However, it's been almost two weeks and it's about time for an update. We had a great Valentines Day that mostly included both of us working fairly late, going out to dinner, and stopping at the grocery store for me to buy supplies for the foods lab I had the next day. We decided to go small and simple with the gifts this year and put that money towards a nice picture of the Logan temple (like this) , but it was still a wonderful day. I can't believe that February is almost over. The month has absolutely flown by.
Sometimes when I say things like that, like "This month has flown by," I have to laugh at myself. My days and weeks fly by. But when I think about how long it has been since we have lived in Logan, or even how long I have been teaching at Westlake... I feel like we have been here forever. Seriously. I can hardly even remember living in Logan. Lehi is so much our home now, I feel like we have always been here. Hmm... Maybe it's not that we have always been here as much as the fact that I feel like we belong here. Maybe I confuse the feeling of comfort of belonging with the comfort of living somewhere so long you know everything there is to know. Sorry, random.
So, David has been doing really great at his job. He seriously rocks. HBM think that he is the greatest thing since sliced bread. (Which is pretty great.) It makes me happy to see him so happy, even though they didn't give him Presidents Day off so I had to spend the day bumming around by myself instead of having him there to bum around with me.
I do lots of bumming around these days. Mostly I just sit around and eat bon-bons all day and watch the grass grow.
Yeah right.
I have been so busy lately I can barely understand how I've been able to make it through. I am amazed at how well my teaching is going, considering I am usually making up my lesson plans the day before (or morning of). I guess the good part is that my students don't know about any of that. They see this completely put together teacher that is full of incredible knowledge. Ha. But in all actuality my classes have been going great. I teach six different curricula. (curriculums? cirriculi? It's apparent that I am not an english teacher.) It is a lot of work to be preparing for six different classes AND grading papers for seven class periods. All that included - I love it. I absolutely love it. I had a pretty difficult Student Teaching experience, and there were times that I wondered if I would really enjoy being a teacher. I mean, of course I knew that I liked being in charge, and I liked having people pay attention to me. But I didn't know if I could really do it on a regular basis and still enjoy it. Turns out... I can.. and I do! There is nothing better than teaching something and having students GET it. Or showing them how to make a ruffle for their pillowcase trim and then having them do it and see the confidence and satisfaction on their face. It's awesome. However....
This morning I woke up and all I wanted to do was stay home in bed all day. That wasn't really an option. (The whole real job thing. It really puts a damper on sluffing classes.) Even though I had to get out of bed, I wanted to find my slouchiest sweats and sweatshirt and wear them all day. Instead of doing that, I got up, found my favorite grey pencil skirt, curled my hair into soft ringlets, slipped on my black high heels and headed out the door. I was a little wary of teaching all day in a pencil skirt and heels, but I knew that I needed to change my attitude right there or else there was no way I was going to make it through all of the things that I needed to do today. It totally worked. I had a great day, and I feel ready to take on the massive amount of grading that is sitting in my classroom waiting for me. I think that it is amazing how true the motto "dress for success" is. I felt better than I have all week. My students stayed on task. I was able to accomplish all of the things that I had on my to-do list (plus some!). Most of all, I had a 300 times better day than I would have if I had stayed in bed, or worn grungy clothes to school. Thank goodness for my pencil skirt and heels.
Sometimes I think about how great this life is that I live and I get overwhelmed at how blessed I am. I can't count the number of mistakes i've made, the people i've hurt, or the regrets I have. I am far from perfect. But I am grateful for how blessed I am. I am grateful for the successes I have had, the relationships I cherish, and the hope I have for the future. This truly is a wonderful life we live.
I realize that this is such a random post. I wasn't planning on writing so much, but sometimes I get carried away. I have so many thoughts bouncing around my head and it does me good to get them out. So... to end, I will leave you with this picture:
This is the project that I have been working on for weeks with one of my FCCLA students. We have seriously put in over 70 hours on this baby.
This is what it used to be:
About 5 sizes too big, covered in lace, etc... Amazing right?
