Teaching Taylor

The end of summer is always bittersweet. This summer in particular, it’s even more.

If you’ve been reading my blogs lately, you know that I love being a teacher. It’s literally one of the best gifts I’ve been given and I’m always so grateful that I have the ability to be in this profession.

This summer has been an absolute crazy, but amazing time. It started with a girls trip to Nashville and throughout the entire summer, Devon and I have been blessed with the ability to build our dream home.

It doesn’t seem real, to be honest. Every day I make my rounds, I get up, go to our new home build, go to our current home do school work or other random stuff, go back at lunch, and then go home again. Some days I even go back at the end of the work day to check things out. It’s been a routine for me almost every single day this summer. It truly has become my favorite place to be.

That’s why I say it’s bittersweet that school is starting. I literally cannot wait to start seeing my students and coworkers everyday again, but I also am so sad that my daily routine is changing.

Have you ever been on vacation to your favorite place? Or spent the weekend at a family cabin that you love? Usually the day you have to leave you have a bittersweet feeling. You’re excited to get home but you’re also sad to leave that beautiful place. That’s what I’m feeling right now.

It sounds kind of crazy to say that, but it’s the truth on how I’m feeling. (I promised myself I would share the truth on this blog) My comfort of just being able to go there at anytime to see the progress and visit with our builder/contractors is changing—and that’s weird for me.

I visited with one of my teacher besties about this feeling today and she reassured me that everything will be okay. She’s right. I know she is, but sometimes it’s hard to shake those emotions.

So as silly as it may seem to have these weird emotions, it also reminds me of the true blessing it is to be able to have two things that I love so much that allow me to have this feeling.

Teaching and a new home at my favorite place.

Life is crazy, emotions are weird sometimes, but when you stop to just soak in those feelings it really just helps you reflect on the bigger picture.

The bigger picture is this— going back to school is going to be the best and I can’t wait to move into our new home once it’s done.

Until it is, my daily routine will have to be go to school, make it the best day ever for my students and stop by at our new home build on my way home to see the progress once the school day is done.

Soak in those last few days of summer, everyone. This time of year is always bittersweet.