Thread:Lidewey/@comment-29989042-20161220022006/@comment-30339728-20161220030205

CorgiMom wrote: I'm off to the observatory with the lovely stargazing items you sent me! ⭐️🌟💫✨

Thank you so much, Lidewey, for being such a generous friend! I know you don't TT, so to receive an entire collection from you-it's extra appreciated,mane so are you! 😊

BTW, tonight I read your main page. We have quite a bit in common in addition to this game! I am also a teacher! I have taught mainly upper elementary grades 3-5 in both public and private schools. I had a very blessed career, daily living out my passion surrounded by staff, students, and families I loved. During the summer of 2015 I had to quit my beloved job, however. I have narcolepsy, and it's now so severe I can no longer teach. I sure miss it! I'm so glad you're doing what you love to do and hope you enjoy your holiday break! -Monika🐾🐾

Monika,

You are quite welcome. It is but a small token of appreciation for the many times over kindnesses you've extended my way, both in gifties and chats. (Which by the way, I greatly enjoy)

I call the entire CI gifting TT with Training Wheels - grin - since I don't TT and am too chicken and a ludite to boot to even contemplate tryinng - I decided in November to select one person each day and use up 5 of the CIs we're permitted to give away. I usually try to sneak around and eavesdrop to figure out what to send and since you always seem to be "watching out for your friends" I thought the extra eyes were the right symbolic item. I am glad that you cna use it.

Funny that you read my page just tonight. With all you're on the mark advice, I thought you'd already checked me out. I've been teaching full time since 95 all in public schools. This is a second career for me - used to be a stockbroker's assistant/secretary. Most of my experience was in Charlotte where I taught 5th grade all subjects pretty much all but 2 years (during an experiment called Looping where we started with a 4th grade class and kept them for 2 years running). Loved, loved, loved my school in Charlotte! (Even when I had the principal's kid and the district superindendent's kid in my class - talk about nervous starts of the years.   I've only been in Louisiana for 3 years and the experience here is WAAAAYYY different.  My first 2 years here I a) taught everything to 6th grade inclusion students and last year it was math and science to all levels except the advanced ones (there aren't many of those in my school.) This year it's 7th ELA - which in truth is a whole lot like 5th grade in NC (or really more like 3 ro 4.

I am National Board Certified (twice now) and I really love what I do. Even though this new school is a real challenge, I still go in daily happy and hopeful that I am making a difference somewhere to someone. I know that you get that part of the job description.

Any way, my daughter just arrived home from her 8 week dance tour so I am going to go give her a couple of hugs. I'll write again soon.

Have a lovely evening and if you see Orion, salute Betelgeuse for me.

L