09.04.06
School Starts Tomorrow!!
And I am so excited. Really. We’ll see how I feel at this time tomorrow, but right now I’m very excited and feeling competent and ready to go. 
I spent Wednesday through Friday at school setting up my room (I know I said it was done, but then I went to my study group on Wednesday night and got more good ideas for my room!), going to mind-numbing meetings, and getting to know my fellow teachers better. I should post pictures of my room before the kids trash it… On Friday we had a potluck lunch. I was all excited to make something yummy, but the only thing left to sign up for was pasta salad. Sigh. However, I was glad I hadn’t tried to make something special and yummy, because it would have been overshadowed by the CHOCOLATE FOUNTAINS!! Indeed, there were not one, but two chocolate fountains at the potluck, with various yummy things to dip into them. Wow is all I have to say. If only school could be a bunch of grownups hanging out and eating chocolate and making cute posters all the time…
I spent Saturday doing my lesson plans for the next week and taking care of some last minute details. Sunday we went to church and cleaned the house, and today I made cookies and Jamie and I went to Starbucks to relax and talk. However, loud people made that impossible, so we went for a walk on the lakefront. And now I feel a little bit like a kid waiting for Christmas to come… I want it to be tomorrow so I can get things started!
Here is the recipe for the cookies I made: Chocolate Coffee Toffee Oatmeal cookies Read the rest of this entry »
