Tomorrow I embark on a new chapter in my life.

What you see pictured is my new classroom. It’s not much but it’s MINE – all MINE! Yes, folks. Tomorrow I start my new career as a high school photography, yearbook and “crafts” teacher. (Sorry – no pictures of the “crafts” room yet but trust me, it’s cool. WAY cool).

I’m so excited. I can’t tell you. But also terrified. Terrified because I’m going to meet 150 teenagers and I’m not exactly sure what I’ll say to them.

I better think of something before tomorrow.

Back to the classroom…I even have a LOFT. How cool is that?

A loft full of Mac computers upon which eager and well-behaved students will produce the school’s yearbook. Or else.

There’s also a tech assistant named Gussie that the county sends out to connect the computers and troubleshoot them when they’re not working correctly and upgrade the software when needed. That last point might be a moot one because the yearbook rep informed me today that the entire yearbook will be laid out completely online, using the publisher’s proprietary software. hmmm. Should be fun!

And here’s my desk, complete with chalkboard. Those are really rare these days. I mean how old skool. I even had to ask about 10 people at the school for chalk before the admin dug deep into her drawer and produced a couple sticks.

I love it. I absolutely love it.

Adding to the excitement that is my life, I’ve been house-sitting and chicken sitting this past week.

In one week, three chickens have produced 10 eggs for me. Kerb installed a really cool trap door at the side of the hen house for the sole purpose of collecting eggs.

See?

The weather was beautiful and hot today. At last! Summer has arrived just in time for the start of school.

Isn’t that the way it happens every year?