So, after two 6 hour days in a row, I am feeling pretty good about going into new teacher training next week. Yesterday morning I sat down and made a long list of all the things I needed to do this week. Today, I crossed off at least 5. I thought that was pretty good, considering it involved quite a bit of copying and some binding (my least favorite teacher thing to do next to bulletin boards). Oh and paper cutting, which comes in at number 3 on the things I hate about being a teacher list. That list is short, btw.

I've decided that I've worked enough hours off the clock. There are 2 other new teachers (new to the school, not to teaching) on my team, and one was only hired a couple days ago, so I definitely have a leg up. I am taking tomorrow off to go shopping and prepare for a weekend of relaxation in Wisconsin. I think I need a breather before "shit gets real" if you will :-)