Day 70 of Year 16:
The "first" day of school.  Officially.  Teacher inservice all day.  That and finding out I have 193 students this year.  And no beginning of the day or end of the day preps - just the nice one attached to lunch where NOTHING seems to work.  Oh, and the classroom the new teacher next to me was only supposed to be in for two periods so our kids wouldn't have to compete with noise - well, now it's all 6 periods.  And the art budget that we now all have to share instead of having our own account.  And the new teacher who was hired because he COACHES.  Did I mention that?  And I woke up at 12:45 a.m. and started to cry.

So this is the REAL beginning of Year 16, is it?

...but I still have hope and love art.