One Week Down

Well, I've made it through the first week of school. Check out my day-to-day musings about teaching elementary school at http://www.lia-180days.blogspot.com/.  In a nutshell, I taught through a five-day heatwave, dealt with several massive nosebleeds (from one student), started teaching routines, and discovered I have a torn meniscus (THAT was discovered on the second day of school.).

In motherhood news, my oldest started middle school (tear, sniff) and my youngest began second grade (in the classroom right beside mine).  The mornings have been streamlined, thanks to having the kids operate on a "school schedule" for the week before school started.  The kids got up like they would on a regular school day and went through their morning routines of washing faces (showers are done the night before), brushing teeth, getting dressed, and eating breakfast.

To help with the mornings, clothes were put out and lunches were packed (except for sandwiches) the night before. Now that school has started, forms are signed, and backpacks are packed and ready to go along with the other things mentioned above.  Things run much more smoothly in those groggy, hazy moments during the sun rise.

I wish the rest of my days would go as smoothly sometimes.  But then, life would be boring, and who wants THAT?!?

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