My Good King

My schedule today: 7:00-3:15 work 3:15 rush to pick up Carlos 3:40 arrive home to get Carlos ready for his baseball game & answer an email 4:15 go to his game 6:00 pull him out of his game to pick up Ashley at her friend's house 6:30 pick Ashley up and take her to church 7:00 drop her off at church 7: 20 get Carlos ready for bed ... and finally have a few moments to myself to catch up on blogs and facebook 8:15 pick Ashley up from church 9:15 Ashley goes to bed and I get some R & R :) Hmmm ... how much do taxi drivers get??!!

That's what I feel that this job has been for me. I am constantly amazed at the many ways that God uses this job to bless me and fill me with His presence and help me to maintain His perspective about things. Today was no different. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays they always start out with a devotional for 1/2 hour before school starts. WOW. what a way to start the day--in a room of teachers (and a principal) who share your belief and depth of faith, listening to praise music & the Word, sharing prayer requests. Just a quiet reminder of Almighty God before the hustle and bustle of the day. It's so much more powerful in a group than just at home by myself. So that's how my day started. And the devotion seems to get to me every day. Then we had a staff meeting--and I must admit that I have a very jaded perspective about staff meetings. So I really wasn't looking forward to it, but I was looking forward to spending a little time with the teachers. I have to say I

Hmmm ... it hasn't really been THAT long, has it? Obviously, I'm not sticking to my New Year's resolutions. So, i think i posted that I'm a computer lab teacher now ... just Mondays and Fridays. Getting used to being a working mom again has been difficult, and as if that wasn't hard enough, I'm now a long-term sub on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in a first grade classroom. I will say I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying being back in the classroom. I do LOVE teaching, and first grade is what I'm best at ... but I will be extremely happy when the teacher's maternity leave is over, and I get my life back :) I spend so much of my life in "catch-up" mode. Always catching up on: laundry grocery shopping cleaning home projects work stuff Seems like life is a whirlwind of activity. Ashley has gymnastics for the month of March (I told her she'll have to take April off 'cause I'll be a basketcase by then ;) ) Mondays and