Y'all I made it

I've moved in and I am in North Carolina as we speak...er umm..you read.

I don't have internet set up yet....(I mean why would I ? ) so I'm at the library.
I've been watching whole brain teaching videos for the past hour....and also trying to find info on brain breaks.

The move went relatively smooth. Everything got here without breaking and I love everything about my apartment EXCEPT the fact that it SMELLS LIKE STALE CIGARETTES. ughhhh. yuck yuck and yuck.

It's fine if I leave the windows open for awhile and spray gallons a few squarts of febreeze everywhere. But once it's closed up for a little it gets smelly again. rrrr

So far things I've noticed about the south:
-There is LIQUOR in the GROCERY STORE. sayyyy whaat???
-There is mellow yellow in soda fountains
-People are generally friendly even if they are creepy at the same time
-Subways (restaurants)  DO have drive thrus. saw it with my own eyes people.
-The school buses look different here. They're still yellow....but just different.
-Sweet tea. everywhere
-Melting pot of people (at least in Fayetteville where I am)

I'll update that list when the need arises. ;)

This morning I got some groceries at Harris Teeter. I really liked it but then I found out it's on the more expensive side and considered "upscale". Hmmm oh well. ha It seemed reasonable enough to me.

Also- Don't give ALL of your money to a new bank and believe them when they say it will be available in TWO days. It's a bunch of LIES people. lies.

Tomorrow I'm planning to go in to school and set up my classroom. So that's that.

My parents left this morning. I cried.

When you move to a brand new place it's easy to cry at basically anything..... mmmm hmmm.
More updates later!

Moving

Since my last post.....I have handed in my two weeks notice at my school, retail job, AND preschool.
Those two weeks flew by and I was obviously very busy! (hence no update). Lots of packing, planning, booking....and such.
Also went down to NC with Brittany last weekend to look at the apartment I thought I would like, see the school and my classroom.
First impressions of the school.....it is VERY DIFFERENT than what I'm used to. It has an open courtyard feel. It is not your traditional "one building" school. The office stands alone, and pretty much the classrooms do as well being that you enter them individually from the outside. There are "breezeways" inside of hallways, and basically the teachers never see each other.
That being said, the fourth and fifth grades have a hallway, the ONLY hallway in the place... so I'll get to feel a little bit of normalcy there.
It is a very low income area and these kids are basically living in poverty. We're talking some of them probably don't even own a toothbrush.
My class sounds like they have a ton of behavior problems.....so it should be a fun couple of months being welcomed into the teaching profession. I'm also walking right into conference week, and report cards.

My last day at South was yesterday :( Sad.
Moving day is tomorrow and we are packing up the truck today.
First day at new school is March 18th!

Sorry this is not elegantly worded....just wanted to update to be sure I record my first impressions and such.