Schoooooool

Today was my first staff day at school! Here are the details:

We met at 8:30 for an all staff meeting. I did my little stand up and smile bit and felt like a huge ass when the other bluewave girl (from Jamaica) stood up and delivered a speech about how happy she was to be there.

I met with the drama department - myself and Keith, and then a part time lady named Marion - they are FAB! Totally consistent with my style (well, as close as you can get!) - they are cool, casual and have great attitudes. Keith, the head, is leaving at Christmas - he said I could be head and I went "HA - no." Marion wanted to know if I was single. And THEN they said there was going to be a musical - A MUSICAL? Oh, this is good.

I befriended a French teacher, who is also new, named Stefanie. She lived in Paris - very cool, we got coffee together.

My "buddy" is Lucy - she was new last year - helping me out along the way. We ate lunch together - it was really nice - Vegetarian pie, Baked Potato, salad (don't get me started on the concept of "salads" here).

I also met my pigeon hole buddy - Ross - we're the two Mc's right next to each other on the top shelf. He introduced me to four other PE teachers as they past, but I don't recall anyone's name. He said he was in America to teach football. Our exchange:

Me: "Now, when you say football you mean...."
Ross: "SOCCER. I'll give you this one, but we call it FOOTBALL here."
Me: "Oooo, well I'm an American Football girl - I don't know if this is going to work out."

Overall, it was a nice day. I got a lot of info, I need a lot more. Tomorrow I get trained on the computer system....hopefully we will also go over the curriculum... All in all, everyone is so nice, the school is beautiful, and I feel like I can actually fit in!

Now - I must just move into my house and befriend those individuals. World Domination. Woo hoo!