I hate it. Its very intense at work ,and at home, its hard cause the girl is NOT in school yet so Im always pressed as to what to do with her. She was a trooper this week but come Thursday she was over being dragged to and fro.
We moved into our new building at work. Its incredible...simply gorgeous and worth the 2 year wait. Still, anxieties ran high and there were countless issues and things to take care of. Im tired today...very tired. And glad its over.
My house looks like a bomb went off. You know I dont realize how many little things that just happen daily to keep things running and organized and flowing. Simple things like, emptying the trash, cleaning out the litter, emptying the dishwasher, picking up after my family of "messies". When they dont get done daily, the wheels fall off the cart! (Although my theory is that Ive really trained my family to not pick up after themselves because they know I cant stand it and will do it so they have no motivation to do it) Im glad its the weekend and there is time to breathe and re group before the students come.
It was so interesting to me yesteday during our student orientation. We ran two groups of orientation: underclassmen and upperclassmen. What was so interesting to me was what happened to the mood and the feel of the school when they arrived. It literally came to life. It was so precious. I also saw our staff letting go of the intensity of the week and relax into doing what they do best...be teachers. There is a saying that true teachers arent made they are born into it and I do think on some level that is true. True teachers get their energy from their students and pull from that. Its an interesting phenomenon.
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We will be meeting our baby's birth parents in this next week. Please pray that it goes well. Im anxious about it...not that they will change their minds, I have great peace about that, but really more so about what to say and how to be. I want to be myself but seriously...what do you say to someone who is giving you such a self-less gift? I know God will show up and give the words, but I would appreciate prayers.
E and I were chatting yesterday and it was like..."Do you realize this time next month we will have a baby?!?!" Holy Moley!! I feel ready, at least in the sense of having all the right stuff. Her sweet nursery is all ready, (ill post pics later) we have a car seat, we have diapers, we have clothes, we have blankets...we still dont have a name though!! We thought we had one but then we hear other names and think..."Oooooooooo what about that one?!?!" I suppose when we see her we will know!!
Okay, im off to clean up my bomb shelter...lord a mighty!!
2 comments:
I know your anxiety over meeting the birth parents. I will pray for you and for them. I'm here if you need coaching... :)
And just when you think the house is clean, you look over on the couch, and there's a poop one of the cats left as a present! After the company has come and gone and you ask yourself, I surely hope it wasn't there the whole time they were here! Mortified! And laughing at the same time. Wonder who got to sit next to that thing?
Bren
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