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crimsonfollower -> RE: June Bugs ... Women's Chat Thread (6/2/2008 6:32:12 PM)
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I hope you ladies are ready to walk the next two weeks with me, because it is only Monday, and it feels like it should be at least Wednesday or maybe even Thursday by now.
So the morning didn't start out that well. I turned off my alarm and then closed my eyes for a "second". Next thing I know, it is 15 min before I am suppose to leave for work!!!!!!!!!! So I jump out of bed and I am trying to get ready when my roommate calls out that she is leaving. I was pretty upset because she didn't ask how much longer I would be, just said that she was leaving. If she had asked, I would have told her less than 5 mins, but she had the tone of you are already late and I don't want to be late, so bye (I really don't think she was thinking mean, just my hormones getting the better of me). So by the time I got to school, I was pretty upset and found a place to cry for a few minutes. I pulled myself together and started the day. Other than a few frustrating moments with my students, the day went pretty well. Then we had staff meeting- my last one. I enjoyed the time laughing with my co-workers and making jokes since this is the last week and if we don't have things pretty well figured out by now, we are in trouble [:D] Anyway, the principal asked me to say the final prayer during prayer time. I just about lost it as I realized that it would probably be my last time to pray with/for the staff like that.
So, now it is almost 7:30 and I am tired!!! This emotional roller coaster is not going to be a fun ride over the next two weeks. And all of the goodbyes that have to be said. I found out today that one of the goodbyes is going to have to be said on Thursday because this child is leaving Friday morning. But since it will be at graduation and everybody will be crying already, it probably won't make a big difference [:D] And then all the goodbyes to the kids on Friday. I am going to be a basket case then- I can already tell.
And yet, I wouldn't trade all of this for anything. It has been an amazing two years down here and the opportunities to meet these kids and their families and to see how God has worked in their lives just continues to amaze me. The next two weeks are going to be hard, but I wouldn't trade them either.
Thanks for reading all of that. I really don't have any other place I can talk about all of this because the other teacher that is leaving with me is having her own struggles in different areas and everybody else really doesn't understand since they are staying here. Plus, I can't put anything up on any of my sites (like Facebook) because my students are on there and I don't really want them to know what I say about them yet [:D] I am sure there will be a few more posts like this one.
Now to our regular scheduled program.....
Tamara- I think if you get a chance to do a review on the professor, make mention of the fact that he doesn't know his material. And on that question, if I got it wrong, I think I would take the book to him and show him where you got the answer- and if he doesn't believe it, find some resources that back you up.
Mandy and Lacey - enjoy your summer- adulthood comes all to quick (and I am not talking about age) and then you are faced with all kinds of things!! While I wouldn't go back and do anything differently, I would enjoy that time around 17, 18, 19 when all I had to worry about what college classes and having enough money to put some gas in my car on occassion and buy some clothes. There wasn't a lot else I needed. Now I am trying to figure out how to furnish a house (and literally everything has to be bought somehow - I have nothing!!) when my first paycheck won't come till Sept!!
"faith" - do you mind me asking where in Kansas you are moving to?? Enjoy the time off (though I understand not having money- see directly above!! [:D])
hanging wash out- my mom and grandma keep telling me that I don't need a dryer - that I can just hang my wash out like I have been doing for the past two years (actually I hang it in the house, but the roof in the laundry area can move back to let the sun in). I don't really have a problem with hanging my wash out since I grew up doing that for our family and I love the smell of it being sun dried. What I don't like is in the winter when you go to get the clothes and they are still damp - even after a day or two of trying to dry in the house. That is when I will want a dryer. Somebody mentioned the dust - my family has always had that problem. My mom has been trying for years to get a tree row established so that one day the trees will stop the dust from the road and from when dad is working the fields. The trees still aren't big enough to do much good, so the clothes occassionally have a little bit of dust on them that has to be shaken out. One thing Oklahoma wind is good for- drying out the clothes [:D]
I think that is all I have for now. Sorry this was a book!! Hope you enjoyed!![8D]
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