You are my Everest!!!

Well here it is...my preschool classroom...post moving

i really don't know what happened to the pictures i took pre-moving. eh, all well. but, this is it. i think. i am sure i will move things around, but who knows, maybe i won't! bam!

i went to school yesterday to begin arranging but ended up standing still in my room looking around for like 20 minutes. and then finally i just took the plunge and started moving stuff around. i have so much darned furniture in my room it's insane! i am lucky i have enough room to fit it all in.

today i went to school and brought all my 'teacher' stuff in. bulletin board business, calendar, puzzles, random stuff, art supplies, the works.

i also made friends with the office secretary. she's going to laminate some stuff for me. yay lamination! i also met the janitorial staff in the building. one guy was a little bit open about his life within the first minute of our introduction...it was awkward, yes. he warned me about staying away from him during breaks b/c of all the bad things that happen to him during them....? it was weird, to say the least.
so, tomorrow i head back in for round 3.
it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock-n-roll.

Saying Goodbye

I had my last day at CCYC. I packed up my life and moved to Omaha...and honestly, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Ok, wait, that sounded bad. I mean, I will whole-heartedly miss being at CCYc. I will miss those kids so much. I will miss being in Des Moines. I will miss the people, But I think knowing that I have future here and that I have something so exciting and new makes me feel at peace. I am sad to be leaving Des Moines. I am sad to be moving further from home and family. I am happy to be in a new city starting fresh with a new job just around the corner. I am happy to be around people who were at once a phone call away, but now they are just a few miles away. Bittersweet Omaha.

In other news, I put my IKEA desk together yesterday afternoon after my family left me for unpackingness. It was quite the accomplishment. One of many I feel...

Tomorrow I am going to school for my first official day of teachery. I will be in my classroom tackling an overwhelming pile of preschool business. eek!

Ok, I will be posting pictures soon of classroom, apt, the works. And your definition of soon may be different than mine.

-Miss Becker
[just thought I'd throw that out there, I've been Miss Elizabeth for a year and I need to start getting used to my own last name]

Oh!maha

I have six days left in Des Moines! My my, how time flies.

In the beginning...

Ok, here's the thing, I wanted to begin a blog so that all of you can share in my first year teaching experience. Your welcome! And so, without further ado, I present to the worldwide web my blog. May it bring you joy, laughter, encouragement, updates, answers, and questions.

My first day of school related business is the 3rd of August and then I have new teacher training on August 6th and 7th. And............the big day is August 13th! Oh my! I will be teaching Preschool at Longfellow Elementary in Council Bluffs, IA.

Well, I suppose I will also blog about my moving to Omaha and things of the like. Sounds neat, eh?

So, until next time, keep your eyes open for post number two! Enjoy the rest of your summer! It's going by crazy fast!