Prepping the Class

You'd think that with a gimpy foot, I'd try to limit the amount of changes I'd like in the classroom before the start of the school year, but no. I tried to conquer the world on crutches. Then I realized that since I wasn't getting the help I needed and my foot wasn't supposed to throb and feel pierced with pain, I should wait until a few weeks into the school year to give my classroom an extreme makeover.

Getting a class ready with a boot-cast, makes you realize a few things.

1. Trips across the room for any small task amount to approximately 200x/day
2. Office chairs easily double as a knee scooter to run to the bathroom or the cafeteria
3. Bush Alaska has never heard of the ADA (do you know how large the cracks are in the boardwalks or how many stairs a person has to go up and down in a day?)

 I wrote this on Rachel's birthday. Happy birthday, my love!

 Marilyn and Alice came in to help me for a while one of the days in my classroom. Thank you!

 It is always gets messier before it gets cleaner.

 This year I wrote their English and then their Yupik names on their nametags.

 I'm excited for a new school year to start tomorrow and to reunite with all my students. Let the good times roll and the learning begin!

Update for my Mother/Nurse: This is somewhat gross, but it is healing nicely and the bruising is going down.