Whirlwind Week One

I have managed to survive week 1! Wahoo! I feel like that is a success in and of itself! It was quite the week!

The first three days were AWFUL! I wanted to quit, and never be a teacher ever again! I have a very challenging class. Don't get me wrong, most of them are AWESOME, but there are quite a few that are going to test my patients on many levels this year. The second two days of school were much better. Some behavior issues were taken care of, and my whole classes attitude kind of shifted! I really enjoyed Thursday and Friday of school! My class was awesome, and I had so much fun with them! I hope the rest of the school year, can keep on the upswing!

I am loving the school though! My colleagues are great, and I have made lots of friends! I have so many wonderful kids in my class too! There are a lot of hard workers, and a lot of little smarty pants! No matter how much they talk, don't listen, cry, and so on. All the hugs that I get, and the little voices saying, "Miss Fix you're the best teacher! I never want to go back to my old school!", make everything worth it at the end of the day!

I am looking forward to week 2! But right now, I am relaxing and enjoying the weekend! I get to go play broom ball tonight with all my colleagues for a "Back to School Bash"! I am pretty stoked about it! I love broom ball, and there are a lot of people from the midwest on my team, so hopefully we will dominate! :) That's all for now!

Here goes nothing!

So tomorrow is the first day of school! CRAZY! I met most of my students, and their families last Friday night. It was a crazy night! So many people, and so much energy! It was a lot of fun, but a little bit overwhelming. I'm not sure that I have any way of making myself feel ready for tomorrow. I think I just have to go for it, and hope and pray for the best. All of my student teaching experience, and scholastic training I know have been preparing me for this, but for some reason, I feel totally unprepared. I feel like I have no idea what I am doing, and that they are all just going to stare at me! AWWWWW! I know that won't happen, its just something that keeps popping into my mind when I think about the first day!

I think I am all ready though! I have been working my tail of the past week trying to get my classroom ready, and getting everything in place. I am bruised, tired, overwhelmed, excited, and nervous all at the same time! My emotions are running like crazy! I think excitement is the main feeling though! This is something that I have been working towards for 4 years now, and I can't believe it is finally here!

I love the school I am working at! It is an absolutely gorgeous facility, and my classroom is more than I could have ever imagined! Cherrywood cupboards, and lots of them, granite countertops, and 4 huge windows! It's awesome! The people I am working with are so great! I have made so many new friends, and I feel very supported there which is great!

So I guess here goes nothing! I'll let you know how the first day goes! :)

Eeeek School Starts SOOOON

Greetings friends!

So, I have almost completed my two weeks of training! WAHOO! The Spalding final is tomorrow, and then we are DONE!!! It has been a looooong two weeks, but good too. I have met so many nice people, and everyone I work with is super sweet! Spalding is a pain in my rear, and there have been a couple long sessions, but other than that! I have really been enjoying myself!

It is so crazy to think that in less than two weeks, I will have students walking in to my classroom! YIKES! It is starting to feel more and more real! We get to move into the new campus next Tuesday, so that is really exciting! I got my class list today, 29 1st graders! YIKES! I can't wait to meet them all! I have gone shopping one to many times to get stuff for my classroom, and I can't wait to start decorating it! I have gotten so much cute stuff! For my classroom jobs board, I decided to call it "Miss Fix's Pit Crew"! So each student has a name on a little person, and then when it is their turn to be a specific job, there little person gets to drive the little car. The different jobs are Driver (line leader), Taillight (line backer), Speedy Delivery (messenger), Clean-up Crew, and Paper Passers! I am really excited about it! :)

I really haven't done much outside of training here in AZ! Me and Becky did go to Phoenix last weekend so we could pick up some supplies at Lakeshore, so we got to see a little of the area! As far as Casa Grande goes, I know where Target, Wal-Mart, the mall and Coldstone are! What else do you need? ;) We've also got to use the pool a bit which has been really nice especially on the really hot days! Overall though, weather has been pretty good! I guess there was record rain-faill for the area last Saturday, maybe I brought it all with me from Minnesota! :)

So overall life is good! Crazy, but good! I am really enjoying preparing for my first year of teaching, and I think God has big things to teach me this year! He has already blessed me immensely , and I feel like there is still more in store!

I will keep you posted as the start of school gets a little closer! That's all for now!