Today was a really full and fast week! I started off strong and by Friday was oh so tired. I have been smooth sailing my with fourth graders this year and only this week hit a few bumps with a behavior problem. With seventeen nine and ten year olds it's bound to happen. I was walking after school one day (freezing but I power walk or spin like my life depends on it - because it does) and I was feeling frustrated with a situation, trying to figure it all out and praying about it. By the time I was back home I felt like God had given me a few new ideas to try. Simple ones. The next day at school I did and things were better. I know I have a long road ahead of me with one particular student and there's only so much I can do since I'm only her teacher, but I feel like I'm headed in the right direction. And I thank the Lord for new ideas and answers to prayer.
Coming up this weekend Abagail goes back to college. It will be the second semester of her freshman year. The college years go by so quickly. She did really really well freshman year and we are so proud of her. But learning to live without her here is an adjustment. And when Christmas came and a really long break it was so nice to have her home with us again. I already have that knot in my stomach knowing that the 'missing' is coming again. And even though I know that she will come home for a spring break and the whole summer, I will miss her and it will 'hurt' for a while until I adjust. Sigh.
So on the agenda for this weekend will be packing. We have some things to pick up and will do some Saturday errands. {I'm not sure what happened but she needs like 100 pairs of new socks}, and will enjoy my time with her. Maybe we will be able to get a treat or two to make our time extra special. Then we will spend the afternoon deciding what clothes she wants to take back with her and pack it all up including towels, bedding, and toiletries. I will love sitting with her and helping
We have plans for a Hallmark Christmas movie for at night - one that looked so good and we never saw. We will have a cozy evening at home, all four of us...
On Sunday will be early Mass at 8:00 AM. Sometime that day we've decided that we will have teatime. I have some treats I'd like to bake and I have notes written with some things on my heart to teach my girls while we are all still together. I find the tea and sweet treats softens their hearts and gives me an open door to sharing, discussion, and lots of talking. It's one of our favorite things.
Since we are doing all of the prep and packing on Saturday Sunday will be a free day for last minute things. Sunday is always my 'home day'. After Mass I need to be home all day long. It sets my week up in a positive way when I get to just 'be' in my home. Lots of times on Sunday I do some rearranging, decorating, and even filming little parts of home to share during the week just for fun. I have a few things I'd like to get to for my teaching that I might fit in on Sunday as well. I hope to organize our calendar and a few other 'business' type things for our family on that chill day too.
Monday will have us up and headed to Fairfield (about an hour and ten minutes away). Abigail needs the whole day there to move back in, get herself settled, and walk her class schedule so she's all set. She'll be able to see her college friends and get back into the swing of things. Scott and I will come home and miss her so much it 'hurts'. Knowing that is going to happen and accepting it is okay for me. I know there is joy to look forward to. I know that I will 'get used to it' even though I will still miss her.
On Monday evening I know I will jump into some school to do list things which will take my mind off of an too empty house without Abigail. And then I will enjoy cozy flannel sheets and a good book.
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