School starts Monday!! What?!?! Where did the time go? Feels like just yesterday I was sending those children out my door for a wonderful, relaxing summer... and then BOOM! August hits and it's time to prepare for teacher mode again.
I can't say I'm sad though. After last school year, I really needed this summer. Last school year really tried my patience and motivation to keep teaching. I had some tough students. However, summer came, I relaxed, filled my cup, and took time for me. Now I feel recharged and ready to go again. I'm in a new room this year, which is SO EXCITING!!! I've been decorating like crazy and it's safe to say that my room just might be a German Wonderland.. Once I get it 100% ready, I will post so many pics, you'll be sick of seeing it. HA!
Anyways, I've been so busy this week and my mind is running a million miles a minute! As teachers, we have so many to-do lists, we quickly get swallowed up in them and often forget to take time for ourselves. This afternoon, I went to get my nails done--both fingers and toes. It was glorious. I don't often get my fingernails done because in the past, I've usually done the regular nail polish. This time I went back to gel. I may keep doing it. I like how sturdy it is. My nails don't hold onto color very well so gel is well worth it right now for me. I figure I'll keep doing it, as it makes me take time for myself every couple of weeks.
Hmm.. so people ask me what my plans are this weekend before school starts.. I'm thinking an extra long bubble bath with a bath bomb to ease those aches and pains from my workouts but also to relax my mind so I can focus on what I'm doing this upcoming week! I know Sunday night will be challenging for me. I don't sleep well on Sunday nights during the school year and ESPECIALLY on the night before school starts! It's going to be a rude awakening for Dimas and me! I figure we will need to start heading to bed and ramping down for the night around 8ish, in order to quiet our minds and relax before the big day.
I'm feeling good though. I'm feeling confident. I know that this year will be an amazing one, full of laughter, fun, probably some tears...lol...but hopefully more laughter. But you just never know when you're dealing with teenagers! 😉
On that note, I better get a start on fixing some sort of healthy dinner. I've been trying to dial in my nutrition a little better this week, which has meant not going out to lunch and eating my prepared lunch from home. I feel much better when I do that, even though I know it's a lot more fun at times to go out. Tomorrow, I might actually go get a salad from the grocery store salad bar. I love doing that for sure. It'll be my treat to myself.
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