Up at the crack of dawn. This was the first official day back for teachers. We had a very inspirational 3 hour presentation that was about 2 1/2 hours too long. I could see on all the faces of my fellow teachers that they would have preferred to be in their classrooms doing the millions of things they needed to do. I had already been back to school last week so I had a jump on things. I didn't feel to stressed. And some parts of the presentation were pretty good. I did get to meet many of the new teachers. Man, they are so young and naive. I hope I wasn't that arrogant when I was new.

I'm so glad tomorrow is pay day. I am so broke. I didn't go out to lunch with my colleagues today because I just didn't have any cash. Luckily, I gorged myself on the breakfast items at the presentation so I wasn't hungry anyway. I went to my classroom and go to work. It's not like I don't have any money. I have plenty in my accounts. I just don't like to dip into savings for stupid things like cash for lunch. I have direct deposit, so the money will be in my account at midnight tonight. On my way to work tomorrow I'll hit the cash machine so I can go out to lunch like regular people. Some people think teachers get paid enough because we only work 10 months of the year, but remember, we only get paid for 10 months of work. I have mine spread out over 12 months so I can afford to live in the summer. However, we do NOT get paid like we should get paid, no matter what people think.

Even though I was able to get work done at school today, I actually brought home many things I can do while watching TV tonight. Once the school year gets going and I get into a routine, I won't bring home very much work. I usually organize my time very well during the school day so that I won't have to bring work home. I know so many teachers who take things home everyday. I just need my evenings to rest and relax. I won't be relaxing too much tonight. I need to get a few things done. I will, however, be in bed by 9:30. I've got to get back into that routine. I will.