HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Okay, so this is going to be really short because I'm trying to do last minute things--as usual--but I am happy to say I SURVIVED THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

I could barely sleep last night, so even though I went to bed at ten, I couldn't fall asleep until around two. That being said, my first thought this morning was that I was soo looking forward to taking a nap after school--which didn't happen, sadly.

Impressions from my first day:

• First graders are so TINY!
• First day of school outfits are adorable--I had girls in tutus and pigtails
• I need to work on giving directions a step at a time!
• I completely forgot that they would be bringing in school supplies to school--their desks were a mess at the end of the day with glue sticks and unsharpened pencils everywhere
• We learned 1, 2, 3, eyes on me really well today. I did a lot of modeling and practicing with that, so I need to keep that in mind for the future skills
• First graders have tiny bladders
• Planning all of my student teaching lessons the night before was a horrible routine to get used to
• The SJU mile long lesson plan is not ideal when I need to write 10 lesson plans a day
• I miss having roommates to talk ideas out with
• I forgot that whole-body exhaustion feeling from student teaching where my body would feel like it was shaking for hours after school because of the adrenaline
• I need to keep drinking water and not talk so much!

I was hoping to have my plans for the rest of the week finished today before I left school. Which turned into when I got home. Which turned into tomorrow after school I will have Thursday and Friday planned--because they need to be posted by Thursday morning!

Thanks to everyone who sent me kind messages today and asked how everything was going! I'm sad and sorry that I didn't get a chance to answer everyone yet. My main victories for today: I did not throw up or cry! Here's hoping for another no tears day tomorrow.