First day of school

This was a little rough! I got to school at 7:10 to find out that I did not have electricty. I found my principal who didn't believe me, but then had to find the man who is responsible for all these things, he did not arrive until 7:40 and I didn't have lights until 8.
So I had parents who were upset with me for not having lights and kids who were super scared to have to go to a dark classroom and leave their parents. The parents stayed at school until 8:30 so I just let the kids play and did introductions to let them ease into the day. I had 7 kids in tears and a child who switched during the day to the other classroom.
I have 3 students who have still not shown up and are on vacation "for awhile" for whom I'm supposed to be saving papers and work. I have 14 boys and 8 girls.
I used a lot of Spanish throughout the day because everything I said in English two times I then said in Spanish once. Plus, with the kids who were crying I spoke in Spanish to help them feel at ease and to be able to find their seats.
Later in the morning I took my kids to their special to be told that they weren't having specials today and might not have them this week yet. Would have been nice to know BEFORE I got my kids all lined up!
I also found out that my kids have no math books even though they told me they would. They have only one English book and a notebook for writing and a blank paper one for coloring. For the Spanish teacher they have two text books and 5 notebooks. A little miscommunication there!

Okay, I think those are all the random things I want to remember from my very first first day of teaching!! :-)