….and other thoughts!

So I did not realize exactly how long it had been since I posted a new blog until yesterday. I knew that time was passing and that I was neglecting this creative outlet in my life, but didn’t realize it had been that long.

I have been working in special education for more than 20 years but this is the by far the most difficult year yet. I feel like I am stuck on a hamster wheel. Everyday is SOOOOO like the other, and not in a good way. I have never had such a physically aggressive class, and for the first time ever, I have suspended students for their combative behaviors !!! It is NOT a good feeling!! BUT I AM NOT A PUNCHING BAG!!

And I don’t want my blog to be all about whining, complaining and horror stories about needing body armor. The funny, positive, or WTF moments have been so few this year! So instead of blogging and sharing my trials and tribulations as a special ed teacher, I have been running in my hamster wheel doing the same things every day….but it needs to stop!! I need to get back to embracing the things I love, and one of those things is blogging about my WTF moments with parents, para’s, specialists, fellow teachers and my students alike.

So I am back, and my (mostly) daily blogs may not be funny or very insightful every time but they are serving a therapeutic purpose because it’s not just a hashtag, the struggle to be a special ed teacher is REAL and daily.

Today was not a wine day….it was most definitely a whiskey day. Some days are not washed away by the sweet taste of fermented grapes and desperately need something stronger…because we all know that whiskey is made from teachers tears!!