2nd Grade Meeting # 1

Yesterday I met the other two teachers on the 2nd grade team for the first time! We spent 4 hours together, just chatting and beginning to get to know each other as well as talking logistics of the year ahead. We ate at the shopping center right beside my new apartment complex, which was so weird as that is soon to be my home! Anyway, I am very thankful that Mrs. Getzoff and Ms. Heheman (Terry and Jessica) were willing to meet with me and let me ask millions of questions. They were incredibly helpful and being able to meet them before the actual teacher workdays really meant a lot to me.

I left our meeting feeling more comfortable and informed about the way things would work, but also more overwhelmed as I realized all the things I needed to learn/create/do/plan/etc. Needless to say I left straight from our meeting and headed to Starbucks where I met Iris and had a grande caramel frappucino! My head was pounding which at the time I was alluding to information overload and am now possibly alluding to sinuses. But regardless, my head was spinning and I just needed to sit and process! Dinner with Iris and Brandy ended a day of new beginnings and new friendships with old friends and good times.

After driving about 30 mph down 40 with my emergency flashers on for about 2 hours, I climbed into bed with some teacher books and started reading. Really began to get a better feel for the reading program the school uses, and after all the conversations earlier in the day, things really began to come together.

As I drove to TN today, well as I was riding to TN rather, I planned out my bulletin boards and how I want them to look for the beginning of the school year. My Mom also called her school to ask if I could use their laminating machine if I bought my own laminating paper. They said sure, so hopefully I can get a lot of stuff laminated before getting to the classroom, which will speed up the set up process!

So as I said I'm now in TN spending some time with my Mom and Grandmother. Tomorrow we are going shopping and I'm really excited. Some things on my list include:
-Closed toe comfortable teaching shoes
-Dishes for my apartment
-Cricut (Yes7 months later I still want one.. so I'm gonna go for it)
-Towels
-Teacher Clothes

We will see what else I come up with by the end of the day. After this week I only have two weeks till I leave for Michigan and then things are in full force so it is time to get my act together.

All in all though I'm feeling good about life :)