Frozen

No, not the Madonna song. (I'm not sure I've actually ever heard that song, only heard of it). No... frozen refers to how I felt when a member of the Primary Presidency asked me to stay after church to talk with her. I reacted very much like I did three years ago when I was asked to meet with the school director where I worked. I felt frozen with worry about what I had done this time that warranted being talked to. Can you believe it? I worried that this sister was going to tell me that they decided my class was too big and they needed to divide it, that a parent had mentioned she felt it was better for her two girls (one biological, the other adopted). Then, I thought it was sure to be about our newest class member (only newest because he hadn't come until July) and how his mother expressed that her son didn't feel comfortable in my class, that it wasn't fun enough, and that he didn't want to come. But, then I thought maybe it had to do with our upcoming Primary program. And I recognized very quickly that I was reacting very negatively. I kind of put it from my mind, then, and figured whatever it was, I would deal with it later. And what do you know, it was just a quick meeting to see how I was doing and if I had any concerns or needs as a teacher. Since our Primary President asked me pretty much the same thing last week, I guess I had expected something different or assumed that the two had talked and made a decision about something. But, we just had a fabulous talk and I expressed my delight in being able to teach my class. She thanked me for doing a wonderful job and specifically for teaching boundaries and expectations. She indicated that several teachers struggled with this. Oh, how ironic the whole thing was. And a very ironic blessing too.

I am grateful for ironic blessings :-).

Es regnet (It's Raining)!

Ah....So thankful for the rain. Cools us down, gives me a little break from watering (though unfortunately not mowing), and just changes things up. I love it! So glad we get some today.

Grateful (and always will be) for the rain! My kind of precip.

Pushing Through

I find myself quite tired today. I've been quite tired all week, the result of late nights last weekend working on finances, taking a nap on Sunday (even though I knew it would cause problems), and then not being able to sleep Sunday night. But, what do you do but push through, try to make good use of your time even though you are popping in and out of motivation so quickly that it's as if you never had any. These are the days (the times) when a little doing goes a long way. Gotta hold on to those little successes. And take lots of breaks to get through the day (i.e. a break to write a new blog post--ha!).

I am grateful for little successes on a day like today.