Decisions

[rae_fa]

This week has been such a stop and think week. I've finally decided to stop dawdling around with my life, and actually start living it.

As luthienberen knows, i've been thinking about teacher training for a while. And now i've finally decided to go for it. Well...not straight away. I'm going to finish this degree, and then start the training. Meanwhile i've applied to become a 'lunch time supervisor' at the local school. It's not much in the way of work: an hour a day. But it means i can get out of Blockbuster, and into a job i would actually enjoy. As for references - the special needs co-ordinator of the school is more than happy to provide one, as she knows me from the reading I do at the school, plus the head mistress of the primary part of the school has said that she would give me a reference, and she actually said to me today 'Why didn't you do this earlier Rae...I told you years ago you should have been a teacher?' (she actually taught me when i was 5 - and i still don't want to can't cut my ties with the school), as well as another teacher in the school, who already has written me a letter of reference.

So yeah...i finally have a direction for my life - and all i feel is peaceful. This is right for me.

And the thing is: i dont think i ever would have made the leap if it wasn't for kaalee's inspirational posts about the children she teaches. Thank goodness LiveJournal exists.