Quick Report on Day 1

Today was my first day back at work, kinda of. It was a workday, so the kids weren't there. You would think it would be relatively stress-free, right? WRONG! I am so overwhelmed it's not funny, and I'm expected to be an effective teacher tomorrow. I am now in survival mode and just trying to convey the information in as simple a fashion as possible and still have them learn what they need to know. The teachers all met for lunch today, and we spent 1 1/2 hours (30 minutes more than we were supposed to be gone) talking about all this craziness that's going on and what we can do about it. As usual, we left feeling frustrated and helpless. At what point is my mental health more important than my financial health? I really want to tell the principal that I can't do this. I don't have a long-term commitment since I'm waiting to see if they'll extend my contract. But with one more semester of work we could have our credit card paid off and then some. I just don't know.