Jamie and I are more alike than I thought- I too am going through a phase of “new” right now. I thought I would try out a new design for the blog. So thursday is our first day of school and tomorrow night is “meet the teacher” from 4:30 to 6:30. I have been in the classroom with Eljse for the last 2 weeks or so arranging desks and numbering an unending amount of math manipulatives. She gave me a really great book that I thought some of you might like to check out. The chapters on classroom management are going to be a lifesaver (although I read the whole thing for good measure). I am not as nervous as I thought I would be but I think that is in part to the fact that I feel so comfortable in our classroom already. And Eljse is the best lead teacher I think I could have asked for. She already knows me so well so she is used to all of my weird OCD quirks (which were popping up like crazy when we were putting up posters today, wow). I hope all of you are having the same great experience that I am so far! I miss you all tons and am actually counting the days until we will get to see each other in the tlc again. Welcome Back!