Day 129- September 6th: Best First Day Ever!

I had a great first day of school! I'm already learning a lot and getting to know a lot of the students. My cooperating teacher has been super supportive and constantly asked me how I'm feeling and if I have any questions. I was amazed at how insanely fast 8 hours went. It was a shorter day and I got done at 3:30 (my teacher said she usually stays until 5.) We just don't have too much to plan for, since we are mostly running through routines and rules during the majority of our academic time. I'm already falling insanely head over heels in love with the students.

On top of a great day at school, my wonderful boyfriend took me out for dinner to celebrate our first day of school :) It was nice to talk to him about his day and just to see him. We went to Holy Land foods and split 2 of their meals (lamb kabobs and chicken with some spicy sauce on it, rice, pita, hummus, and salad.)

Day 128-September 5th: R&R

I took a well deserved R&R day today. Spent most of my morning watching TV, went to the bookstore to return one book (found it for $30 cheaper online) and then watched more TV. I did a bit of organizing, and also went for a 3 mile recovery run, but that was the only worthwhile thing I accomplished all day.  I also got frozen yogurt with the Bestie and got to cuddle with the BF for a bit :)

Day 127- September 4th: Hot Dish and long run

Tonight I was craving a delicious home cooked meal. And I wanted leftovers for my first crazy week of school. I also went for a 7.5 mile run, so I wanted to something filling. I decided to make some hot dish. It was super easy. I grilled myself a chicken breast, and cooked a cup of rice (turned into about 3 cups.) They I cut up some veggies (peas, onions, broccoli) and combined these in a crock pot with a can of cream of mushroom soup, half a cup of milk and some pepper. Then I shredded the cooked chicken and added the cooked rice. I left it along in the crock pot for 1 hour and yummy!

Day 126-September 3rd: Roomies

Tonight we had our first get together at our place. Just thought I'd post a picture of my wonderful roommates. So excited to live with these guys this year :) And yes, that rat is our 7th roomie. She's a pet, not a rodent.

Day 125-September 2nd: Reason's why my boyfriend is great...Today

Reasons why my boyfriend is amazing (and these are just for today) 

1. When I ask for a kiss he kisses me for a whole minute
2. He provides me with a quiet place to do homework
3. He provides me with a place with AC to do homework
4. He provides me with wine while I do homework
5. He spent 20 minutes trying to pick out a soap dish before deciding to buy liquid hand soap
6. He spent 15 minutes smelling liquid hand soap to decide which scent to get.  

Day 124- September 1st: Meet your teacher night

Tonight was the first time I really felt like a teacher. As I woke up at 6 am to finish moving, got ready, and headed to school completely exhausted on 3 hours of sleep. We finished setting up our classroom and prepared materials and printouts for the night. By this point I was hardly able to stand on my feet. Luckily my wonderful boyfriend had brought me a frappucino that morning, so I sipped on that for the afternoon and was ready to go when the parents came. I also took my half hour dinner break to run to target and get some supplies and a small bag of food to take home. As I met parents and students I became overwhelmed. Not only are their so many names and faces to learn, but there are questions to answer. It seem almost impossible to introduce myself to everyone, and don’t even think about remembering names. Out of the 18 students who attended I remember maybe 5 of the faces with names, and I remember none of the parents. After this exhausting night I headed home to unpack until 11:30pm. What a long day! And I still had to get up for Friday’s all staff meeting from 8-12 and class work time from 12:30-4. 

Day 123- August 31: Moving

I moved in a day early. It took me a long time to get my room organized (I'm posting these 3 days later.) But here they are!

Free Desk and chair were here. Doesn't it look nice :)

Dresser/getting ready area

bed!

super organized closet.... for now