180 days ...

So.  Week ONE is in the books.

And I am feeling like I will finally make it to bed before 11 pm.  Actually, I am feeling like there's no way I'm gonna make it past 8:30 pm.

It was a good week.  I have good kids.  I have AMAZING coworkers ... so amazing that despite the fact that school ended at 3:11, we were still sitting around Mandy's room at 4 pm talking about the week. 

I am thankful for the opportunity to be a teacher.  I LOVE, LOVE doing life with students.  But, I remember what I don't like about teaching ... aside from getting no sleep and working 24/7 ... I don't like being the "teacher."   I know, kind of ironic since that is my job.  I want to be the cheerleader and the friend.  To talk about life and God and help them be the best "them" they can be.  But I don't like being the one who has to be the bad guy.  And for the love, they about drove me to drink today with their inability to read and follow instructions.  I might have told them that if not following instructions would kill you that they'd ALL be dead.  Just maybe ...

And since I am in "starting" mode ... with about 10000 things right now.  I thought I'd start one more thing.  Friday's blogs are gonna be a picture a day ... of my 180 days in the classroom this year.  :-)  Cool people like my friend, Becca, are chronicling the year with 365 pictures.  I'm just gonna chronicle my days in the classroom (and as the unofficial spokesperson for Happy Hour) and look forward to seeing where the year takes us!