I had my first substitute job today. It wasn't what I thought it would be. It was a special education classroom, which is usually a piece of information they would put on the announcement. I was surprised when I arrived at the school and they told me where I would be teaching that day, but it didn't bother me to be in a special education classroom. It was a little stressful and really busy, but it was a good day. I avoided being bitten by mere centimeters and was only lightly hit a few times. Basically, a success in a class full of moderate-severe special needs. It was a long day, but really not horrible. I have always had a special place in my heart for special needs kids, stemming from my mother driving special ed buses when I was a kid, and always wondered if I had what it took to teach special ed kids. Today, I found that I just might have it! It was an awesome realization.
I was driving home from work today, and my phone rang. It was my husband! At 3:10pm my time, which meant it was almost 1am his time! I couldn't believe that it was him. He was up doing stuff for work and knew that I would be getting out of class by that time and wanted to call to see how my first day was. I was ecstatic to hear from him and was so happy that he called just to say hi and congratulate me on my first day. He was sorry that he couldn't call before I went to work because he was super busy, but I told him that him calling this afternoon made my day! He loves to hear that, I know, and I wasn't just saying it to make him feel better, it was the truth. Ian has been starting to get better about those kinds of gestures. He is realizing that small notes, emails, or text messages that tell me he loves me or is thinking about me really do mean a lot and have been known to change the course of my day. Those little gestures keep me going, even when he doesn't have time to write me a long email or call me, I can still read just a few sentences telling me he loves me. :-)
Another day is done. Another milestone passed.... my first day of work. Just getting that much closer to holding each other again.
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