brain overload

I have been in new teacher training all week. First of all when you haven't gotten up at 6am all summer long, it sure is hard!! I am so tired and so drained from all of the info given and a lot of it is very repetitive. I keep telling everyone that info is going in my brain and it is being filed, but the file cabinets are locked and I can't find the key right now. LOL!

I finally got into my room. They are doing construction on our buiding. Part of that construction has caused the entire 2nd grade to move to new (not brand new, just new to us)classrooms. So, my classroom use to be the computer lab. It has a pole right smack dab in the middle of the room that has a drop line in it for the compters. I have been told that eventually it will be removed, but it is unknown when. This tells me that will happen fter school starts. Here are the comments I have received from others regarding the pole:

Pole dancing is good exercise.

You could use it to raise money for the PTA.

It seems fitting that you were the one to get the room with the pole.

Where's the strobe light?

You could use your abilities from your Carmen Electra's Striptease Aerobic video with that pole.

Needless to say it has been pretty funny.

I have no idea how I am going to get my room ready in time for meet the teacher night which is one week from today. And school starts on the 27th, ugh! A little anxiety is going on here. I work well under pressure, but this is a lot of pressure. Thank goodness a smile goes a long way.

I thought I would take some before pics of my room:

This is the view from the door looking in.

See what I mean about the pole being right in the middle of the room?

This is the view from my desk looking at the door.

Here is my pole and me :)

If you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at?