Today was my last day of work at Roosevelt Elementary School here in SB. I was a little sad, I guess. A lot of students were coming up and saying goodbye and offering hugs. It was nice. I guess I didn't do as good a job as I thought telling students about my leaving. I think about a third of them had no idea. But it was a good day of nice, non-sappy goodbyes. Really though, the best part was that one teacher brought tri-tip and sandwich fixins for lunch. Really good. Really, really good.
Yesterday, there was a Going Away party for me in the teacher's lounge as well. There was a comical amount of cookies and snacks. So many, you couldn't even sample one of each, or your head would probably explode from the sugar rush. I really don't even think that you could've, realistically, sampled half of one of everything. There were so many goodies! But it was very thoughtful and I was very appreciative even though I almost missed it showing the new Math Super Bowl coach around. The teachers signed a card for me and gave Rose and I a gift bag of baby wares for the twins (bottles, nookies, teething toys, spoons and forks, foam alphabet). Good stuff, and our first actual baby goods.
When I got home, on the porch was a gift box sent from one of my and Rose's friends from high school. It had more baby stuff: a couple jumpers, or "onesies" (seriously, I have to use that word now), and a couple fun and informative parenting books for Mom and Dad (seriously, I have to use those words now, too) and some other useful stuff, too. It was really weird holding up the jumper and thinking that in seven months, there will be a small human inside of it. Wow.
In the end, I'm sad to leave Roosevelt at such an odd time; it's February, and I sort of felt like I was really getting to know some of the staff pretty well. On the other hand, I'm also really excited for these next steps ahead. A path has revealed itself, and we're taking it. I have no idea where we will end up, metaphorically speaking, of course. I mean, I know that in two weeks, we'll be in Wisconsin. I'm just saying...
