Shot...

My nerves, that is.  Holy hell. My 11 year old, Lexi, is starting middle school tomorrow and I may be more nervous than she is.  I teach middle school.  I know what goes on.  Granted, it's not the same district I teach in, but it's basically the same.  I cringe to think of all the things (aka Life) that she will be exposed to now.  Catty girls, and gross boys trying to talk to her. Ugh.  Stupid, mind-in-the-gutter-thinking boys.  Wish I could put a protective shield around her. :(

On top of that, my 5 year old Cameron starts kindergarten tomorrow.  He's not too happy about it.  I wish I could take him to school and walk him to his room tomorrow, but I will be in my own classroom.  That's the thing that sucks about being a teacher--you have to miss all the school stuff that happens during the day with your kids.  They're growing up too fast.

Last, I'm introducing my gamified course to my special ed students tomorrow for the first time.  My students are Learning Disabled, meaning they are just at a lower grade level in reading and math than their peers.  I created an intro video to get them excited about it.  I'll post a link tomorrow--it's nowhere near where it's supposed to be.  I'm getting to school at 0630 tomorrow morning to set up the laptops and putting the "Play Me" signs on them and making sure all is good to go.  I'm not nervous because of the students.  I had them last year as 7th graders and they're an awesome group of kids.  It's the possibility of technology failure; we don't have the best laptops, you see.  I hope the Flash is installed and working.  Also, I hope to God I don't hear, "This is stupid."  I put in ENDLESS hours of work over the summer working on flipping parts of my class as well as including gamification.  I will flip out (no pun intended) if I hear those words.

So I bid you all goodnight as I down my glass of wine.  My list of things to do is growing in my mind as I type this and I just know I'm not going to get a good night's sleep at all.  Keep your finger's crossed! It's showtime...