First Day of School!

I went back to school today--my 5th time in 10th grade. :) I felt good because my room was ready, I had tons of lessons planned, and I knew that it would be for 1-3 days, tops, that I'd be back. I can do anything for 1-3 days, right?

Somewhere I have a collection of "first day of school" photos in the laundry room, but I can't find them on my phone or on facebook. Just last year's. Quite a difference, eh?

The day overall was fine. I met my new students and went through my spiel about the baby and my long-term sub. I joked with my pre-AP kiddos and tried to keep my academic kids off their cell phones long enough to listen to me. :)

I think I've discovered pretty quickly that pre-AP students are going to be very fun to teach, and they're going to make it hard to deal with academic students. The pre-AP kids were talkative, rambunctious and excitable, but it was a different vibe. There wasn't an undercurrent of disrespect or mistrust of me or anything. They were quick to refocus after talking and were open about their goals and desires for their education. I'm looking forward to getting to know all of my students better, even if it's just for one more day and then again in November.

I didn't really know what to expect from my body and Cara going back full-time at 39.5 weeks pregnant. I drank a lot of water and tried to sit on my table or my chair as often as possible, but I got SO SORE at the end of the day. My hips hurt, my feet hurt, my back hurt, my sides hurt from talking and I was tired. I did my best to take care of myself, but underestimated the toll it would take on my body. Maybe it will push me over the edge and I'll go into labor tonight or tomorrow morning! :) I fell asleep on our little couch with Po and some pillows after I had a snack around 7 p.m. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck. Po felt like he'd won the lottery!

My plan is to teach tomorrow (and take way more sitting down breaks!) and maybe Wednesday, and then stop teaching no matter what. I go to the dr. tomorrow to get a checkup and confirm an induction date if Cara doesn't come by her due date or a few days after. With it being Labor Day on Monday (ha!), they won't schedule inductions at the hospital, so we'll probably select 9-6-12 as our go-date.

I really feel like she'll be here this week, though. I'm making so much progress, and she's continuing to drop, so I just feel like everything is imminent. I don't know if I can handle waiting another week and a half for her to be here!

Come on, Cara! You've got lots of people anxiously awaiting your arrival, most of all your  Mommy and Daddy!