I was on spring break this week, alone. I state that I was alone because I think it is important to point out that my 8 and 10 year old daughters have a different spring break than I do. We live in Effingham County and I work in Chatham County and our spring breaks are rarely during the same week, which is unfortunate because so many Chatham County BOE employees live in Effingham County. I was left alone to be able to work on what’s left of my practicum portfolio assignments and work on the dyslexia project for the exceptional child course, which I am also taking this semester. I was able to reflect this week on all that I have accomplished in the past 2 years while working as a full-time media specialist and being enrolled in a full-time master’s program at GSU. Currently, I have 1 assignment left to complete and another assignment that I need to write my reflection on and post the assignment. [I prefer posting the complete assignment with the reflection at one time so that I don’t forget anything]. Over the past 2 years, I have worked tirelessly transforming my media center and turning it into a 21st century learning commons, while being enrolled in a master’s program, shuttled 2 children from ball to piano to gymnastics to swim team, worked on 3rd and 5th grade projects and homework, and taught 2nd grade Sunday school. There is not a season that my children don’t play a sport and then this year, we added travel softball for my 10 year old, to my already busy schedule. That means that many of our Saturdays have been spent out of town, sitting at a ball park until midnight. As I sit cheering on my child, I secretly panic about what I have due for my practicum course. We stay gone more than we are home. As far as the media center is concerned, I have weeded almost 20,000 books over the past couple of years, taught classes, trained teachers, worked with the principal and other admin, attended out of town conferences, applied for and received 2 grants, ordered new books/equipment and added them to the collection, played UNO and backgammon with my lunch crowds, troubleshot equipment as needed, and worked on my fixed assets and media collection inventories, updating them all year long, just to name a few duties of mine. When I realized this week that I have only 1 assignment left to complete and a few loose ends to tie up, I sat on my bed and cried. I was so overcome with emotions - joy, relief, proud of myself for my perseverance, and disbelief at how much I’ve accomplished over the past 2 years. I am asked ALL OF THE TIME by everyone, “how do you do it????” and I always just smile, sigh and say, “I don’t know…..”. I want to thank everyone from my husband, children, parents, friends, co-workers, people at the softball field who listen to me complain that I have [GSU] work to do, pastor, church family and many for supporting me over the past 2 years. It has not been an easy journey, but the end is near and I will forever be grateful for this experience! My artifact this week is a picture of Madison at 12:35am (14 hours of softball) after her team won a softball tournament in Valdosta a week ago. Welcome to my busy life!
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