Where Have I Been?

January 1, 2019, I started the PrettyPettyParent blog and Instagram page. It was my goal to do a new blog post every Sunday. For a while, I did pretty good. I was blogging weekly and adding pics to IG. I even started communicating with some followers, most of them moms like me. We were different, but all of us could relate to motherhood and plain ole adulting. It was fun and helped me heal from a very difficult time in my life. However, I haven’t written anything since last Summer. What happened? In a word, life.

2018 was a terrible year. I spent most of that time fighting for a marriage I should have never entered. 2019 was a challenge. My divorce was finalized and that prompted me to make a lot changes. I accepted a new teaching position in a different district. I changed grade levels, 7th to 8th, and disciplines, life science to physical science. I didn’t remember a lick of physical science. I taught life for almost two decades. I knew I would have to be up nights, teaching myself and asking questions so I could teach my new students. One would figure that would be enough to handle at one time, but not me. I said, “I’m going to start my specialist.” So I enrolled in a local university’s specialist program in middle grades education.

My brain said, “ok, new school, new content, grad school and blogging. Sure, I can do all of that.” In reality, the blog became the least important. I was driving to classes every other Saturday. Class lasted from 8:45 – 4:30. The drive to school was forty five minutes. I was up late completing assignments and preparing lessons. Of course, I’m a mom and Little Miss Busy Body was in a new school as well. When I tell you that school ran me into the ground…..( more on that later). I was exhausted. My exhaustion and other symptoms led to a medical diagnosis that I will talk about in my next blog post. I am currently trying to figure out lifestyle changes so manage it. After the diagnosis , Covid-19 came and turned everything upside down. I gained some experience with virtual teaching and realized I actually prefer being in my classroom with my kids. 2020 has come in like a beast and a lot has happened. I’ll talk about those in a series I’m calling The Corona Chronicles. So, I’m back y’all. Ready to talk about what’s going on with me. If you’re interested, and I hope you are, log in and read. Also, check out my instagram page @prettypettyparent. It’s good to be back! Take Care!