A Big Day

"All life is is three or four big days that change everything." - Drew Barrymore; Riding In Cars With Boys

A day in September, 2009 was one of those "big days that change everything," for me. That was the day I decided to become a teacher. It was a fast decision. I didn't put much thought into it. But, somehow, it just felt right. I picked up an application for the College of Education hoping to land in Middle Grades Language Arts and Social Studies as my major.
I remember calling my mom and her saying, "Oh! I am so happy you decided to do this!" She had always suggested that I become a teacher, but I always turned her down saying, "Ugh! No, mom! I don't want to!"
But one day I woke up feeling differently, and as my sat in my accounting class I was having a mini panic attack inside my brain, thinking, "There is no way I can do this crap the rest of my life." Of course, this occurred to me just a mere few days before the applications were due, so I was a little on edge for a couple of days. However, that passed and a few weeks later I was thrilled to find out I had been accepted into the College of Education as an MSL major. Now, there was a whole new path I was about to embark upon...