['I was anticipating the first day of school for a few days', 'A new school year can be a pretty exciting thing.  Is it a new school year for you or your child?', 'It is for me, first day at high school!']
Highschool was a long time ago for me, but from what I remember I had great times.
I was anticipating the first day of school for a few days. It was going to be the first day in High school