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As of today, all my children are back in school. My eldest moved back to campus this past weekend and started the final year of his college education at Guilford College<\/a>. A week ago my middle child started his second year of college at NC State University<\/a>, and today my youngest started her sophomore year of high school. What does this mean to me (aside from a quieter house, a smaller grocery bill, and more structure)?  It means my “new year” has begun. I never look at January 1st as the beginning of my year. For the past 16 years it has been the end of August\/first of September – ever since I’ve had kids in school. I look forward to this as my new beginning, fresh start.<\/p>\n

This year my “new beginning” finds me in a new position at work, which I love. I’m in a bit of a learning curve as I have more responsibilities and my own office. Since I work in education, this time of year is a new beginning at work also. We are moving into our second busiest time of year (spring being number one). Along with this we’ve done some restructuring, gotten a new VP over our department, and are making changes in procedures – so everyone has something new to learn.<\/p>\n

Why am I telling you this? Because I needed to write, and this is what’s on my plate at the moment, so this is what I can write about. With this “new start”, in spite of the challenges at work, I want to incorporate writing on a regular basis. I’ve pretty much taken the summer off, now it’s time to get back into the swing of things!<\/p>\n

Happy Monday and Happy New Year to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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