I've accepted an assignment to be a long term substitute for a first grade classroom this fall. It's only going to be about eight weeks, but I'm so excited about it...and of course very nervous too! The teacher is due the middle of September so she should be able to begin the year, and I'm really hoping that's how it works out. I will then be able to sub for her entire maternity leave, which should take us through Thanksgiving or shortly after. The timing is ideal for me to be a long term sub in a kindergarten classroom after the first of the year, and I might even get to be off for December, so it's perfect timing!
While I'm nervous about the classroom end of things, I'm strangely confident about it as well. I know that it's going to be very different then just a day here and then somewhere new the next day. I'm now going to be responsible for grading and planning, and of course dealing with the parents which is honestly the thing I'm the least excited about. But more than all of that, I'm nervous about how this is going to affect our family here at home. I've never worked this much as a parent, and although the kids are older and more able to help, I don't want to become a complete monster who no one wants to be around because I'm so stressed. At the same time, I know that we'll have some extra fun money, which might come in especially handy since everyone has the same spring break this year...I'm already thinking someplace warm!
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