Not Cool Enough

I've been working for a month now at my "new" job. Last week, we had an inservice day where we spent half of the day as a group, and the other half working in our classrooms.

After the first 30 minutes, I'd decided I'm not cool enough to work there.

I'm not anything like the people I work with.

Hey, if you're cool with having more hair on your body than my cat (and you're a chick) that's fine by me. We can be friends.

I'm not that earthy.

If you want to eat vegetable empanadas for breakfast, go for it. Just pass me a bagel, with cream cheese.

I'm not that crunchy.

Doing yoga/meditating during work hours is great! I loved it! I just couldn't relax around these people. They're way more comfortable in their own skin than I am.

I'm not cool enough for these people.

You know what though? Who CARES?! I really don't. Really.

The point is, when I step into my classroom every morning at 7:30, I don't care if my co-workers are eating kale and sweet potato salad for breakfast. All that matters to me are those babies.

THEY are my job, and I already love the bonds I've created with them in this short period of time.

Also? I've learned so much. Like, Montessori is totally new to me and I'm trying to soak it all in.

That's a whole different post altogether.

For all I know some of their "green" habits will rub off of me. Maybe I'll actually start recycling/running marathons (ha)/(eventually) cloth diapering.

Until then, I'll continue eating my Lunchable in my car during my lunch break, because my lunch is not cool enough for these people.