Breaking In

I meant to begin this blog on Monday, but for reasons you will soon see, I was unable to do so. Therefore, I am going to break this down into 3 sections.

Monday, August 10
This was to be the day I went to the school for the first time employed exclusively as an 8th-grade English teacher. (My other job ended last Friday.) However, at 11:30 p.m., Sunday night, I woke up to a screaming pain in my back. My wonderful husband drove me to the emergency room as soon as I could move, where we waited 2 hours without being seen. It had settled down enough by then that we left, and my husband insisted that I go with him to the town where he works (which also happens to be where I grew up and where my family still lives.) So, while he went to work, my mother and I looked for houses (my husband's job requires us to move to that town), and at 5, I finally got to see a physician's assistant. Turns out it was an old tennis injury flaring up, and just a stiff muscle. We did find a few houses we wanted to see, though.

Tuesday, August 11
We got to see the houses tonight, but we didn't like the one, and the one I absolutely LOVED, of course had to have potential termite and water problems. So, we came home at 9:30 p.m., and I have yet to even get my keys at the school!

Wednesday, August 12
I finally got to go to the school! Well, actually, I had to, since our first day of new-teacher training started at 8. It was actually pretty good. I was still drugged up on pain-killers, steroids, and muscle relaxers, so I'm sure people thought I was being rude and trying not to fall asleep during their presentations, but I was impressed with how well the other 40 new teachers listened - usually teachers are the WORST about listening during a speech or presentation. I signed up for NEA, and even got to go to my room, although I need to figure out why I can't log on to my computer and still need to get my keys. Not bad, though. Hopefully tomorrow will be even better, and I will meet my husband again to look at rent houses this time. Theh sooner we are able to move, the better!