typical work frustrations

Yesterday at school was as bad as the day before was good. I was at school for more than ten hours "preparing" for my lessons, which officially begin today. Today I teach three classes, and when the younger kids begin class next week, I will have about five or six classes a day to teach. The problem with yesterday was that I had no clarity. No instruction, no direction, only a pile of syllabi and a room full of text books I had to try to match to the correct syllabi. I asked for help, and the director's assistant picked my books out for me and handed them to me. I finally figured out how to follow the books and I planned the first lesson, with flashcards from clipart to help the kids with the vocab words of the day, and at the end of the day I found out I had the wrong books... the entire day was a gong show and completely unproductive. Today I am going to plow through lesson planning and be ready hours before my first class, which starts at 6:30.