Today was barely my first day back to teaching…yesterday was the official first day back to work, but that was for teacher prep….and OH I miss our beach playdates already. Talk about stress…I was told by a co-worker on Monday afternoon that I was scheduled to teach Health Science in the classroom…I thought my co-worker was messing with me I thought “They wouldn’t schedule me in something I’ve NEVER taught before without giving me a heads up…..right?!?” So I marched up to the (new) assistant principals office, (who was NOT in his office at the moment), to find out that it was true…I was in fact teaching Health in the classroom. I’ve taught Health…but only online…never in a “real” classroom setting. So panic started to set in!! I knew deep down I’d be ok…but to get ready for a class I’ve never done in 2 days was tricky! Funny thing…the assistant principal in charge of scheduling didn’t actually SPEAK to me about this until yesterday at 2:45pm! haha Nice communication skills huh…love all the time he gave me to prep for this new adventure?!? Yeah I wasn’t to thrilled. But with the help of a fellow health teacher…I think I might be ready…hopefully. We all know I’m a creature of routine…a bit autistic when it comes to that kinda stuff…and THIS was NOT in my routine. But my anxiety is finally down now.
I taught my 2 classes of freshmen PE today..ohhh man…53 9th graders in one class….I feel like I have a whole football team that I’m trying to keep track of. I love freshmen, they are usually very quiet, scared and listen to directions without any issues….that being said….they are usually only like that for the first semester. Once we are comfy they start finding their “clichés”, being mean, snobby, etc. But the first semester I love them…small, still so innocent and cute (most of them anyway!) Our day started bad this morning…first day of school with students and in my groggy slumber I hit the off button on the alarm instead of the snooze button. So I woke up 50 minutes later than I planned~ I guess that just means I had a great summer since my brain didn’t automatically remember how to function the darn alarm clock! ;/
Play Day at Laguna with The Cilderman’s and Manley’s
While I’m introducing myself to all these BRAND new faces…I have to remember what its like to be the little fish in the big pond again. Usually I teach a mix of classes..few periods of all freshmen and a few periods of upper levels…but this year I’m with ALL freshies!! I won’t have any repeaters…kinda makes me sad. The only “repeaters” I have are those 9th graders that have older siblings that were in my class over the past 4 years. Can you believe I’m starting my 5th year teaching…gosh. Remember way back when…being nervous about figuring out how I wanted to mange my own PE class…I feel similar about this darn period of Health.
A fun day at Newport…
This summer Owen and I went to the beach as much as we could. I remember years ago asking our friend Heather “how do you love going to the beach, lugging all that crap in the sand…yuck”. But now I understand the simplicity of bring 1 child to the beach. Its actually fun…bring the bare necessities, Owen plays in the sand, I take pictures of him while trying to keep the seagulls away from our snacks. Gosh…so relaxing…I loved it!
Owen took a fancy in finding shells while at the beach. One day I caught a sand crab and I thought he was gonna love him…but nooo he wanted me to throw him back and “kill him” (sorry I know its not nice to hear a 2 year old say to kill something, but he knows it from killing flies with the swatter or killing spiders…we’re terrified he’ll find a black widow and not be scared of it") Bad parenting….I dunno?? But at least now I know he won’t get intentionally bite by a nasty spider~!
Getting Boogey Boarding lessons from daddy at Newport with cousins Peyton and Bailey…on Daddy’s birthday!
I hate the sand…I hate sitting in it…getting it on my hands…crunching it between my teeth when trying to eat something…yuck. BUT this summer…with Owen being the age he is I have REALLY enjoyed sitting in the sand, digging, making sand castles, everything just for MY Owen! I loved the beach…and truly miss it already!!!
Good Bye Summer Vacation…HELLO school year!
Since Newport was Black Balled…Daddy hopped on Bailey’s boogey board and caught some waves!
One of Owen’s fav things…stealing other’s people’s deserted sand castles! haha
PS. I think its official…my child’s hair is pretty darn close to being WHITE now after all the sun this summer!!! haha A typical “toe-head” blonde!
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