NIGHTMARE!

Omg. So I just woke up... and I was absolutely terrified by what just happened! I KNOW that I am nervous about school starting now... 'cause this dream just says it all.

Well, what I remember first was seeing Mrs. Hatton, my practicum teacher from Central Elementary somewhere out and about. She was telling me about how they needed another 5th grade teacher BADLY at Central. Apparently, it sparked my interest, EVEN THOUGH I have a job at East North Street Academy and I REALLY didn't like Central Elementary. For some reason in this dream though, I was all about some Central. As a matter of fact, Central Elementary was ACTUALLY in CODE Elementary's building... it basically was Code Elementary, only it was called Central. So weird. Anyway, I really do love Code... I had the time of my life there. So, since it was Code Elementary (only named Central) I decided not to tell anyone about me not showing up at ENSA, and just show up at Central (Code). So I got to Central and Mrs. Hatton was there and so excited to see me. I sat in her classroom that first morning before the students got there. She wasn't really telling me anything I needed to know... basically we were just "chewing the fat." I was starting to get really excited because my kids were going to be some of the same kids that I had the year before when I did my student teaching (and on another note, my student teaching--at CODE--was supervised by the fabulous Mrs. Sandra Stephens... and she was AMAZING--Code Elementary's Teacher of the Year 2005-2006, mind you--and I don't know WHY she was no where in this dream... probably because she is such a well put together woman and would not at all be involved in this mess). So when it got close to time for the bell to ring, I walked out of Mrs. Hatton's room (which was actually in the same spot that was Mrs. Stephens' room at Code) and say Ms. A, who taught acroos the hall. Her room (well, "spot" because there were no walls on that side of the hall... it was like that tragic Pelham Road school) was right next to mine... mine being Jennifer's room... I dunno where Jennifer was, epecially seeing how she IS the new 4th grade teacher at Code. I saw a lot of my kids that I had last year... Cheyenne, Kendra, Mikia, Antwan... and even Zana was supposed to be in my class. It felt so good to see them, but all of a sudden something came over me that told me, I really shouldn't have been there... that I REALLY should have been at ENSA... you know, where I was hired? So, I started looking for a way out. I didn't say anything to the kids, I just walked down the hall towards the door. Now, because of the whole no walls thing, the kids could see me walking down the hall towards the door. They were all yelling and asking where I was going. I couldn't dare explain to them what was really going on. So, when I got to the front doors, I wanted so badly to leave, but the kids were still watching me. So I remembered the side doors over past the office by the kindergarten classrooms. I started to walk there when I saw kids and parents waiting outside the front door. This is so vivid to me because this really happens at Code... see the doors are always locked and you have to get buzzed into the school, or someone has to be passing by the door at the right time to see you and let you in. Ironically, the doors are right outside the hallway to the 4th and 5th grade and it is slanted diagonally away. So I knew that if I went to open the far left door, the kids wouldn't see me and I could slip out while I opened the door for the people. So, I did... and I RAN out into the parking lot and skidded down rocks and this huge hill into an empty parking lot to find only my car... only Kyle was like this ugly hybrid of a Jeep Wrangler and a Volvo. He had the body of a Volvo, but the top of him was like a Wrangler with the top off. So I threw my stuff into the Jeep/Volvo and headed for ENSA... which apparently was only 10 minutes away (even though in real life, Code is a good hour away from ENSA). Then it hit me... I had nothing prepared for the first day of school, so even when I got there, my kids would have nothing to do...

...then I woke up.