Back to work...

Where did the summer go? I look back on the summer and the beginning feels like a hazy blur that happened years ago... but I still feel like there is no way this summer should be over.  Two weeks from now I will be getting ready to start my second day of school! Yesterday I went back to my classroom, which was completely in boxes to prepare.

A lot of it is still in boxes... so I am trying not to get overwhelmed.  You see, there is a funny pressure this year, that I like to call pintrest pressure.  

This picture is my pinrest pressure... I want my class to be as cute as this pic from the two sisters blog. I mean for me as a teacher, I see so many cute pictures on pintrest and think two things: 1. When do the teachers have time to be that cute? 2.  When do teachers have time in class to do such fun things? As a teacher these days, I feel like I work at a break-necking pace... there is no extra time.  I don't remember school being like that when I was a kid, but it is the system we have to work with now.   I think the key is that I have to let go of the whole appearances thing.  In whatever I do we want to look like we have it together.  I want to look like the best.  I want the cutest most organized class in the school.  I forget what is more important than appearances.  It is more important that I show these kiddos love and teach them.  So that is my prayer today... that while I need to get things done, I will focus on the important impact of my job:)! Linking up with Bits of Splendor :) <