Working is exhausting... LOL

Wow, am I tired and hurting! I am definitely going to have get used to being back at work. After a very, and I mean very lazy summer I am definitely struggling getting back into the swing of things. My day started early at about 6:15 when my alarm clock woke me up. Before I went to bed last night I was actually excited about my first full week back at work. Apparently, my mood had changed over night because I was not happy to hear the alarm go off. I made myself get up, shower, and start my new tradition of eating breakfast at home. Last year it was my ritual to go to Chick-Fil-A every morning before school. I'm trying to cut out fast food as much as I can and this is definitely going to help! I got to school early, before everyone else and began what I thought was making my room look better, but it actually ended up looking worse. I have things all over desk and on the floor. Ugh! LOL! We had a pleasant faculty meeting early this morning and it ended with some inspirational words from Mr. O. He reminded us that we have it a little harder working at Tanner because we have to Mamas and Daddys and even Sunday School teachers to our students. Sometimes we are the only bright lights our students see during their day. It's our jobs not just to teach these children grammar and writing and reading and such, but also to show them love and compassion. My goal this year is to remember no matter how mad a child makes me, that he is still just a child and needs love and support because he is probably not receiving it at home.

Jaime, Amanda, and I took an extra long lunch break and headed to Wal-Mart and the Learning Tree in Decatur. We were being rebels and it made me so nervous! :) I'm not very good at rebelling and I was made fun of for this! It was worth the risk though since we found several goodies for our classrooms. Jaime and I decided we would make an extra bulletin board in each of our rooms made out of fabric hotglued to the wall and lined with cute border. We all worked very hard on mine this afternoon and after it was finally finished it looks fantastic. I absolutely love it! I just hope the kids respect it and don't mess it up. Tomorrow, we will be working on getting Jaime's put up. Hopefully, hers will go quicker since we know how to do it now.

We also spent part of our day laminating all of our goodies! We are always very nervouse about using the laminating machine in the elementary building because we receive unfriendly stares when use their materials. Oh well! We risked it anyway. Now, I just have to get all of those cutesy things cut out!

I still have a ton of things that I have to get done tomorrow! I'm feeling a bit rushed and overwhelmed. I can't really complain though because I should have went to the school last weekend instead of being a couch potatoe and watching Lifetime! Hopefully, I can pull everything together in time for my sweet darlings to come to class.

Sorry for such a long blog and I'm sorry if it doesn't make much sense. Also, if there are grammatical errors...get over it. I'm tired and I don't feel like proofreading! LOL! That's all for tonight! Night, Bloggers!