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I survived my first day of school! Is it still okay to say that as you begin your fifth year? FIFTH YEAR.....what!! I am getting old!

I have co-taught for the past two years in a special education classroom. This year they are trusting me to run an entire classroom by myself. It is going to be different because I do not have my buddy to bounce things off of and joke around with in the classroom. I was reminded yesterday just how lonely the teaching profession can be when you are holed up in a classroom by yourself all day.


I am tired today though. I have to get used to getting up early again! 5:30 came early yesterday morning and by the end of the school day I was ready to go home and take a long nap. Instead, I went to workout then to the final softball game of the season. I got home around 10:30 and passed out pretty much as soon as my head hit the pillow.

5:30 came even earlier this morning.......I am paying for yesterday today. Today, my only extracurricular activity is a workout. Then I get to go home and rest for the night.

My weekend was crazy as well, though I can barely remember what I did, which is sad. There was alcohol involved, but none of it was consumed by me. For that reason I should be well aware of everything that happened.

Friday night, graduation......Saturday night, UFC 87.......Sunday night, Pineapple Express. Seriously that is about all that I remember of this past weekend. Sad huh? Well there are little bits that I remember about each, but each of those deserve their own blog post. I need something to write about for the next few days anyways.

So the school year has begun and I am happy to be back at work, even though it means I don't get to sleep past 6:00AM.

It has begun...

I am back at work for day number 2. To be completely honest, aside from the busy work and trying to get my unorganized self presentable to parents who are entrusting their children to me, I am enjoying being back at work. I love the people that I work with and don't realize how much I have missed them until I see them again.

Open house is tomorrow night and I am far from ready! My classroom has the desks out, but there is still a ton that needs to be completed before parents are ready to enter my door. I have no doubt that it will get ready though. I work best under last minute pressure! ;-)

In other news, I found out today that I made an A in both of my final graduate classes! That means that I will be able to walk in graduation on Friday night. More importantly, I will be getting the raise that comes with completing a master's degree. That should make things much more comfortable for me financially.

The kids come back Monday, so say a small prayer for me that I will be the teacher and role model these kids deserve. Sometimes I wonder if I am being what I should be for the kids. I love my job, even though I take a lot of heat for having summers off. There is enough pressure placed on a teacher the other 10 months of the year that those 2 months are a welcome break. There is a reason that 50% of teachers leave the profession within the first five years. I am starting my 5th year, so if I come back for a sixth I have beaten the odds.

One more day....

This blog that is focused more on my life is harder than I expected it to be. I am really not that exciting of a person and I feel like I should be posting more. I am not a big fan of rambling on either of my blogs though I do it from time to time. Today is one of those days here, hopefully once school starts back I will have plenty of blogging material.

Tomorrow is my last day to lay around the house being lazy and worthless. On Tuesday, I have to go back to work! The kids don't start coming until the next Monday, but this is the beginning of having to roll out of bed at a decent hour and start my day.

Seriously, I am looking forward to starting teaching again. It will leave me a lot less time to sit here and think about a million different things that constantly run through my head. I will not have time to drive some people crazy, because I am so bored.

I received my class roll the other day and it looks like I am going to have a good group of kids. I am going to have 15 boys and 8 girls in my class this year. That is a huge load of boys, but I am excited about being a role model for them.

Slacking already?

I just started this blog and I am already slacking at posting!

I guess my excuse is that I feel a little guilty posting on here when I have schoolwork I should be doing. So to combat the guilt, I just don't do either. :)

I am going this evening to a farewell reception for my principal. He has been given a job by the Department of Defense at a school in Japan. I am happy that he has been given this opportunity. He has a daughter who is a teacher at the same school in Japan who just gave him a grandchild. He will be able to spend more time with them, as well as enjoy learning about a new culture.

The change in administration will not be that extreme since they hired from within the school. My old assistant principal is now the principal and my old co-teacher is now the assistant principal. I am certain there will be some changes ahead but I think that the school will continue to run smoothly.

Tonights reception brings the reality that school is starting back very soon! I have to go back next Tuesday for the first day of pre-planning. I say that I am ready to start back, but like always, three weeks into the school year I will be wishing it was summer again.