Fresh Beginnings

As for me, I dived back into full-time work from the middle of February. I am the newest member of the school psychologist team at an Ontario School Board. I work in two elementary schools doing assessment and diagnosis of learning disabilities, autism, add, giftedness, etc and for three days a week my main task is mental health counselling in a high needs high school. I am loving it! The work is rewarding, challenging, and fun; my colleagues are great to work with; I love the learning and knowledge I am gaining; and the students give me hope for our future! 

And as an aside benefit - it's grand to have a paycheque deposited every two weeks.  It's a great feeling to just walk up to a cashier and plonk your own debit card down and not feel guilty that you are raiding someone else's bank account.  Retirement had advantages, but steady income was not one of them.  It's a good feeling to be doing my little bit for our little coffers.  And if we remain diligent and conscientious, maybe retirement is not so far in the distance.

Of course, all this hard work means far less time for the things I really like to do: read, write a blog, write to you, post photos, and generally potter - ahh those were the days!!

Inshallah