This picture represents my highest hopes and dreams for this new school year:

But given the fact that I am more outnumbered than ever before, and that I am pulled in more directions than ever before, and that we are busier than we have ever been and have I mentioned that I have a middle schooler to teach now? Oh, and I'm way less prepared and organized at the start of this year than I ever have been.

So while that might be my dream, I think this might be closer to my reality: