Flying Solo

My fellow co-workers are enjoying a well deserved rest in British Columbia with family. This leaves me flying solo. I knew about it before I came and I tried to learn as much as I could before they left, but there have already been a few situations that I didn’t know how to handle, thank goodness for e-mail! Overall, it’s going well and I’m thankful for an amazing staff to work with who never tire of my requests or questions. I miss having Randy at my beck and call, “can you pick up…” “can you fix this….” “do you know where…” and of course I miss Karen and Maia’s companionship and long walks around the track at the gym. Well Maia mostly sleeps but Karen is good company. Despite how well everything is going, this week I’m starting to wonder why I ever wanted an administrative role! I forgot how much of a problem solver you have to be all the time. The staff come to me with all sorts of problems and expect me to somehow solve them. Some are easy, others are very difficult and I’m at a loss as to how to help them. A couple of times I’ve longed for the simplicity of a classroom and only being responsible for my own students and maybe a little bit of special education paperwork:) But alas, I’ve decided to add a few challenges to my life and here they are. I just try to take it as it comes and not stress too much about not always having a perfect answer.