Today marks the close of the second week of school. It’s Friday the 13th and a full moon, so someone in charge has a sense of humor. By the end of next week, I’ll start to secretly wonder if I’ve contracted a serious medical condition. Then I’ll realize it’s just my annual start-of-school exhaustion. I’ll sleep a few extra hours and come October I’ll emerge on the other side, having built up some stamina for the school year.
Right now, my office is a wreck of lost sweatshirts and pencil cases; missing books and nameless folders. Next week, I’ll get the mess in hand. In the meantime, I come to school each day and admire my newly designed bulletin board. It has pictures of things and people I love, examples of craft projects, a few inspirational words, and samples from my collection of buttons and stickers. All year long, I collect the items that will make up the next year’s bulletin board. I put it together just before school starts and it always makes me smile.
This year is no exception and that’s very happy.
