Well I made it..... through the first week of school that is! I was ready to go back and I now know why, I honestly love what I do. I had a great first year and couldn't have asked for a better team (5th grade and the rest of the school) to work with but there were a lot of things that I would have changed about my first year also. Not the kids, not the wonderful people I work with, but just things that I did as a first year teacher that were probably more of a survival mechanism more than anything else. I looked forward to this new school year almost all summer so I could start over and try new things and so far so good! I can honestly sum up my first week as AMAZING! The kids are good, routines are started, and I have already started digging right into curriculum. I also love getting to see my Townley family everyday. I know I already said it once but I love my 5th grade team!!! I honestly believe that if I did not have them last year I might not have made it. The other teachers are amazing too. There are so many of them that will just come sit down in your room just to talk or give you those little bits of information that might make our lives easier/less stressful!
On to other things.... I have discovered this week that pregnancy is not for sissys. (Please do not take this as me griping or as me not being thankful that I am pregnant because that's not at all what I mean, these are just things that have made me realize that pregnancy really is hard work) For the most part my pregnancy has been the easiest thing ever. I have LOVED being pregnant, I love the belly, I love maternity clothes (I know that sound weird), I love the movements, the shakes, the kicks, etc. but just this week some things have developed that have made me realize that my body is really working hard and that I am working hard to grow this little one. First of all, my heels are killing me everyday. This first week of school consisted of a lot of standing so being on my feet with all the added weight make for some sore feet. Good thing my principal stopped me on the first day of school and said he "expected" me to be sitting and not to worry if they came in and I was sitting down, it was ok. It should be easier to find time to sit down once the routines are actively in play. Second, the indigestion. It has gotten so bad lately. I can go to bed fine and wake up with an empty stomach but have indigestion. Just doesn't make sense to me how someone can have indigestion on an empty stomach. (haha). The dr told me to stop taking the tums because they do not work and gave me some names of some other meds that will help. Third, two nights in a row now I have be awakened with charlie horses in my calf muscles. AHHHHH, the worst pain ever. I used to have a lot of leg pains but it was not charlie horses, it was just cramps and aches and pains. But these are full blown charlie horses that hurt so bad when they are happening and then continue to make the muscle sore the day after. I guess I will stock up on some bananas this week. And fourthly, the hardest thing for me has been the weight gain. I have always been someone who puts on weight extra easy. I can eat ONE ice cream cone and gain weight, but I really did not think that I would gain this much weight during pregnancy. I don't mind my belly at all, I love it actually. It has just been hard not to look at the number on the scale and not almost fall over. HAHA. I have dealt with this a lot lately but I am feeling better and constantly reminding myself that the end result will be well worth the enormous weight gain. My nurses have been so sweet and reassuring that I am just fine and that some people just gain weight easier than others and that it WILL come off after this baby is here (which by the way is in 13 weeks!!)
Ok, enough rambling off to our baby CPR and safety class then spending the rest of the day with my wonderful husband. (Have I told ya'll lately how blessed I am that God placed him in my life?!)
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