Still not ready

Okay, I'm only admitting this to you: I'm not ready for school to start. Not at all. Not mentally, not physically, not socially. I'm. Not. Ready.

Oh, did I tell you that it starts tomorrow? Whether or not I'm ready? Sucks to be me, as the kids would say.

Don't misunderstand me. I've been teaching for seven years now. I've got stuff. We're going to get started tomorrow and the kids will be none the wiser. But I'm not ready. I need two more weeks of summer and then I'll be ready.

Today was Freshman Orientation. For the last four years I've been in charge of it. This year was phenomenal! My kids are amazing! I met with my executive mentors, the Go Team, last Wednesday. We went over the schedule, made some decisions, and divvied up tasks. I met with all 73 mentors on Friday for Orientation training. All of those mentors were back dressed in wild and crazy gear today, and ready to go! Thank goodness they're excited and ready. Because I'm not. (Have I mentioned that yet?)

We had about 250 freshmen show up, and things went flawlessly. My kids just handled business. For the first time, I had nothing to do. Every time I thought of something, by the time I found the kid who needed to do it, it was already taken care of. Everything. They even started stacking chairs after lunch without being told to.

It was beautiful.

After school I went to my friend's house, and she helped me hem my slacks. I bought a bunch of new pants for back to school. I've lost some weight, and my pants from last year no longer fit. I only had two pairs of slacks anyway. I wore jeans a lot last year. But this year I plan to dress nicer. I got some cute semi-casual slacks from Old Navy, and three pairs of really nice slacks from the mall. The only problem is that even the short or petite length are way too long. Man, I have short legs.

Anyway, I was there for a few hours and she helped me pin seven pairs of pants and then she hemmed them all for me. I have great friends. I don't have to go to work naked tomorrow.

Now I owe her big, but have no idea what kind of thank you gift I should get her. If you have any suggestions, please let me know...she doesn't drink coffee, so Starbucks is out. That's about the sum total of ideas I've had in the half hour I've been home. My brain is on overload, and I can't make another single decision tonight.

Tomorrow you'll see a post in the "Is it wrong that..." category. I'm hoping to do those periodically. I feel like tomorrow's post may be a bit of a cop out, but I know I'm going to be wiped out and not interested in looking at the computer again.

I'll talk to you on Wednesday. Wish me luck for the first day of school!

P.S. I'm still not ready...