Tired

Wake up at 5:00am, get ready, fill water bottle, kiss hubby good-bye. The girls are still asleep. Drive to work while it is dark. Eating oatmeal. Arrive to work, open door, turn on lights, heater, radio and computer. Set down purse. Talk myself into another great day. Organize and prepare for the school day to start. Copies, cleaning, memo's, meetings, teachers.

The MyMy enters the room. She gives me my lunch, along with a big hug and kiss. I ask her how she slept. I fix her hair and give her a few minutes. She walks with me to make more copies holding hands. I miss seeing her in the morning, and she misses me. Soon, 8:30 arrives and it is time for me to begin the show.

Students walk in. Teach, question, respond, encourage, uplift, embolden, review, remind, model, praise, adore, read, write, speak, laugh, give, take, correct, reprimand, love.

Lunch time. Another working lunch. Read and respond to email. Eat. Read an educational article. Correct. Cut, staple and type.

More students. More encouragement, teaching, praising, correcting, observing. Many times striving for more patience. Trying to keep my cool. Afternoon students are difficult.

The end of the day. The girls come in. Quickly ask how their day went. Get them started on homework. Tutor students because I can't say no.

Check-out, turn computer, lights and heat off. Grab papers to correct, and novel to finish. Leave with girls.

Drive. Drive to dance, soccer, basketball, piano, activity days, swim, friends, haircuts, the grocery store. Drive. Work on homework while waiting for practice to finish. Work on homework while driving.

Drive home. Make dinner. Feed family. Family does clean-up. Check my email. Work on church, pta, school or house work. Remind kids to feed fish, shower, pack for dance etc.

Prayers and sometimes scriptures. Kisses, hugs, and bed.

Repeat again until the weekend.

Saturday. Clean floors, toilets, kitchen. Do laundry. Go grocery shopping. Prepare for Sunday primary.

Sunday. Church meetings, and church. No teachers. Find teachers or teach myself. Take care of crying or misbehaving children. Sing. Sharing time. Bear testimony. Feel the Spirit and cry. Remember it is all worth it. Come home, make dinner for family and friends that visit on Sunday. Family cleans. Thank goodness! Correct papers, finish lesson plans, phone calls home. Prepare for week. Schedule for another week.

Sometimes, time for blogging, lunch with friends, a walk, a nap, dinner with hubby. Not enough though.

One day I will miss all of this I am told.

In the meantime........I'm tired.

Turn Around

Where are you going
My little one, little one
Where are you going
My baby, my own

Turn around and you’re two
Turn around and you’re four
Turn around and you’re a young girl
Going out of the door

This song was going through my head when I saw this picture.



Yep, she is still little! Thank goodness!

ShamWhat?

The LuLu just completed her last and final science fair. This event, dare I say, was not thrilling for any of us. This was our 3rd science fair, and we were already tired after the first one. However, like good pioneers, we endured to the end, realizing that this would not really be the end because the MyMy would begin the process next year.

The LuLu decided to pick a topic that really interests her. She loves commercials, and is amazed with what they sell. She has been fascinated with the "ShamWow!" product for years, and has begged us to purchase one. We have not. So, when the science fair rolled around again, this was her chance to really see if the ShamWow! was as amazing as the commercial portrayed it to be.



The LuLu put the ShamWow! up against other like products such as the Chamosis and The Absorber. She wanted to find out which product would absorb the most water. Chamosis came in first, The Absorber came in second, and the ShamWow! came in third place. The results were heart-wrenching for the LuLu. How could the ShamWow! betray her? It made her wonder about other commercials selling their products. Are they too good to be true also? I guess we will leave those mysteries for the MyMy to decipher. We have 4-years of science fairs ahead of us.



Despite the awful news, the LuLu took first place in "the other" category. Not all that ends bad, is bad I guess! Congratulations go out to the LuLu and Derrick for another job well-done!