It's officially October. Fall weather is taking it's time to get here, but there's so much to look forward to this month: birthdays, family, NC State Fair, 5K run, Halloween, life groups at church, etc. The first week of October proved to be a long one. With all of the icky weather and the sickness going around there wasn't much to be excited about this week. Work has been somewhat draining as well. Among four different schools, I'm trying my hardest to stay on top of things. My elementary schools are no problem, but one of my middle schools has been a bit of a challenge as I've been trying to sort out his accommodations, class placement, etc. The staff haven't exactly been openly supportive so that's caused me to be a bit on edge. Nonetheless, as of yesterday afternoon I officially made the changes necessary for my student and I feel like I can finally breathe. Because this change was kind of a serious one, I can't help but think "I hope I'm doing the right things." There's that little voice in the back of my head that keeps repeating "What if?" Much too often, I've ignored hat voice and have seen the effects of it later.
For example, on Thursday I went to see my second grader, same time as I do everyday and he was carrying his equipment (microphone for hard of hearing students). I was on my way in and by chance, ran into him in the hallway. I saw him with the mic and noticed it swinging and thought to myself, "Wow, he's being kind of rough with it." But because we were heading toward the room and I hadn't even had a chance to really transition and was lugging a huge bag and then some with me, it didn't occur to me to tell him to be careful with it. Well, 2 minutes later when we entered the room, we noticed a piece was missing. Oh boy, my paycheck flashed before my eyes!
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