All in all

Today, I have...

1. Attended my first day of professional development at Bartram HS
2. Found out that I will be teaching 5 sections of English II [contrary to my prior notion that I would be teaching ESL English]
3. Been assigned a classroom [Room 218!] and set up my desks
4. Found teachers that I can carpool with to work
5. Met and felt supported by my entire staff at Bartram--I couldn't be happier to work at this school.
6. Discovered Staples closes at 7 when I tried to go buy supplies for my room
7. Discovered the incredible resources that veteran teachers can supply [both tangible, physical support in addition to emotional]
8. Driven to Target to go through the aisles wandering around looking for things to spice up my room.
9. Made lists of all procedures, expectations, and norms that I could possibly think of
10. Written out what my actual vision looks like for all of these
11. Written my letter to my parents
12. Created my first two weeks of lesson plans [thanks in large part to said veteran teachers!!!]

All in all, I feel like a lot has happened today. And yet, I am still awake at 1:07 am feeling slightly panicked. I will continue to remind myself to breathe and go with the flow. Things will certainly not be perfect. And this has been the greatest [and I mean this] lesson to me in learning to go with the flow and let go of things that we cannot control. Yes. This is all good.

And, what is deeply rooted in my heart, I get to work my kids on TUESDAY. I am so excited. And so nervous. But mostly excited!