SINGING???

Okay, it is official--I am crazy! I let Freda and Nanci talk me in to singing in the church choir. I felt confident going in --- that was until I heard all the sopranos sit together. I NEED to be a 2nd soprano----not with the real ones!!!! Oh well, it was fun and a bit relaxing!! Not as relaxing as Atlanta Rhythm Section in the shower, but nonetheless relaxing!

Exahustion and Thankfulness

The last week of school just drains me! The new Doc in Macon says that is one reason to lose weight. (He doesn't understand the stress of the job makes me eat!) Today is the big moving on banquet and I am glad we are almost done. As I reflect over the year with this class, God has been very kind to me. So many of mine had not done well in fourth grade and had to pass the fifth grade test to move on. Thankful only one will be retaking the test.

However, if I thought rest was in my future, I was wrong!!! As soon as school is out I need to hop in the car and get over to Augusta and do a 3 day horse show. How many teachers really have second jobs? I do enjoy my horseshows, but I am drained right now.

I need to practice being thankful. I'm thankful I have a second job that doesn't demand too much. Also, that on most days I can still remember why I wanted to be a teacher. I'm thankful for a husband who has never been afraid of hard work. And for children who on most days are pretty good kids. (Even if one of them does pull out the most obscure chess move in the book at the wrong time during a tournament.) I'm thankful for friends. But mostly, I'm thankful that on the worst day imaginable, God gave me the ability to find something worth laughing about.

Random Thoughts

I have spent the entire weekend working on a paper for my doctorate class. Just like I spent Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter! I know when this is over it will all be worth the work.

Today, I learned a valuable lesson--trust my instinct. My research is particular to my everyday work, I know it better than others. So I am hanging up doubt and fear today and pressing forward.

I want to learn to enjoy the mundane! My life is full of the ordinary, every day stuff. There is cooking, cleaning, work, research, and mounds of laundry! There are no fun vacations to the beach or the mountains. In an effort to take a break, the hubby and I will be headed to Oklahoma for my 30th class reunion in June. It will be a hurried trip since I have a conference the first part of the week and need to get back to get Gabe off to children's camp. In three days we will make the whirlwind visit with family and friends.

But for today I will enjoy the mundane!