This week was a blur! It was great but it sped by quickly and each day just blended into the next one.
The first days of school at both schools went well. I was super nervous as students came in and had to change things a little bit to adapt to time constraints and other changes in schedule but for the most part things went well.
Getting everything planned after school and making sure it is ready for the next day has been the biggest task. Most things don't take too long. I've made it home most nights between 6 and 8 and actually feel prepared for the next day, no matter which school I'm walking into. It does help that what I do on A days I repeat on B days, so if something doesn't work well I can tweak it before doing it again. I'm slowly starting to pick up on a few students names, I need to get better about that, but the seating chart is helping for sure.
I have found which class with be my challenge, and I'm hoping that they will becoming easier. They are going to need more structure and possibly different seats than what they have now.
I've also made some friends which is nice! I got coffee with a teacher I met at orientation on Wednesday just to catch up about how our weeks had been so far. And then on Friday night I went out with three girls from one of the schools I work at. We were celebrating one of their birthdays and the fact that we made it through the first week! It was a blast!! They knew each other previously but welcomed me in and it was nice to have people my age to hang out with. We went out for a late dinner and then out to a few bars for drinks! I hadn't stayed up that late in quite a while, and we all commented on how hard it was to go out on a Friday night because we were so used to going to bed early during the week. It was worth it though! We are planning to do it again next weekend for a festival going on.
The next morning I drove to my parents house. I got there and sat down for a few minutes while my parents finished packing a few things up and then we went to their friends shore house about an hour away. It was so nice! It wasn't too hot but still sunny. We spent a few hours out on their boat and then relaxing on their deck. I even got a little bit of a tan. The next day we went to the beach for a few hours before having an early dinner and then driving back to my parents place for the night. I had a lazy morning at their place today and then drove home so that I could do laundry and get ready for the week.
I can't really believe we have another week of school. This weekend flew by so quickly, probably because I spent so much of it in the car and not at home, but it was really nice to relax and not think about school and lesson planning and all of the details that go with it.
I'll be back to the grind tomorrow. I have to bring my car to the shop tomorrow night and then pick it up the following evening, hopefully everything goes smoothly and nothing else gets added to the one part that they need to fix for the emissions inspection (that just came in after being ordered). If I'm lucky I can get everything taken care of with my car and maybe even get to the dmv sometime this week.
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