6 month anniversary

My 6 month anniversary is coming up. And no I do not have a secret boyfriend.

In 2 days I will have been in Houston for 6 months. One half of a year. A whole semester. Yes, 6 months. It seems like a long time when you look at it in the sense that it is half of a year. It's longer than a semester of college. It's longer than my trip abroad. It's a really long time. However, sometimes when I think about it, it seems like just yesterday I flew down here. Just yesterday was institute, just yesterday I met my kids. But it's been 6 months since I moved down here. The amount of "stuff" whether that be work or play, that I have packed into these 6 months is unimaginable. It's 1/4 of my commitment to TFA, and 1/6 of the time I will be down here for sure. It's approximately 1/46 of my life thus far and 1/160 of my entire life. (We're taking the math benchmark right now, I'm all about the numbers.)

I just keep going back and forth about whether or not it is a long time. In perspective I guess it's really not that long, but damn, I've been in Houston for 6 months.

In 6 months I... (in no particular order)

Met lifelong friends

Learned a lot about teaching

Learned a lot about coaching

Learned a lot about science

Went to Class

Saved 2 lives

Broke up a fight

Taught

Coached

Laughed

Cried

Made Money

Spent Money

Had my wallet stolen

Lost my keys

Paid my own rent

Bought furniture

Paid lots of bills

Went to the pool

Went to the beach

Went to a BBQ (In November)

Hosted a Thanksgiving feast

Discovered Whataburger

Ate a lot of junk

Worked out at 6AM

Blogged

Made 100s of powerpoints

Colored

Slept

Watched a lot of football

Received a grant

Drank

Stopped Drinking

Cut my own hair

Went to Chicago

Went to some Aeros games

Went to Cubs/Astros games

Went to Rice Football games (v. Texas and Northwestern)

Wore Safety goggles

Ran suicides

Drove about 3,500 miles

Hacked a computer (To get youtube for my kids)

Sharpened 1000s of pencils

Served Breakfast

Wore Sillybands

and I'm sure there are many more....

So happy 6 month anniversary to all of you who have been going through this same experience. It's been a bumpy road, but the journey is worth it.

CS