Today was the first day for teachers to report for pre-planning. I found this out by looking at my phone after waking shortly after 9:30am and experienced a solid moment of PANIC. How could I have not set my alarm – what was I thinking? – how was I going to explain this. But the panic subsided as I realized this was going to be my new norm. Teachers were going to be scheduled and “memo-ed” and directed and I was going to be sitting on the sidelines watching it all go down. It was an odd sensation of sadness as these “first” days were always my favorite – – but I woke up determined to find my new “first day”. I am not exactly sure what that will look like. I need to both treat and challenge myself. Likely, though, it is not going to involve getting up anywhere near 6:30 in the morning.