It's off to work I go. Well, there are only 7 more weeks of school so this assignment will pass by very quickly! Yesterday as I was teaching, I realized that maybe working in the business world is not such a bad thing! The second grade teacher left sick and asked me to watch her class as well as my own. OMW - they were horrible! There was a time when I could handle 500 kids with no problem, but yesterday 42 were too much for me! I had an out of body experience!
Zack actually enjoyed school yesterday and admitted that he likes Mrs. Wayland! This is a great step in the right direction. She was surprised that he only learned his capital letters! It is so far into the year that he should have been taught to use both capitals and lower case; however, she said he is very bright and picks up on things quickly. This is what I expected to hear from his last teacher but never did. She only told me that he wants to hear that he has done a good job too much! So his little world is coming together.
Sophia got to pick something from the treasure box yesterday. She wanted a few of you to know, but I wasn't able to have her call. She has been waiting since March 17th to dig into that box. She had to earn 10 stickers to do so, and she was beyond jazzed. When I picked her up from school, she was in a room all alone with a little boy. I peeked in, and they both jumped. I was like, "OMW"! I asked her what they were doing, and she said she wouldn't tell me. Finally she told me he asked her to marry him! I guess I got a little overprotective because I talked to the teacher about not wanting her alone with the little boy. Something just didn't feel right, and I think it's better to go with my intuition on this one. So I risked being "THAT MOTHER"!
After school, we did our Gatorade run and hit the park for some play time with the friends we've made there. Each day the kids are invited to go to someone's house, and each day, they're bummed that they can't. The park will have to do for now! I enjoy pushing them on the swings kicking the ball around and seeing them enjoying life. It's good for them to see me happy too! So right now, the park is our elixir and in many ways my escape of reality.
I had an awesome dream last night. I had been having recurring dreams for a few months about what has transpired over the past month so I'm hoping that just maybe my good dream is a good sign. I don't know, but it is worth a tiny bit of hope!
I've been melancholy lately, but I'll admit that it is me struggling with what "The Shack" would call The Great Sadness. At some point, I'll stop carrying it around and give it to God who is much more able to carry it than I am. For now, I continue to pray my prayers of truth that still sound something like a discontented child.
Next book on my list: Abba's Child by Brendon Manning
And tonight: My Next Class Session
2 comments:
wow, a marriage proposal already?
Funny you should mention your teaching experience, this morning as I was driving Kriska to school I was thinking about you going back to teaching and wondering what that may be like. Because after all a mom is also a teacher at home. I quickly came to the conclusion that it is not for me up to 4 may be all I can handle.
Glad to hear you are all back into a routine, it makes life easier for them and ultimately for us too. Park is also a saving place for us, unfortunately I don't get to take her but Babushka does, everyday for two hours so that she can play with all her firends she has made over there.
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