Saturday, August 6, 2011

Stressed

So the summer fun has come to an end and the world of work will begin next week. No more staying up late to watch David Letterman and sleeping till 9am and watching Dr. Phil. It's been an hectic week and the school year hasn't even started. Thank goodness it hasn't because I'm not ready.
Tuesday was registration and I didn't have to be there till 2:30 but I thought I would go in early and attempt to work in my room. But I need to back up and tell you that the classroom that I had to move into has been a storage room for the last 2 years. It holds all the extra/broken desks and tables and other items that no one knows what to do with. I was lucky enough to get about 20 of the 50 desks out of there at the end of the year so that I could at least store my things.
Okay, back to Tuesday. So I wanted to really make some magic and get my classroom to look more like a classroom but ended up a little discouraged. Another co-worker came in early because she thought all the teachers had to be at school at 7:30am but that was not the case. She offered to help me. What a blessing. I truly believe God put her there to help get me through the day.
We got busy... and all we needed was a set of hand-trucks. We moved 3 filing cabinets, 2 teacher desks, and a rather large book shelf. As we did all that the janitor graciously removed the remaining 30 desks from my new room so that I could walk through my room without stepping over anything.
And by the way, we are doing all the work in a room that doesn't have air conditioning!!!!!! YEP!!! Just my luck!! It's always something but I've notified the DO and a part is being ordered to get it fixed. I just pray I have air next week so I can finish setting up. So I'm a little stressed that my classroom isn't ready but I've still got a week till the kids come back. I can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

  1. I understand completely. I was there with you! I spent most of the day working in my room before I had to go work registration. I think everything will come together as this week moves forward. I will be looking forward to seeing you.

    Love you!

    Robin Lu

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  2. I hear ya Allie! I had a very restfull and enjoyable summer, but need a couple of more days in my classroom to get ready. I have 5 new members to my department which has kept me extremely busy and our school was repainted this summer so my "stuff" is all over the place and my walls need to be re-decorated. We can do it! I know my walls will not have posters for my students on Monday but I will be ready to meet them and begin our year! Bring it!!!

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