First Year Teacher- no more

My first year in my own classroom is finished. It has been an exhausting, trying, and educational year. As difficult as some challenges may have been, I would not have traded it for the world. I have really learned a ton and I'm excited that I'm not a "first year teacher" anymore.
It makes me excited for next year to possibly have an idea of what is going on. This year I lived in a disoriented state and I could not have done it without my precious 1st grade team. They are unbelievably encouraging and life giving. I'm beyond thrilled that I get to be with them next year.

In one sense it feels like yesterday that I was putting up these items in my room and hanging up my name plate, but in another it feels like a lifetime ago.

Now, it is summer and I am going to sleep because I am EXHAUSTED!