Inside the Library

I really wish I was 'Outside the Library' because 'inside the library' is a disaster right now.  There are so many things going on that I am going nuts!  My library is always an active place but right now it is just crazy.  Each of my 5 grade levels are in the process of finishing up their unit study of fairy tales so there are props strewn around.  I have 3 different reading celebrations happening in the next 5 days so there party supplies and permission slips stacked everywhere.  I am trying to get the library in good shape to end this school year and begin the next (without me, of course) so there are piles of books everywhere waiting: to be processed, to be weeded, to be fixed, to be shelved.  And...I haven't even started thinking about the inventory that I will be starting next week.  YIKES!  I am sooooo looking forward to my upcoming adventure.

The Journey has 'Officially' Begun....The Paperwork Phase, Anyway!

I have taken the first step...I have mailed my retirement packet back to The Texas Teacher Retirement System to begin the retirement process.  Next step, I will make my application for a Turkish Work Visa next week.  We have already found an agent to lease our home, we will sign the papers and put it on the market in the next few weeks.  We have our travel documents in order (or will have as soon as we get our visas).  Now all we have to do is all of the packing, yuck.  This is the part that I REALLY dread, but I have a plan...I just need to implement it, and DO IT!  So that is what I will do....starting today.