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Balancing life as a teacher and wife

 
Jeremy and I have been husband and wife for 3 months today. Sometimes I browse through all my wedding photos and can't help but to smile and remember how special that day was. It's hard to believe that day  was JUST 3 months ago. It was truly a day I will never forget. 

I started back at work in August and it has been tough. The beginning of the school year requires so much time that there are days when I just feel helpless. I know all professions have their demands but being a teacher is one TOUGH job. Along with working and educating kids from 7:45-3:15 I arrive to work 45 min early to prep for the day, I stay late after work for meetings and to tie up all the loose ends. I leave work with a bag full of papers that need to be graded, binders with my students names that I try to keep up to date in order to provide my students with an education that's based on their needs. I have school books and lesson plans that also need to be taken care, lamination that needs to be cut out and an inbox full of e-mails from parents, admins and co-workers that I must respond too. Along with all the school work, I have to manage to find time to do the dishes, laundry, cook dinner, water the plants, workout and give my husband the time and attention that he deserves as well. I have to be honest, it has not been easy and there are times when I feel exhausted and so overwhelmed. I'm so thankful to have a kind husband that understands the demands of being an educator and is willing to put up with a couch filled with papers, paper clips and lamination lying around the floor, listening to funny/sad/unbelievable stories about my day and my 22 kiddos and the long hours I stay awake to try to "finish" all my work. I'm thankful to share my life with someone who knows my drive to be the best I can be, as an educator, a person and for my own fitness/health goals. He supports me, motivates me and is always there  when I need him. I know that as the school year goes further along, things will get easier, the stress and demands will decrease and I will be able to balance my life again but as for now I will try to remember the positives of every day and be thankful to God for my career, my health and my supportive husband. 
Being a teacher isn't for everybody. But I believe God put me in this world to make a difference and change lives, so no matter what the cost I will do my job and educate the leaders of tomorrow. 
These pics reminds me to stop and enjoy the little things in life. Time with my husband, nephew and my family. 


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