You Know It's Time...

You know it’s time to go back to school when:

* You have finally learned to sleep in until 9:00 a.m.

* The road construction project begins on your route to school.

* The outside temperature finally rises above 80 degrees.

* You have absolutely no idea what day of the week it is anymore.

* You finally decide where to go on your summer vacation. (Oh well, maybe we'll actually go somewhere next summer.)

* You realize you will never get caught up with scrapbooking.

* You miss spending the days with seven and eight year olds.

* You prefer to listen to a DVD on Differentiated Instruction rather than mop the basement floor.

* Your dog looks like she’s waiting for you to leave the house, so she can have some time to herself.

* You’ve read over 20 books during the last two and a half months.

* You look forward to meeting your new second graders.

After spending several days at school this week preparing my classroom, we have teacher meetings all next week and begin classes on August 31. I'm excited about everything except the "getting up early" part. I'm especially eager to meet my new students and say hi to students from previous years.