Transitions.

There’s a reminder that I heard a lot at the school while I worked there [I suspect that I'll be back there once the new school year kicks off]; transition periods are hard. For some students, that meant Mondays after returning to campus from a weekend at home. For others, it was time spent in transit or switching from one activity to another. Regardless, some students require what is politely deemed “more support” during transition periods. This extra support can range from leading a student through processing hirs feelings [without explicitly naming the processing as such, since many students are reticent to use coping mechanisms that are openly labeled as such], to lowering expectations, giving more time to transition, and being generally more understanding of any irritability or anxiety on the student’s part. Sometimes we all need “more support”.

Good Effin’ Morning to You, Too, 2009.

So, it’s a New Year. Hooray. Full of the potential for New Beginnings and other New Things. This year, like the ones preceding it, will have many New Things, mostly just reiterations of past years’ things with different colors for the pinstripes or a different style for the foils or whatever. People will celebrate the New Beginnings life has given them, because of course we need to set a freaking date to do that. [What, me? Cynical? Naw.]