And the Fun Begins

Today was the big day but before we talk about it lets do some backing up. You might have noticed that I didnt blog last night. What happened is after a nice long day I was all set to do a blog however when I took a quick break to clear my mind after the long day things went down hill. I had planned to make this big huge cute "Twas the night before school" thing but alas I passed out. No joke I slept like a rock and just couldnt muster up the energy. Some highlights of the day were I did basicaly finish the room(at least enought to pass the first day) at a decent time. I didnt have to worry about car stuff and Atwood(outdoor ed) is just going to mail me the paperwork cuz I had like no time to get out there. After work yesterday I did get a good stress relief because my puppy came home to me. (YAY!!!) She was in Michagan with my mommy so I finally got to see her again and cuddle with her. I have learned that I need cuddly stuff to survive like puppies and stuffed animals. After a long day I always get my stuffed husky named Bowsefus and always feel better. I also have my stuffed shark (Sharky) on my bed that I got from the summer sale at the museum. I am a little worried that my puppy is getting older(she is 11 now) and getting some health issues. I only hope she hangs in there cuz I dont think I could handle losing her right now on top of everything else. When I went to bed last night I set 3 alarms. Now I know that sounds rediculas but let me exsplain why. When I went to bed my main alarm clock was an hour later. It is one of those that hooks to a satilite so I was confused how it could be off. As a back-up I set my second one for the same time. THis one also hooks up to a satilite but it was displaying the right time. At this point I freak out that the second one will get messed up because of some satilite issue so I grab my phone and set that for a little later so I have some time to disable it if all goes ok. Well this morning guess what happens........would you believe all three were messed up?.........Well if ya did you are way off. (hehehe) Like clockwork(bad pun) the two went off in unison and confused the hell out of me cuz I couldnt turn off the beeping thinking only one was set. I got ready and put on my new tie for the first day. Dont worry my mom took a picture before I went out the door like I was 5 again but thats what moms do i guess. It was thn time for me to start my teaching career. The parents slowly appeared in the room and I was able to meet them as well as my first students. It was kinda funny cuz parents would be like "Hi I am so and so's parent," like I knew who the hell they were talking about. I just keept a big smile on my face and went with it. After the bell rang I had to take a deep breath cuz thre was no turning back. I spent the morning getting stuff put away and going over rules and stuff. Every now and then we got side tracked and learned a little about each other. I won HUGE brownie points when I mentioned that I had some webkinz. Also they were mesmerized by the Davey Jones treasure chest. O and I cant forget how they druled over the Job shark(YES IT WORKED!!!!!) As they were leaving at the end of the day I hd lots of comments like your the best and cant wait till tommorrow, so at least for the first day I am the coolest 4th grade teacher. Althought the students had a half day, I had to spend the rest of the day in meetings and ended up being there til after 4 working on my school web page. Tonight I am so beat I had to take a night to relax and I am going to bed by 10:30(I havnt done that in a long time) and tommorrow I will have my first full day and the first day really of teaching and subjects. One down and many many more to go. Have a good one!