Thinking takes a lot of Energy!!

Today I met with my colleagues at Panera to do some work for the new school year.  We all are teaching the same courses this year and are supposed to common plan so that we are all doing the same things.  This is the first year that we have really come together to put four powerful brains together to create some very unique ideas!!! We decided to try Interactive Notebooks this year, so we are all trying something new together.

It's great - in the past we, the members of our science department, have all been very cordial and professional with each other but we didn't know each other very well, with the exception of my BFF Annette :-).  Last year Annette and I became much closer with one of our colleagues while the other was out on maternity leave and unfortunately was only part time at our school.  This year we are really coming together.  What makes me happy is that not only are we being professional and respectful but it seems like we really genuinely are liking each other's company!  It's so pleasant and not to toot my own horn or anything but we are all very intelligent and come with a wealth of experience so I am happy to plan and share with my department.  We planned out our whole first unit for one course, a few weeks for another, and came up with some ideas for common rules, etc. 

This is what the public doesn't understand about teachers - we just spent almost four hours on a SUNDAY of Labor Day weekend working!! We do work in the summer - just from home (I should be doing a flipchart right now LOL!!!)! I'm happy to do it but I wish that teachers weren't perceived as "Public Enemy # 1".  Sure, some people don't do their jobs but they aren't the majority. 

What I have forgotten about, having been on a glorious summer vacation for the past two months, is how exhausting it is to THINK that much!!!  When I came home Chad was ready to go to the Chicken Wing Festival (annual Buffalo tradition!) and I could barely think straight.  Next week is going to be rough!  I know that once I get back into the swing of things it will be just fine...my brain just needs to adjust to real life.  I'm sure the hormones aren't helping much...

...speaking of which...that's what this blog is supposed to be about so here is a picture of all of the medications I have to take nightly now that I am quickly approaching "ER Day" (Egg Retrieval).  I still won't know exactly when it is but it will probably be within about a week or so.  I am starting to feel a lot better (knock on wood!!!) as far as the headaches and general lack of a will to get off the couch go.  I know from experience that I will probably get tired quickly, bloated, and very crampy as I approach ER day but I'll take that over a migraine any day!  I even got a Lupron-related hot flash the other day and could have cared less!!  I know all of this will be worth it in the end...and knowing what I have experienced from my first two pregnancies - it's just gonna' get worse!!  Bring it on :-)