From 3rd grade to Kindergarten in a matter of HOURS

Tuesday morning 8:35 AM, Curtis band hall for 3rd grade math curriculum training:

There's a message on my cell phone from our school secretary requesting me to call back as soon as possible because has a question to ask me.8:30AM:
The question was "Would you consider teaching 2nd grade instead of 3rd?"
My reply was "Sure! That's the grade I have wanted to teacher forever!"
Her reply was "I'll call you in a few hours when Mr. Junco (the principal) makes a final decision.

9:00AM:

I received a message from my mom who was in meetings at the school (she's one of the resource teachers) to call her as soon as possible.

9:01AM:

I call my mom and she asks me "Would you teach Kindergarten this year?"
I reply (in a very confused tone) "Sure? and do you think I can do it."
Her reply was "absolutely, you'll love the team!"
My reply was "please put Mr. Junco on the phone."
Mr. Junco asks me to reaaaaally think about it, but said that he would be forever grateful and the next year I have the first option of moving grades if I want to.
I replied, of course I would love too.
His reply was "Awesome, and you don't even have to move rooms!!"
My reply was WHAAAAAAT?? ( my room is definitely in the 3rd grade hallway FAR away from Kindergarten".
This would be the point when I started freaking out a little.
His reply was that "no matter what, someone in one of the grade levels would have to be separated from their team."
My reply was "Of course, I'll stay where I am."

11:30AM luncheon in Curtis Cafeteria:

I receive a phone call from my mom saying that one of the 1st grade teachers would not mind trading rooms with me so that she would be separated from her team instead of me since I was a first year teacher. WOW! How AMAZING is she?? On the other hand that means I would have to take down EVERYTHING that myself and others had worked so hard to put up, but alas, it was a done deal. The switch would happen.

11:40AM:
I receive a phone call from my "mentor teacher" who was also my 3rd grade team leader asking if I was okay, and that she would be up at the school when I got done with training to help with everything. It was a this point, I almost start crying. I had to attend another 3 hour curriculum session which I did not hear a word of because I was trying to wrap my head around the idea of teaching Kindergarten and ALL that I needed to get done.

4:00 PM:

I arrive at my school to find that EVERYTHING from both rooms had been moved into the correct places. I had a HUGE stash of Kindergarten furniture, books, manipulatives, games, puzzles...you name it, waiting for me outside my classroom next to my door that was decorated with border and my name. My parents and several of the teachers at the school had worked extremely hard and fast to get that all accomplished before I was finished with training. I'm forever grateful to all of them. How AMAZING is the school I'm at??

The neat part about all this is that the room I am in now was my first classroom at Story Elementary in 1993 when I was in 2nd grade and it's now my first classroom as a teacher. I suppose it was meant to be. I AM a Kindergarten teacher and I couldn't be more excited!

I promise I'll take pictures and post them once things a little more organized!!