Last year, about this time, I posted about how I have bad dreams before school starts. You can find that post here.
Well it's that time again.
The bad dreams have already started.
I started working in my classroom on Monday so I think that's why they have started. I have a to-list a mile long, and I just can't stop thinking about school. When I finally fall asleep at night, the last thing on my mind is always school, so all my dreams are about school.
So far I have dreamed that they put all boys in my class, then I dreamed that I had all the special ed kids, all the ESL kids, all the speech kids and all the requests. All the teacher were mad at me because I had kids they were supposed to have. I also had a dream that I turned on a video for what was supposed to be 10 minutes long, but I couldn't get it turned off so we watched TV all day. My principal was secretly watching through a window so I got in big trouble. Last night's dream was the worst. It was mass chaos. I forgot to bring nice clothes for Meet the Teacher so I met all my parents in my work out clothes. Meet the teacher is from 4-6, but everyone came at 4 so I had parents mad at me for not talking to them right away. I was totally not prepared for them to be there. I didn't have any of the notes or take home stuff out for them and I didn't have any of my cabinets cleared out for them to put supplies up. I was so stressed in my sleep.
The funniest thing about all these dreams is that I did a lot of preparing for this school year at the end of last school year. I am very ahead of the game and ready to go. And I have 3 years of experience in Kindergarten. I guess all teachers just get a little anxious before school starts.
This morning I woke up at 6:45 to pack Matt's lunch and chat with him before he left for work. I usually just wake up and get out of bed when he leaves, but I decided to stay in bed this morning. I forgot to set my alarm, so I slept until 10am. I never to that. Ever. That should tell you how tired I am and how restless I am at night.
If you think about it, say a prayer for me and all the teachers out there. We need lots of good rest before the 1st day of school.
I slept until 10 too. NOT because i'm lazy, but because Carson woke me up at 3 and I couldn't go back to sleep until 6.
ReplyDeleteKaty, I always had back to school dreams. My dreams were always that I left the kids unattended and then couldn't get back to them. It's about this time of year I also keep paper and pen on my nightstand so I can write down the things that are going round and round in my brain :)
ReplyDeleteWill be praying all goes well!