I'm back to work. Students come for their classroom visit Tuesday. You would think I would be plenty ready by this point. This is my 6th year teaching 1st grade, which I must say, seems crazy. Since I contracted the rearranging bug from my mom, I can't help myself but change the design of my classroom every year. Often it is given further small face lifts through out the year.

Anyway, I spent the first part of the week trying to make sense of the disaster I created in my journey to create the optimal first grade learning space. Then, I decided it would be a good idea to repaint the cabinets around my sink area. The trouble with this is that there are 4 layers of paint. One is an oil-based graffiti paint that won't allow anything you put over it to stick. This is actually the whole reason I took on the project. The coat of paint that was applied over the glossy peach graffiti paint is chipping badly and looks like a wreck in my opinion. To make any improvements I have to sand the surface down to the bare wood. I honestly thought this would be a 2 day project; sanding one day and painting the next. Oh no, no, no. I've had some parent help but I've definitely been involved with the "hard labor". I'm ready for this project to come to an end. I think I'll be happy in the end that I went through all the trouble. I think.