What was I Thinking?!?

So! This week is the start of my teaching career. It consists of going to an orientation on Monday-Thursday with all the new teachers to Lake County. We are there from 8:30-2:30 and in that six hour period they stuff as much information as possible into our already overwhelmed minds. I am starting to panic! All of the things that I should have prepared are coming to my mind by the dozen. 

Here is just a quick list off the top of my head that shows how NOT ready I am

• Get a pencil sharpener
• Create a classroom rules poster
• Figure out a system where students will turn in and pick up assignments
• Figure out the names of the 6th grade team I will be working with
• Fix the desks in my room where they will fit and yet not take up too much room
• Make a supply list for the students and myself
• Prepare lesson plans at least 3-4 weeks in advance
• Buy some Social Studies posters for my wall
• Organize the materials I do have in the classroom

You get the idea.....These are just the thoughts in my mind at this minute

While I am extremely stressed out, I am also very worn out. All of the above mentioned are things I should be doing when I get home, yet the only thing I want to do is veg-out and allow my brain to rest. I am trying to remind myself that it is natural to feel this way and that it will all get easier with time. Once I am in my routine and I get through those first few weeks of change, I will adapt like I adapt to everything else in life. I am also trying to be real and know that even if I worked from the hour I woke up until I went to sleep, I would still have a ton of stuff to do!

I can't wait until the day when I look back on this post and say, "you did it...you survived your first week!"

Philippians 4:13 

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.