I am feeling refreshed and generally ready to go back to school tomorrow, which is really surprising. It helped that the weather was gorgeous. It helped that I went in to school for a couple hours to get myself prepared. I have plans for each class now for the next few days, and that is going to help tremendously as I face a full week and less prep time each day than I had this past week. I’m feel like I’m on good footing with my high school classes.

Middle school is a bit scarier. I know what I’m doing this week for the most part, but I still feel like I’m drifting in the clouds a little bit because I’m new and I don’t know what major skills we need to hit soon or which standards I’m definitely covering. This week my seventh graders get their iPads too, so that will be a new experience with them (as I learn then teach them about how they need to use them). I think I’m drifting a bit because it’s my first time teaching this class, and that’s always hard.

I’m starting to calm down now, though, and I did my writing before 9 pm so this won’t sit on my mind tonight either. It’s way weird that I’m feeling okay about tonight and school tomorrow. This is not a normal Sunday.