There's Something To That Expression

Hit the ground running......is that ever what I did today.

This morning was such a whirlwind that I didn't have time to think about what I was doing. I got up, got myself ready, woke up Connor to get ready, loaded him in the car and Steven left. I had 10 minutes after Steven left to get myself out the door. Somehow we managed.

School starts at 8 and I was there at 7. I prefer to do most of my planning in the morning because there are fewer people around to interrupt you. After school everyone wants to come in and talk and it's so hard to get anything done. I was very grateful to see that my sub had left plans for today. I refused to think about work my last few days with Connor and I went in blind this morning. If there hadn't been anything in my plan book it would have been a lot harder!

I requested Jesse text me throughout the day to let me know how it was going. He was awesome about keeping me updated. I broke the rules and peeked at my phone every chance I could during the day. Jesse even snapped a picture of Connor and Jackson hanging out together in highchairs. It was super cute!

My class was just like any other class. Good apples and bad apples all mixed together. I will say there seem to be more bad apples than a typical year. Oh well. They also need some serious discipline. I hope it's not too late to get them on track and implement my classroom management style.

I left school at 3:50 to meet Jesse at my house. He is so awesome! He brings Connor to me! This works out really well because I can't imagine being able to leave school any sooner and if I had to go pick him up we would lose about 45 minutes of quality time to the commute. His house is on Steven's way to work but very out of the way for me from school.

I couldn't wait for Connor to get home. I was surprised to hear that Connor had a good day and even took a 2 hour nap! Jesse said it was true and that he wasn't just being nice. I also told Jesse that if Connor starts crawling while he is at his house that I don't want to know. I want to think I'm seeing it the first time it happens!

Our last surprise of the day was from Michael. She sent me a super sweet text at the end of the day that she wanted to make us dinner tonight. It was so thoughtful of her. I was so exhausted and making dinner was the equivalent of climbing a mountain. It was much appreciated!

I would say it was a fairly successful day. Now we just need to fine tune it!