I came home from work today extremely tired. I was picking up the children from my Mum and Dad’s house and mentioned how much more I needed to do tonight in order to be ready for school tomorrow and Dad said, “What have you been doing all week?!” I can see how some might think that since I went back to work on the 7th and it’s now the 13th how could I NOT be ready for the first day of school?! Meetings, primarily. There’s data to go over, mission statements, visions, and expectations to be laid out, even more expectations to be set forth from the new principal, planning meetings, and in addition to that, getting our rooms ready. It’s A LOT harder than you think! All in all, I think I’m ready. My plans are laid out, my walls are ready, my copies are made, my name tags are in place, whew!