Fabric vs. School
August is always a whirlwind as we report back to school, but this one especially so. Due to a summer project of asbestos removal from my school, everything from my classroom was boxed up by the last day. A healthy 49 boxes plus classroom furniture. I think I was avoiding thinking about the fact that it would all need to be unpacked in August. Construction completed, our school opened two days before teachers were to report back for an in-service week. I attended all in-service activities and spent an extra 43 hours setting up my room. Not a healthy state of mind to walk into a classroom of kids so utterly exhausted. In that depleted state, I embraced the first cold germ to enter my room and endured a head cold that first week as well. Needless to say, that was the one week of the year that I did not touch a single fabric project. Survival mode! During that first miserable week, ray of sunshine. I walked into my room after an afternoon meeting to fin