
Because of St. Leo, i will be going to work for John Hopkins University at the Center for Talented Youth in Palo Alto, CA this summer (all of my recommendations, and my interview prep courtesy of teachers there). I find this to be a truly remarkable opportunity that I still can't get over the fact i am going to have. i may be way out of my league here, but we are about to find out.
Because of St. Leo I am no longer Ms. Blandford, I am Blan Blan...I have a poem written in my honor, i have a pink polka dotted podium, and a specially designed cootie catcher created for me all by my students. At St. Leo I'm not just "the computer teacher." i am someone important and significant to both faculty and students. i get to take kids to KYA and KUNA and have pranks and inside jokes with them....there are guinea pigs named after things like Djibouti...
And even more so, as I was taking in the experience that was my big 3-0, I looked around at the way the old and new meshed together. How the two worlds overlap. How new friends and old friends could come together in one place....how the door opened and one world was not left behind, rather a new one was created with the best of the old and the things and people from the new. I laughed many laughs on Friday...and they were the good kind. the kind of laugh that comes from deep inside your stomach and sort of hurts (could be the bourbon slush) when it comes out...it's a laugh i haven't laughed in a long time.
The lyrics are true:
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeahmy life would suck without you. yes, it is the name of a kelly clarkson song which i actually really like to scream at the top of my lungs when i am in the car...but more importantly, it is how i feel about the amazing people in my life.
it has been said that when one door closes, another opens. i feel that up til this point, doors have been closing and, afraid i may not see another door open, i just jump right into the first one i see. last year, a door closed at me when i was working at my last school. i must say that in the moment, i was devastated. i wondered what would be out there, if anything for me. i wondered if i was doing what i was meant to do...or if maybe i had jumped into teaching without thinking it through...
then open the door at St. Leo. i looked long and hard at the door. i took it even though i was taking a pay cut, even though i would have a 30 minute commute, even though i knew nothing about Versailles. i walked through the door not knowing what to expect. or, maybe even expecting the worst and hoping for the best. because of this one open door, my life has changed drastically and i find myself realizing, probably for the first time, this is where i was always meant to be. the door had to close there to bring me here.
Because of St. Leo, i was challenged to a game of corn hole with Djibouti as my partner, and Mr. Djibouti as my competitor. Only to lose a last minute heart breaker and have to be a "bartender." Helena, the cause of most of my daily laughs, and if not the cause, the person I laugh with or who laughs at me...she has got to be the best work partner one could ever have. Truly, I couldn't have gotten any luckier to have to work in close contact with anyone else. I think there is no one else who could understand my ridiculous 7 year old humor, or put up with it the way she does. And her husband, who laughs at me equally...and with whom I share my addiction to WebMD, are two of the most amazing people I know
Because of St. Leo, I met Ashley and Christina, who are the answer to so many prayers I have prayed for really awesome, authentic new girlfriends here. I got to start the Y Club, without which I would not know these two incredible girls. I'm not sure that we share a tremendous amount in common, but what I am sure about is that they are two people I can't imagine my life without now. i look forward to a long friendship with these two incredibly amazing ladies.
Because of St. Leo, i will be going to work for John Hopkins University at the Center for Talented Youth in Palo Alto, CA this summer (all of my recommendations, and my interview prep courtesy of teachers there). I find this to be a truly remarkable opportunity that I still can't get over the fact i am going to have. i may be way out of my league here, but we are about to find out.
Because of St. Leo I am no longer Ms. Blandford, I am Blan Blan...I have a poem written in my honor, i have a pink polka dotted podium, and a specially designed cootie catcher created for me all by my students. At St. Leo I'm not just "the computer teacher." i am someone important and significant to both faculty and students. i get to take kids to KYA and KUNA and have pranks and inside jokes with them....there are guinea pigs named after things like Djibouti...
And even more so, as I was taking in the experience that was my big 3-0, I looked around at the way the old and new meshed together. How the two worlds overlap. How new friends and old friends could come together in one place....how the door opened and one world was not left behind, rather a new one was created with the best of the old and the things and people from the new. I laughed many laughs on Friday...and they were the good kind. the kind of laugh that comes from deep inside your stomach and sort of hurts (could be the bourbon slush) when it comes out...it's a laugh i haven't laughed in a long time.
The lyrics are true:
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life would suck without you.
I think its my mantra for 3-0.
I think it is something I have been going through a lot of doors to figure out.
I think I have finally chosen the right open door.
And it only took me 30 years + 2 days.
finally.
aformerblonde.
And honestly,
My life would suck without you.
I think its my mantra for 3-0.
I think it is something I have been going through a lot of doors to figure out.
I think I have finally chosen the right open door.
And it only took me 30 years + 2 days.
finally.
aformerblonde.
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