First day of Band

So yesterday was my first day of Teaching Band at St. Francis, or so I though it was supposed to be. I get to St. Francis a little early to make copies of music, and a letter I wrote up to send to the parents that have my expectations, how not to buy an instrument at Walmart etc. I walk into the office all excited for my first day, make all the copies and I see the Principal. I walk over to say hi and he tells me "Hi Ryan, i am so sorry I heard you talking and I wanted to come tell you. I didn't send the order in for the instruments until Thursday (4 days ago!!!) so I cancelled band for today, and I was meaning to call you, but forgot." FORGOT!!! How does the Principal cancel MY rehearsal and then FORGET to call the Band Director?!?!?!? I was very pissed. If it's any consolation, he at least let me clock-in so i would get paid for coming. I was OK with that, but I really wanted to get the ball rolling on rehearsals, since I have to prepare a Christmas Concert in TWO MONTHS! What a great way to start at St. Francis :) So I just walk down to Maria Grisso's Music Room to see if, while I'm here, I could help her out at all. I get down there, and she explains to me that apparently this isn't the first time something like this has happened with the principal. He is apparently not to great with his communication skills. Then I was thinking, wait I am teaching advanced band, shouldn't these students already have an instrument? I was sort of right, yes they have their instruments but the principal cancelled band before that day so most of them didn't bring their instruments. I did, however, have some students bring their instrument. I had two flutes and a drummer show up. Great two f-ing flutes and drummer, perfect! I tried to have a lesson with what I had. So I try to do some warm-ups with them, just doing a Bb scale at first. Don't you know the one flute can read music AT ALL, and doesn't remember any of the fingerings. Awesome, this is what I wanted to be doing, teaching a flute the fingerings. I'm not a band person, I have never claimed to be a band person. I enjoyed being in band, but I never wanted to teach it. I took this job, one because I needed something, and two I was under the impression that the advanced band already knew how to play. Well I was wrong the old band director there didn't teach them shit, in fact the only credential she had was that she played guitar. So know I guess I'm going to have to teach both beginning and advanced band how to play their instrument. I'M PSYCHED!! Well hopefully on Thursday when I go into St. Francis things will be a little better, and the principal won't cancel MY rehearsal. On a better note I got an 85% on my first English Lit. Paper, and the class average was a 65%, so that put me in a better mood!