a little sad

So, I'm hoping this week is the slowest all summer....because next week school starts again for teachers and I'm heading back to work. Don't get me wrong. I really love my job teaching ESL. It's the most rewarding job...I love seeing kids learn new things and be able to apply language skills that they never grasped before in their regular classroom. I get to teach 1st graders all the way up to 5th graders. I get to teach language skills through their classroom content which is fun because that means I still teach Science, Math, Social Studies, and more! Also, I work at a great school. I really enjoy the other teachers and the administrators.

But still....every year at the end of summer I get a little sad knowing that change is coming. Isabel's day will look totally different. I won't be picking her up from preschool and making her lunch. I won't get to read her story before nap time. We won't get to play babies in the morning. I'll get up before she does and I never get to take her to school. I'm super thankful for the year that I got to stay home full-time and the 2 more that I only worked part-time. Last year was my first year teaching all day and honestly, it was hard. But it had to happen because Brian couldn't find work and still hasn't found a job with benefits. I'm thankful that I have the ability to teach and have benefits. Still though, I feel sad that this is her last year before Kindergarten. But I know that she goes to a great preschool in the morning and she loves it! Then her great-grandma (my super young grandma) picks her up. She fixes Isa's lunch, gets her to nap, and they play together until I leave school. It's a perfect set up honestly. It really is.

But still....I do feel a little sad.