I have a title: Writing Cluster Teacher, grades K-2.

When I first found out, I made an internal noise like this: UHHHH... because I had been mentally gearing up to have my own classroom. But the more I think about it, the more I love it: K-2 is my favorite age range, writing is my favorite subject to teach, and I can think of a number of perks that go along with being a cluster teacher as opposed to a classroom teacher that I think may outweigh the negatives.

The next hurdle: An apartment to call my very own -- I very badly want to live here, but it is just as unaffordable as anywhere in Manhattan (which is to say like wanting to live on the moon), so I may end up living, well...here. Just as long as it's not, like...here.