Last Week of Summer Vacation :(

Can you believe that it's my LAST week of summer vacation? Where did my summer go? No more afternoons at the pool, no more summer novels, no more lack of responsibility, no more lounging around in shorts and t-shirts, no more running to the store when I need to, no more lunches with my husband (really sad about this one). Now I get to enjoy early morning duty, first grade novels, mystery lunches from the cafeteria, faculty meetings after school, surprise observations from my principal, amusing conversations with first graders, snot, sneezes, sticky objects, and dirty hands. I wouldn't trade it for anything though! Teaching first grade is so much fun. They come to you at the beginning of the year not knowing anything and at the end of the year the progress they have made is remarkable! First graders are young enough that they still LOVE their teacher and give hugs and squeezes every time they see you. It's great for your emotional bucket! On the other hand, first graders are old enough that they can blow their own nose, dress themselves, and go to the restroom on their own-Thank God! Kindergarten is definitely not what I was called to teach!

I've been working in my classroom now for two weeks and it's almost ready. I'm so OCD with my work space. I like for everything to be just so and will work until I can get it that way. I have to have a neat classroom, because when a teachable moment happens in my classroom I have to be able to put my hands on whatever classroom book, object, or material I need. Hopefully, like I said in older posts, I'll have pictures of my classroom to post soon. Now would definitely be the time to post them before I get 20 first graders in there!

Switching subjects, here are my 27 week belly pictures. WOW! It's hard to believe that this is my last week in my second trimester. Next Monday I start my third and FINAL trimester. Hooray! Delivery day is getting closer and closer :) Tomorrow I go for my glucose tolerance test. Please pray that everything goes well. I've never had any issues with my sugar and I'm not expecting to start now, but I always like to give these situations up to God. It helps me not stress out and worry as much. I'll let you know as soon as I know something after my test. We'll all thank God together!