It’s the day I’ve been anxiously waiting..the first day of school (work)!! I’ve been pretty excited as I feel like I wasn’t ready to close this chapter in my life just yet. I love teaching and I love teaching high school. I love the challenge, I love the stress (ha!), and I love the camaraderie and relationships I build with my students and co-workers. I just really love my job.
Walking in to my classroom feels like I never left (my room wasn’t used the year that I took off). There were a few things I needed to set up but for the most part, everything is good to go. In a couple of hours, all the seats will be filled and I’ll be up at the podium back to doing what I love 🙂
Have a great day friends!
My bib board and Coke collection 🙂
My beloved podium ❤
Fave quote on the window–love me some Ralph Waldo Emerson!
What are you passionate about? Do you love your job as much as I do?
Do you remember your first day of high school?
Hate my job, but love what I do. Does that make sense?
🙂 I am so excited for you to start this new chapter! Have a wonderful first day of school, friend! Those kids are so lucky to have you as a teacher!
Totally makes sense 🙂
Thank you amiga ❤
Setting up your room and having it be just what you want is the best!
Definitely!
Good Luck! Hope your first day back is awesome!
Thank you! It was for sure 🙂
Your room looks so great! I love your podium. Those kids are so lucky.
Thanks you!!
Yayyy I’m so glad you have a job you love! I love that you have a bib board in your room as well- I want to finally make one once I move 🙂
Yes, make one!! 🙂
I definitely remember my first day of high school…I was so nervous!
Me too! My sister was a senior when I was a freshman so that helped 🙂
I love your podium! I don’t remember my first day of high school, not really, but I also attended the same school pre first-12th, so it wasn’t that big of a transition for me!
Oh wow! That’s really interesting! How was going to school that way? I guess not strange since that’s all you knew??
Yeah. Private prep school all the way. I loved school, and I went to one of the best, so I definitely knew in was lucky. Others took blatant advantage of it (the perks, I guess you could say), as they always do. but yeah, I started school with 70 classmates, 10-15 of which I also went to preschool with, our grade doubled in 6th grade, and then in 9th we got about 60 more, and graduated just over 200 in my class. We had a full campus (nicer than many colleges I know of!) So we were in a different building, but homeroom was in our science building (that my brother had also had his homeroom in, and I had had a class in) and so we were pretty comfortable. Not like the first day of JR high, when I flip flopped 2classes and went down to the gym instead of the right class! and we were in a different part of campus from elementary school! Talk about mortification!
Your room looks awesome! Good luck on your first day back!
Thank you!
I love how you post your bibs at school – maybe it will inspire someone! I don’t think I remember my first day of HS. I’m trying to think back. I remember lots of other days, but not picking up on the first day. Tough question!
I remember the first day for some reason lol! I remember other days too though and some things I have absolutely zero recollection jaja!!
I love your podium! I hope you had an awesome first day back!!!!! 🙂
PS: How did it go without Diet Coke?? I know you said before that you used to drink it a lot while working!
LOL, I only do regular Coke but so far so good. I thought about it a few times and I know it’s going to be super tough. It’s helping telling myself I have a month to go 🙂
Thank you!!
LOVE your bib wall. i bet you are a great teacher. i love my job and that is a complete blessing! 🙂
That’s awesome! I love when people love their jobs
What a cute podium! Have a great first day. I remember my first day of high school, memories.
Thank you! 🙂
Your room looks great and I had to laugh at the coke bottles. I hope you had a wonderful first day back, I am sure the students will be very happy to have such an awesome teacher!
Thank you Sara! ❤
Oh gosh, I absolutely DO NOT remember my first day of high school…my brain is blocking it from my memory I think. Welcome back to school 🙂
jajaja!!! There’s def a lot of things I’ve blocked out from high school lol!
Love that you have your bibs in your classroom! I could definitely tell that school was back in session on my run yesterday, with an intersection I cross being a little more busy and having to wait for cars. I remember being super nervous my first day of high school and that’s about it. I remember so many other random things, but I can’t remember much about that first day. I start my job officially on Monday and I think I’m going to love it! 🙂
Oh wow, how exciting!!! Good luck to you!!
I think we have similar passion levels for our jobs. Isn’t it fun to go to work everyday and not hate what you do? I’ve been there and it’s terrible! I love being able to help people all day long and to put smiles on faces of my participants. Thanks for educating the next generation!!
Thank you!
And I love how much you share about your job. You can totally tell you love what you do 🙂
I love setting up my classroom! That’s a cool bib wall and Coke collection. 😀 I hope you had a great first day!
Thanks!! I sure did 🙂
I am happy to read in the comments you had a great first day! That is so awesome you love your job! I am not that passionate about my day job, but I am about my part-time job 🙂
What is your part time? good for you for having two jobs–busy busy!
I am a personal trainer, too 🙂 (my other job is related to architecture)
Awesome that you have a “fun” job you can have fun with! (my husband started an architect major then switched to chemical engineering lol!)