First post: Welcome to my life as a first year teacher!

In early August, Barks and I (loaded with a trailer full of furniture that my family graciously donated to me and my best friends, Jessica and Travis for muscle) headed to the big city: Lampasas, TX.  I found out in July that I would be teaching tenth grade chemistry.  Crazy, right?  Especially since I had to take organic chemistry twice and biochemistry four times!  Oops.  Thanks Mom and Dad for all those tuition dollars- I promise I tried REALLY hard in those classes-it was seriously the professor!   Lampasas is a small town that feels even smaller.  Everybody knows your name and your business, and is willing to tell anyone who asks!  People here are great though.  The teachers at my school have all been extremely helpful, and are incredibly kind and always willing to listen or give much needed advice.  My mom graduated from LHS a few years ago, so I have big shoes to fill in this town.  Most everyone remembers her, but everyone ALWAYS remember Gram and Pap.  They were just as popular in Lampasas as they are in Marble. 

It is now the 9^th week of school.  I can hardly believe it.  At the same time, I find myself counting down the days until Thanksgiving break.  (28 days)  However, I am FINALLY finding my groove in school and things are starting to slow down, so I wanted to keep a blog to remember my first year.  Today, I had a student leave me a note on my desk.  My students think I am the most evil teacher to walk the halls of Lampasas High School, so I was expecting a hatred filled letter telling me how I was ruining her life.  I was extremely surprised to find what this sweet girl had to say.  She wrote me a letter thanking me for my work and telling me how much she enjoyed me as a teacher.  She apologized for the “people who treated me like crap” and told me how much she was learning in my class.  Made Ms. Hoff cry-cry!   After the hell-week I had last week, I really needed some small sign that I was getting through to these little teenage turds!! 

Out of school, I am finding paying for bills, insurance, cable, internship fees, and groceries leaving my bank account EXHAUSTED.  The advice from my dad, “Court, it never stops.”  Haha Thanks DAD!  In all seriousness, a very special thanks to my family and friends for getting me to this point in my life.  Mom, Dad- couldn’t have ever done it without you.  Thanks for all you do.  Love you. 

Still new to the blogging world, so cut me some slack on my first few boring entries. 

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