Prep work

First of all...WOW! I've been in Alaska for a little over a week.  It seems like so much longer.

Now every job you have has some sort of prep work.  A chef prepares food before serving it.  A lawyer has to prepare before a big case.  And a teacher has to get their classroom ready.  You cannot walk into your classroom and poof everything is already set up and ready to go.  So for the past few days I have been bunkered down in my classroom trying to get everything ready (while also taking advantage of the free internet)

Now 'twas the night before school and all through this place
Not a creature was stirring, this was the case
The borders were hung round the corkboards with care
in the hopes that children soon would be there

The children all nestled, snug in their beds
While visions of pencils danced in their heads
With kids in their homes and I at my seat
Had just settled down to conquer a great feat

When out on the boardwalk arose such a clatter
I sprang from my seat to see what was the matter
Away to the door I flew like a flash
Threw open the doors with an almighty CRASH!

Blinded my eyes, the sun shining bright
Twas like that morning and night
When what to my wandering eyes should appear
but 8 tiny children, oh my! oh dear!

With a little child, so lively and quick
I knew it must be Amber and Eric

More rapid than eagles, running they came
jumping and shouting and playing some game

Now Timmy, now Chunky, now Amy and Madison
On Josh! On Makayla! On Thomas and Ashlyn
To the end of the boardwalk to the far away wall
Dash away dash away dash away all!

And in a twinkling I heard on the roof
A pawing and prancing, please don't be a hoof
As I drew in my head, and was turning around
the children came running, back with a bound

Nicole! Nicole! We're all in your class!
Come on! Come on! please let us pass
A pile of toys they had flung on the ground
trying and trying to just get around

Their eyes how they twinkled, their eyes so merry
their noses were read like a little ripe cherry
But I had work to do and that was that
"I'll see you tomorrow" I said with a pat

And tomorrow with come, getting close now
But I'll perform all day and then take a bow
For you know a teacher performs day in and day out
Faces smile, and grins and often a pout

Jobs are never done til late into the night
Tell me I'm lazy, I'll put up a fight
It all for the kids no matter what you say
I wouldn't trade this for riches any day.

I hope you enjoyed my poem while I'm using the internet.  I would also like you to know that I ate my entire stash of jerky from my desk while I was writing this. Oops.

Here are some before and after shots of my classroom.

BEFORE

AFTER

And here is a picture of the view when I walk out my front door.

It's pretty.


Anyway hopefully I have everything planned for tomorrow but if not