Big Titty is BACK!! We thought that he had been eaten. Well, truthfully, everyone else was holding out hope that he was lost, and I was being the pessimist/realist, saying that he had probably been eaten. But he's back! A nice couple and neighbors of ours saw him on the road, and somehow knew that he was ours! Yay.
Well, anyway. Life has been a bit stressful. My boss got fired, kind of out of the blue. Just when things were starting to get on track, and we were finally making long term plans. Well, back to taking it day-by-day! one of my co-workers is so upset about it that she probably won't be here for too much longer... At least then I won't feel like I like in a sardines can. The kitchen barely fits one person, never mind 4!
I'm really liking teaching in school, but it is really hard! one of the teachers told me that "good kids" aren't the product of discipline, but of clear expectations and routine, and ACES class, the class I teach, is decidedly not in their routine. We only see them once a month. So its hard. And having clear expectations is hard, especially when we only have 45 minutes, the kids don't listen as well because their teachers are gone, and we spend 10 minutes taking roll and reminding them what we did last time. But it is also funny, because they all love ACES so much. All I have to do is walk down the hall, and I feel like a celebrity - I get smiles, high fives, and called to. Not that any of them remember my name (basically I just get called Rock Bottom or ACES), but hey, I don't remember their name, either.
I've been getting really cabin-feaver-y already! Not because I stay inside, but because I spend all my time at the Ranch, or in Basalt or Carbondale. I'm itching for an adventure! I need to go somewhere!! Its killing me a little. My mom and sister came and visited me last week, and it was awesome. I really want to DRIVE somewhere, though - like Denver or Boulder or Moab. And I need some more friends. Right now I'm really wishing that I had a few friends scattered throughout Colorado. :/
I also really miss my college friends, my Woods Hole friends, and my friends from home, and I miss being within driving distance of like 50 people that love me. Colorado is ever so far away.
I try to stay looking at the bright side, though - this is (minus just one detail) exactly what I wanted to be doing, and Colorado is perpetually gorgeous. I'll look back on this one day and miss it, I just know it. I'm getting great experience, and I've decided to apply to Teach For America. or maybe I'll go off on some other grand adventure. or maybe I'll just stay here. Who knows. Being here for the whole school year is going to be interesting, seeing as I'm already itching to move.
Welp, that's the news from Rock Bottom Ranch, where all the pigs are clean, all the chickens are stupid, and all the staff are from the East Coast. :)
