First Day Complete

The beginning of my school year got off to a rocky start. Last night, we took Bennett into the ER. He was running a high fever, was cranky, drooling, runny nose, not eating, etc. We gave him a lukewarm bath and his hands and feet turned blue and he was shaking. We packed him up and drove in at 8:00. After looking at the waiting room, we realized it would be a long night. So, I called my sister (thank goodness for a nurse in the family!) and she gave me some things to try at home. We ended up leaving the ER at 9:00 with the probability of not being seen until around 11:30. This morning, he woke up a complete bear--I've never heard him cry that much!! Ryan left school today to take him to the doctor and of course, it's a virus. Thankfully, his fever has broken and he seems more like himself, but it was definitely not the start to the school year I was hoping for. And we can't take him back to daycare yet, so not sure what the plan will be for tomorrow--as my wise sister said, "Welcome to being a working mother."
Anyway, first day was a breeze! I love looping because I got all my kids back from last year and the day went really smoothly. I have four new students, three of which are going to be such a joy. The other is . . . well . . . a bit challenging. I had one dad who was upset because things weren't as organized outside this morning (which was not my doing), I had one child crying uncontrollably and had to go to the office to calm down, and my challenging student from last year was in rare form--was peeking under bathroom stalls, then was caught by a teacher and continued to say he didn't do it, was name calling, and goofing. Welcome back! I am looking forward to all the new things I get to teach and I think I'm going to like what 1st grade has to offer--less prep and more independance on the part of the kids. Not that I'm counting but 1 down and 179 days to go :-)