Top Ten Reasons Why I Already Love This School...

The new school year starts day after tomorrow, so referring to that, here's a top ten list of reasons why I already love my new school...

10. One thing has remained consistent...I have a half hour drive from home to school, in opposite traffic on the highway, moving north bound. Somehow that consistency is comforting to me.

9. Every classroom is STOCKED with books. I have been collecting my classroom library since college. Each room has a library 3 X the size of my personal one. Incredible!!

8. My teammate, Stephanie, and I stayed out late last week to work (we're in a portable, which doesn't have an alarm) so we don't have to leave the building when everyone else does. We thought that was great...until we had to pee. We couldn't get into the building to use the bathrooms, so our solution was to go in our rooms, rip off the top of a water bottle, and pee in it. And then throw it off the balcony outside our "cottages." We also decided not to tell anyone about it.

7. I'm in a portable, but my teammates and I are making the best of it and calling them our "cottages."

6. All of the people I work with have been super friendly and inviting and willing to help out!

5. There are many more men in this profession in CO than there are in TX. I think it's such an important influence to have men in the classrooms, so I'm glad there are several in my building.

4. I love my teammates...they are so fun and know how to balance hard work with a sense of humor.

3. I love my principals...they are positive, focused on best practices within the curriculum and instruction, and are genuinely excited to be there.

2. I get to look at mountains every day.

1. I'm working SO hard during the day that I'm finally sleeping well at night!

Will post pics of my classroom tomorrow...