The First Day

So it's my first day!  Do you remember how you always felt nervous on the first day of school?  You weren't sure what to wear or if any of your friends would be in your classes.  The night before the first day was a restless one, for sure.  My earliest memory of prepping for the first day was when I was about to begin first grade.  I remember being so excited for packing my lunch in my new little nifty lunch box, so I packed it the night before.  And I went ahead and put milk in my thermos, closed it up tight, and promptly put it in my lunch box.  That I left out of the refrigerator.  All night.  It was a smelly mess the next morning.  

Then there was the first day of a new teaching assignment back in 2002.  I was at a brand new campus and super eager to be working there with a great team.  As I drove to work, my mind must have been racing with all the things I needed to do on the first day because I didn't exactly believe the sign that said merge right.  I waited too late and hit the actual 'lane ends' sign with my driver's side mirror which was now dangling and mangled from my door the rest of the way to that first day.  Luckily my caffeine was still safely tucked away in the drink holder (a can of diet coke).  I left it in my car in my hurry to get out and settled on the first day.   Imagine my surprise when I walked out to my car at the end of that very exhausting day to find something totally brown covering every single window of the car.  What in the world?  Further investigation revealed cans of diet cokes do not survive enclosed vehicles in 100 degree temperatures.  It was a sticky, sticky mess.  I drove myself and my poor, poor car to the Super Target to get something to clean off the inside and some duct tape to tape the barely hanging driver's side mirror.  Now THAT was a first day story I couldn't possible make up.

So this is my blog's first day. And mine.  I'm pretty nervous because I don't know a thing about writing a blog or if any friends will show up, but I have high hopes.  And a thermos of diet coke all ready!