It's Over! All Moved Out!!

Today was my last day at school in Clayton County. It was quite uneventful. I watched a movie and played games with colleagues.

I finished packing and cleaning out my room on Monday and Tuesday so it was a relaxing day.

I thought I would be more emotional than I was. But the day just went by. There was a meeting at 2pm where Dr. Cloud, the principal, went over bus schedules for next year and accolades for those who had done a great job this year. She wished me well and told everyone that she would go too but there is an age limit and she is over the limit. Everyone got a great chuckle out of that! She has been a great administrator and extremely supportive of my desire to teach abroad. I have been blessed to work for her this year.

Oh, and by the way, there is NO room left in the storage unit!!!

The Packing of My Classroom Room – 14 years of collecting

Nope! No time to relax!

Now it is time to clean out my classroom.

My Mom says it would take 3 large moving vans to move from their home (they have been in the same house for 26 years) – that’s the way I felt when I looked around my classroom but I soon realized that I could definitely part with some of the “stuff”.  I started gradually sorting, tossing, giving away and packing.


My colleagues have had a blast going through my stuff and taking what they want. There have been many questions about where I am going and what will I be doing and teaching. I have welcomed each of these questions.


Each afternoon, I load my truck with as many boxes as I can (or that have been packed) and take them to my storage unit. Each box is carefully loaded into the storage room so that if I need it, mom will be able to locate what I need and can send it.


And so the cleaning, packing, sorting and storing continues.