I got very little sleep last night - I tossed and turned laying awake with anxiety over the coming school year, my husband's job prospects, and Great American Stories: This is a class I'll be teaching this year, and it's a team-taught class with a History teacher.

Despite the fact that a friend of mine who teaches history wanted to take the history portion so we could teach together, someone else pulled rank on her and took it. I was apprehensive to work with this person because the simple act of getting together to talk this summer has been basically impossible (he is all over the place and expectintg a child on top of it all).

We need to basically revamp the curriculum for the class since it is a elective and has not been taught in 4 years, and with 65+ kids currently registered, it seemed like a daunting task. We had to not only rework curriculum, but also figure out how to deal with nearly 70 kids taking one class together! However, after finally hooking up today, we came up with some really great stuff as well as a solid schedule in our school's forum (auditorium seating and large projection screen system, very cool) and in the library for reasearch.

That takes away some of the worry, and as we head north for the next few days to visit old friends in our old town, I hope that I can let go of stress before the school year even arrives. I've just cleaned the house in a fever while hubby is at a work meeting because my parents and aunt and uncle will arrive shortly after we get home from up north on Friday to visit for the weekend.

This time of the year is always busy with celebrations, and this year is no different, although we have landmarks to clebrate: my (yikes) 30th birthday, my mom's 56th, my parent's 38th wedding anniversary, and us finally settling into our new house. Next weekend is the actualy housewarming, with lots of out-of-town guests, and the week after DMB at Alpine Valley. Then, it's back-to-school!

So for now I'll do my best to enjoy the last few weeks of freedom...