- This approaching week is finals. UGH. That leads me to tell you that I have changed my major, AGAIN, and am essentially starting from scratch - save for two english and math classes which I've already taken that qualify as substitutes. I am now in the Early Childhood Education program. I decided on this life redirect for many reasons. Everyone knows that my number one goal in life is to have a family. It's also very important to me to be able to stay home with that hypothetical family. By opening an in-home daycare, I will still be able to provide for my family while enjoying watching the munchins learn and grow.
[TANGENT ALERT!!!] One of my classes involves doing weekly observations in a daycare setting. During a visit, I asked one daycare teacher why she went into early childcare and her response made a lot of sense, and is now one of the reasons I state when people ask me why I'm doing it. She said it's easy to be patient with children simply because we know that they just don't understand everything yet. On the same token, it's hard to be patient with adults because we expect them to understand simple things. In that sense, I would definitely rather work with an egocentric 2-year old who doesn't have the cognitive ability to understand sharing yet, versus an adult who is just unwilling to see from another's perspective.
So in a nutshell... I'm in the Early Childhood Education program and have many reasons why I am loving it.... and now, back to the bullets!
- Dan and I are going to Mesa, AZ on the 20th to visit his parents. Plane tickets were our Christmas presents :) . We'll be there for four days and I can't wait!! Although I do love the dreary, miserable rainy weather of Seattle, I'm craving some sun. This quarter of school has drained every ounce of my energy and knowing that a vacation is on the horizon makes it SO much more worth it!!!
- I am working in the family business again and adjusting well. Over the last year, I've gone from working at a coffee stand, to a strip club (waitress, I swear), to a hotel, and back to my old photography companies. I hate having such a horrible employment track record, especially since I don't have any good excuses for it. Being back at my parent's company is refreshing because it's something I know how to do and I really feel like I do it well. Plus they accomodate my school schedule :) . I think maybe it just comes down to that I am a woman who can never make up her mind, and that is just fine with me.
That's all for now, will update later!
