Summer School Has Begun!

Today was the first day of summer school. I had to report in to work by 7 AM at the latest.

I got there by 6:40 AM to be safe. I didn't do much prep over the weekend, so I wanted extra time in case I hit any snags.

And there were snags!

The building was so hot and humid all of the copy paper was curling. It made the copiers jam and the staff go into "Oh Snap!" mode.

After the initial "nothing is working and we all want to use it at the same time" flurry, the day went smoothly.

Summer programs are infamous for being hectic the first several days. You would expect a school to have all of the necessary supplies for school, but they're always locked up and no one has the right key. Kids who are signed up don't show, and kids who aren't signed up knock on the door. We'll be halfway through before things settle down!

Some teachers can't handle all the constant change. I'm used to it. On some level, I actually like the change. It creates challenges and problems to solve that aren't my fault! I like fixing things.

The job is definitely not the 9-12 that was advertised. I didn't leave work until close to 1 PM. It's not going to be the easy side-job I predicted. It's not going to be full time either, thankfully. I put in six hours today, but part of it was being proactive and making copies and organizing ahead of time.

Good thing Carrie found a new alarm clock app for our smartphones!