Yes, I am a Gemini...

Exciting news! First of all, I know you are wondering how many days I have left at WVLT, and today is the official TWO WEEK mark. Two weeks from today will be my very last day. My friend at work pointed out that the 22nd is also the first day of winter, which is literally a NEW SEASON in my life! And we all know how I feel about the change of seasons, months, etc. So that is pretty cool, I think... but I'm a nerd.

Secondly, I went to Farragut this morning to figure out where the heck I'm supposed to go and to meet the department head and my mentoring teacher. Farragut has 2300 students... that is pretty much the size of the City of Alcoa. My graduating class was 82... holy cow FHS is big! Everyone was very nice and helpful when I went in. I met the department head and she was helpful, but my mentoring teacher is the point of this entire blog post. When she was called out of her class to come meet me, she burst out of the room with SUCH a welcoming spirit. She is Greek, very "athletic" looking, and her hair might be a little big longer than Pastor Jack's. She was giving me her information and I wrote down my email address for her... as I was doing that, she asked me when my birthday was. Here is the conversation:

"When is your birthday?!" (everything she said needs an exclamation point)
"My birthday? Um, June 4th."
"A GEMINI! Fantastic! I am too!"
"Oh! Ok, that's great..."
"A Gemini.... that means you are organized and a good communicator! This is going to work so well!"
"Well, I guess that is me..."

So, evidently it is very important that I am a Gemini. She mentioned that about two other times in our converstation. She said she is "highly organzied and intense and that I will learn more in one semester than all the students combined." I have a feeling that with her I will!
Also, she teaches two RUSSIAN classes and two lit classes. I will not be in her Russian classes. She would probably love it if I was though.

I am feeling overwhelmed, excited, nervous, unprepared and prepared all at the same time. I haven't started a new job in two years, so this is really exciting. It's starting a new job and a first day of school. I am really glad I have two weeks after work before FHS to read and get ready!