It turns out that in this present moment I haven’t gained a teaching position for term 1, 2013.
Which I am surprisingly enough ok with. I will admit it’s not exactly where I thought I would end up at the start of this year. I thought finishing my degree would mean that I would start full-time work as a teacher.
But you know what it’s not the end of the earth.
In everything that I have gone through and the stress that I have been put through because of it I am looking forward to having a different year than originally planned.
I have gained employment with a teaching agency which will give me relief teaching work and am hoping to have some other child related work to get me by.
But in the mean time I am happy to report that I have started a new hobby – art journalling:
The first picture is based on a poem I wrote and thought that it would be a good place to start – actually most of these are just experimenting with ideas. But in terms of having something to write I find myself keeping two separate journals. One for thoughts and one for art.
The second picture is because I always find myself drawing flowers.
The third is because I wanted to see if I could make something look like an old envelope/letter. The stamps in the corner all mean different things to me.
The last one is still a work in progress and the writing are quotes to do with positive emotions and reasons as to why I want to get into art journalling.
In the middle of me trying all of this out…
My Grandpa passed away – Tuesday 22nd of Jan 2013. He did so in a very peaceful way which was what he wanted.
In the past few days I have experienced as one would expect a whole series of emotions.
But ultimately I just want to remember him. When I look back and think about the person who he is… I remember being at school with my Grandma and her telling me he used to be a teacher. I think that over the years of figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, he has had some influence on me being a teacher.
I haven’t had the strongest relationship with him but I think at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter… He is still my Grandpa. I will remember him…
I will go on to someday getting a teaching contract, it doesn’t mean that I’m not a teacher as I am but getting a full-time job might just take a little longer than originally planned.
That’s ok.
In the meantime to those reading this post – despite the not so great quality of these photos, I do hope that you enjoy them.
Signing off – to enjoy the rest of the weekend!
