Today was the teachers' first day back. Officially, that is. They've all been back at some point in the last week to work in their rooms. I'm not sure anyone not a classroom teacher really understands the amount of work it takes to get a classroom ready for that first day of school. But I digress.

The morning was good. A few activities to start the year and I learned a lot about the people I work with. Me--I had absolutely nothing to report in the category of "most memorable part of the summer". My summer was SO boring.

The afternoon-- not my favorite part so much. I left as soon as I felt it appropriate, about 3:15. Granted, I had a bank stop and a post office stop, but I was ready to leave. Remember that day last week I had to put the library back together? Copy that today. Today I went to turn on my boom box radio and someone had 1) changed the radio station, 2) left a cd (which wasn't mine) in the player, 3) left the volume up almost full blast, 4) didn't turn the power off when they left. I'm suspecting it was the principal--he was in there last night getting things ready for today's meeting.

One thing you can always count on--whoever leads a meeting or a training will hardly ever (I'd like to say never) take their markers, chart paper, chart stand, candy, tables, and whatever other materials they use (puzzle boxes, district papers passed out, etc...) back out the door with them. Many of the people attending said training or meeting will hardly ever (again--I'd like to say never) put chairs back where they go. There is always a pile of someone's papers, water bottles, etc.. left on the tables. Today there were paper plates and crushed napkins as well.

I keep wondering if I'm overreacting to this, but for me to have everything all arranged how I want it, then come in and see what I've done completely rearranged and not put back annoys me. Today my new principal admitted to us he was random-- and since I'm pretty concrete/sequential, it's clashing a bit. Today I did something I've never done. I moved everything out to the hallway. Usually I take everything back to who and where it belongs, but today I just dragged the table that held the treats out into the hall and piled up papers, markers, puzzles, water bottles, cups, charts, etc... It looks bad, and there are teachers from another school coming for a meeting in the morning, but I don't really care.

I posted three more things on ebay--all my other things exactly what I wanted or pretty darn close. What a good way to get rid of some scrapbooking stuff I've had on hand. A big, BIG thank you to my seester for helping with some important details.