When Heidi switched jobs this school year, we were hopeful that since the position was more direct support for students and less instructional prep, she would have more free time after school hours and on weekends.
At the beginning of the year, this was not true, as setting up the program and collaborating with many other staff members to implement academic support for her students was very time-consuming. She ended up working just as many extra hours as before. Even so, we hoped it would be an investment, and it seems it might have been.
"I'm kind of at loose ends," Heidi said on Friday afternoon when she arrived home an hour after the bell. "I don't really have any work this weekend." It was an off week for her soccer team, too, so it felt like she had lots of extra time. We spent it sleeping in, taking Lucy on long walks, hosting a dinner party, doing a jigsaw puzzle, watching a movie, going bowling, hitting golf balls at Top Golf, and shopping. It was almost like a vacation.
"I could get used to this!" Heidi said this afternoon.
I could, too.
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