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hello sisters!

sorry it took me so long to post on this bloggy. i didn't even realize you had all been posting until just now when i checked it. having a job is really putting a crimp in my internet usage.

mary, i want to skype with you too! i just can't seem to catch you on it. i'm really only on my computer at home for a few hours a night, maybe 7-9ish? but i will try to do better, then i can give you a virtual tour of my apartment.

okay, so my life.

well, a week and a half ago i started work at flint hill. those first 3 days were just with new faculty and were led by shannan schuster (the woman who hired me, dean of faculty) and some of the other leaders at the school. it was really fun - honestly, we did things like scavenger hunts and multimedia projects based on fhs's mission/philosophy. (of course, we also did boring stuff like meetings about the school handbook, bloodborne pathogens, etc.)

the next full week (last week) the rest of the faculty came back to campus, so it was a little like being burst out of our little bubble. i had gotten pretty comfortable with the other new faculty members, knew their names, etc. and then i had to learn the names of soooo many more people. (still working on that.) the week was really busy, basically meetings back to back every day and it was about tuesday of this week that i started to realize how much i still had to do and how little time i had to do it. since about last tuesday i've been spending every day at school from about 7:30 am - 6 pm so that i'd have time after the meetings to to plan and figure out my crazy complicated schedule. it's been a lot of work.

this weekend was good, and i pretty much ignored work all weekend which i know i will regret (i kind of already am) since i'm not even really planned for the rest of the week. it just is a lot of work to start the year from scratch - i had to organize and buy supplies for my cubicle, organize my classroom, AND organize my desk in the learning center. i also had to develop a syllabus for the class i am teaching, decide things like class rules and punishments, systems for turning in hw, what percentage tests and homework and quizzes would be of the final grade. i had thought about a lot of this stuff before but actually getting it down on paper (and in the computer system flint hill uses) took a really long time.

anyway this weekend courtney and i went to a benefit for a friend's brother-in-law who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. the event was called "flip you, leukemia" and was a flip-cup tournament to raise money for bone marrow drives. so yeah, i spent saturday afternoon playing flip-cup (the first time i'd ever played it... haha.) and felt a little like i was in college again. except i didn't do that in college, so yeah.
p.s. i was a natural.

sunday i went on a shopping spree. (really.) i spent like hundreds of dollars on a teacher wardrobe. you should see it because it is spectacular.

tomorrow is the first day of school and while i am very ready for tomorrow, i have a ton to plan for the next 2 weeks. so i'm kind of anxious and on edge, and i doubt i will sleep very well tonight due to nerves. pray for me for my first day tomorrow and that i will be confident and clear and handle all my students and many responsibilities.

i love you all and lindsey, i can sympathize. it's a little scary every time i remember that i live far away and have no (well, one, soon to be 2 (whit)) friends.

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