An Open House...and a package (thank goodness)

So today was our third day of work at our new school, Gypsum Creek Middle School (GCMS). We had no meetings planned (except for a short one here or there for special groups) and had the whole day to work in our classrooms...and boy, did we need that time! Tonight was Open House, so things had to be put together for parents and students to walk around and all. It took all day, and eventually some things were made in to neat piles that we will have to finish over the weekend, but the rooms looked good overall. Open House went well. It's a much smaller event than we're used to (consider 340 or so in the entire school for grades 6-8, as opposed to the 1000+ Natalie is used to). Things went well as we introduced ourselves with our grade level teams and discussed policies for the year. We're really looking forward to the conference/workshop we have the next two days, the long weekend to get lots of work done in our classrooms, and the first day on Tuesday. It will be so exciting!

Side note: gotta give a huge shout out to Meghan. To make a long story short (or maybe not), the bank didn't get our letter to close the accounts and forward our money. So they agreed to let us email a request to close the accounts and allow Meghan to pick up our existing money (in the form of cashier check). She agreed to pick up the money and then run to the post office to over-night us the money so that we could have it in time to pay rent. "That's what friends are for..." Thanks Meghan!

Also, not sure it has previously been mentioned, but the road in front of our house that was being torn out and redone is finally completed. Hallelujah! The dust will no longer fly through our windows at such a fast rate :-)