Meet the Teacher

Cara at The First Grade Parade is doing a Meet the Teacher linking game, and I've decided to participate. Hope you enjoy!

Bio:

I teach preschool and I'm loving every minute of it. Being a teacher is a significant part of who I am, and it is difficult to leave school at school. This blog is my way of getting that all out of my system, so my poor husband doesn't have to listen to it all. I still talk his ear off frequently, though.

The above picture is one of our engagement pictures. We got married on November 6, and it was wonderful. We have been together since our junior year of high school. (That's six years for those of you who are counting.) I don't know where I'd be if I didn't have him. He is my rock, and I love him more each day. I'm greatly looking forward to starting a family with him.



Q: What would you be doing if you weren’t a teacher?
A: I'm not sure what I would be doing if I wasn't a teacher. Maybe something in the health care field. I've always been fascinated with the human body.

Q: What are your hobbies?
A: I love, love, love to read. I also enjoy sewing and cooking.

Q: When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: When I was really little, I wanted to be a teacher. I went through a phase in high school where I wanted to be a business owner - specifically coffee shop owner - and then when I wanted to be an anesthesiologist.

Q: What are your guilty pleasures?
A: Recently, I've been spending way too much time watching Grey's Anatomy on Netflix and reading teacher blogs.

Q: What is your biggest fear?!
A: Hmmm...snakes and, though I hate to admit it, losing the approval of my loved ones

Q: When you’re on vacation, where do you like to go?
A: My husband and I recently honeymooned in Maui and it was pure bliss! I could not have been happier.

Q: What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
A: Nothing is really popping into my mind right now. Maybe my mom's advice to stand up for myself from the beginning.

Q: What do you value most in others?
A: Loyalty and respectfulness

Q: If you could choose one of your personality traits to pass down to your kids, what would it be?
A: My calm demeanor. I like that I can handle any situation without a dramatic amount of emotion.

Q: If you could have lunch with anyone in the world….living or dead…who would it be?
A: Honestly, right now, I'd love to have lunch with my three best friends. I haven't seen them since my wedding, and I miss them.

Now tell us one random thing about yourself:
When I was little - first grade, I think - I was hanging out at my neighbor's house with my brothers. They had this really cool weeping willow tree, and I thought it was a good idea to hang on one of the branches. It ended up breaking off and falling on my face. I had a huge, bleeding gash under my eye. I ran home and told my parents my younger brother did it. I don't think they punished him and I don't know why I didn't just tell the truth. It only recently came out that I was in fact the one who was hanging from that tree.