With allergy season hanging on for dear life, the past few weeks have been exceptionally torturous for my poor nose. I'm sitting on my bed watching Father of the Bride with a pile of used tissues to my right and a box of clean ones to my left. I wish I was outside doing something fun and Memorial Day-ish, but alas, it's cloudy and the freshly mowed grass is not my friend right now. Seth is working during the day and I have to go to work at 5, so I won't get to spend any time with him either. This is our crazy life right now, with our work schedules consistently clashing. We're young and neither one of us really have our "careers" under our belts yet. But ya know what, it is only making us stronger. We know that this won't last forever and we're thankful for the time we do have together. We have tons of blessings, and I know that one day we will look back on this hectic season and know we are the better for it. Short term sacrifice for long term gain.
In other news, yesterday was the last day of school. Although I still have to go on Tuesday for our closing day, yesterday was my last real day with the kids. I'm really going to miss them! They have caused me stress, but they're kids. They are gifts from God, and while I get angry thinking about some of their home situations, I know that they all have a chance to make it. I hope I was and can be a small part of helping them realize that. I'm also sad about leaving the awesome teachers I have had the privilege of working with for the past 2 years. I have grown to become friends with them, especially in the past few months. We've had some really good times while trying to keep each others' sanity intact. It's bittersweet, this moving on to a new career path. I'm excited to start cosmetology school (yes I am going back to school!) in August and I know that God has great plans for that part of my life. Excited to see what He has in store!!!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thoughts for Today
Okay, so there have been in the past few days, a few people in my life who have written beautiful posts or notes about the recent "happenings" in the world. From the tornados and floods, to the Royal Wedding, to the killing of the world's most wanted man. My best friend, Lauren, has captured the essence of how I (and I suspect many other Believers) feel about these matters. Visit her post here: http://donaldandlauren.wordpress.com
Today the third, fourth and fifth graders that I work with got to go swimming at the indoor pool at Bowling Green High School as a reward for their hard work during our grueling 3 weeks of state testing. I was the ONLY adult who actually got in the water and played with the kids, and I had a blast! That's my favorite part of what I do. I judged a few diving/backflip/cannonball contests, taught 3 girls how to swim (just the basics, and not necessarily successfully), played in a water basketball game, and smiled and laughed a lot. I am going to miss those kids next year. I will go back many times to visit I'm sure. Awful as they can be sometimes, I love them all dearly and hope and pray for their futures to be meaningful. Whether or not they are "successful" by the world's standards, I just want them to matter. That's what I pray for my own (future) children, and for myself. I want to have an impact for God's kingdom. Period. For THINE is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Today the third, fourth and fifth graders that I work with got to go swimming at the indoor pool at Bowling Green High School as a reward for their hard work during our grueling 3 weeks of state testing. I was the ONLY adult who actually got in the water and played with the kids, and I had a blast! That's my favorite part of what I do. I judged a few diving/backflip/cannonball contests, taught 3 girls how to swim (just the basics, and not necessarily successfully), played in a water basketball game, and smiled and laughed a lot. I am going to miss those kids next year. I will go back many times to visit I'm sure. Awful as they can be sometimes, I love them all dearly and hope and pray for their futures to be meaningful. Whether or not they are "successful" by the world's standards, I just want them to matter. That's what I pray for my own (future) children, and for myself. I want to have an impact for God's kingdom. Period. For THINE is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The End is in sight!
3 1/2 more weeks and school is officially out for the summer! Today was our last (finally) day of state testing, my precious little 3rd graders had to take a 2 hour IQ test this morning that was actually... kind of hard. They did their best and were completely worn out by the end of it, so for the afternoon we had a cookout with yummy grilled hot dogs and watched the movie Barnyard. They loved it and we got to relax a bit. Tomorrow we're taking the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders swimming at the pool at BGHS, so they are pumped about that. Almost there...
Seth has this Friday off for the first time in probably 3 or 4 months, so we are going to have date night! I can't wait. Shopping Friday afternoon for things around the house, dinner, then out with friends afterwards for good conversation and fun (not to mention a b-day celebration for Elizabeth)! Being a grown-up is hard a lot of the time, but it has its perks. Hard work pays off and life is nothing without faith, family, and good friends.
I considered blogging about the recent joys (Will & Kate's wedding), tragedies (tornados in AL) and... well whatever you want to call OBL's death. But at the moment, all of that is a bit heavy for me. Maybe I will have more to say next time I log on, but for now, I will marinate in my own thoughts and let you marinate in yours. After all, the longer you marinate the juicier the meat.
Seth has this Friday off for the first time in probably 3 or 4 months, so we are going to have date night! I can't wait. Shopping Friday afternoon for things around the house, dinner, then out with friends afterwards for good conversation and fun (not to mention a b-day celebration for Elizabeth)! Being a grown-up is hard a lot of the time, but it has its perks. Hard work pays off and life is nothing without faith, family, and good friends.
I considered blogging about the recent joys (Will & Kate's wedding), tragedies (tornados in AL) and... well whatever you want to call OBL's death. But at the moment, all of that is a bit heavy for me. Maybe I will have more to say next time I log on, but for now, I will marinate in my own thoughts and let you marinate in yours. After all, the longer you marinate the juicier the meat.
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