School Starts Tomorrow...

I swear that just yesterday it was June and somehow I woke up this morning and it was the last day of August. That means that school starts tomorrow and I cannot wait! Given that it was not all that long ago that I was having my first day of school at King's as a student, I thought it would be fun to compare my first day of 6th grade with my first day tomorrow. here we go:

6th grade:

- first day of school outfit was picked three weeks prior and probably hanging on my closet for at least a week. it consisted of a one piece dress thing that had a floral top and a denim bottom. i also wore some very clunky white shoes that looks REALLY good with my white chicken legs.

- new backpack was my first Jansport. that was a BIG deal to me. in that Jansport was my cornucopia of new schools supplies which were still in their boxes b/c I wanted everyone to know they were fresh.

- lunch, as always, was WAY better than any other lunch I would receive throughout the year. pretty sure there was a squeezit and a dunk-a-roo in there.

-no friends yet. I was the new girl. one of the first people to say Hi to me is someone I still consider a close friend today, thanks Kristen.

-david h: back then he was just one of the cute rowdy boys in my class. if I had to guess, he probably had a girlfriend within the first 5 minutes of the first day.

flash forward.

first day of school 2009:

- i still don't know what I am going to wear because...well...i don't care. probably some classic khaki's and one of my TWO new sweaters. regardless my students will look better than me so why put in all that much effort right?

- lunch will consist of a diet coke, half a baguette (picture like 8 inches of bread) and some chicken soup left over from dinner since I'm a little under the weather. no squeezit or dunk-a-roo. shoot, serious downgrade.

- no backpack, just the same janky purse that needs to be replaced. but it's yellow and I love it.

- not only do i have a rather large following of now 8th grade girls who love me but i will also instantly become the buddy of all those sad looking terrified 7th graders. I love the first day b/c all of the students are still nice...

- david H is now my husband (upgrade!) but he is out of town so he misses all the first week of school stuff. lucky for him i'll have this blog so he won't miss any stories.

keep reading...i'm sure this years 7th graders are bound to be just as funny as last year's bunch!