Plans Are Always A-Changin'

Talk about changing things up! Last night, I was supposed to meet our 4 potential Honor Stars at the church for their final test. One of the girls' mom had called and let me know she couldn't be there. Ok, reschedule her. Then, on the way home from work, another one of the girls called and said she wouldn't be able to be there either. Ok...hmmm...reschedule both of them for Friday.

After I got home, I got to thinking, "Why would I want to have two test nights???" So, I called the other 2 girls and found out that it would work for them to wait and take the test on Friday too...well, until one of them said, "Oh, wait. I have a b-day party on Friday." *sigh* She'll take her test on Sunday instead. Nothing like pushing this out later and later, is there?

So, I took advantage of not testing last night and had them go ahead come an hour early to work on memory work. Fortunately, the two who couldn't be there last night to test were both there on Friday to study. So the two who were there hadn't had a study session for this test. It worked out. The good and bad part of it was that, once we went to our classroom at 7 to start class, we realized they were the only two there! They wouldn't have needed to come early to begin with! lol Oh well...

Soooo...the girls will test tomorrow night. We will completely finish up with 3 of them. The 4th will finish up completely on Sunday. In fact, I'm going to have to call our District Coordinator and let her know that we'll have some Honor Stars this year...since the test results were supposed to be in earlier than this weekend. I don't know why, but I've always been perpetually late on that!!! Ugh. I'll just work harder to be ahead of the curve next year. lol

As it is, the weather is absolutely beautiful here today!!! But I have to work at the fabric store tonight. I'm guessing a lot of people will be out and about...just to enjoy being out. It's gorgeous!!! I just love the first wonderfully warm and sunny days of spring!!!

Aravis has spring banquet tomorrow night. It's the equivalent of Prom, basically. She's going home with a friend tomorrow after school so that they can help one another get ready. I guess I'm just not good enough to make her pretty. :o( lol All I know is, she better take some pictures!!!

Saturday night is Nitro's military banquet and ball. We're going to the banquet with him, Shelby, Shelby's parents, Nitro's Marine recruiter, and another Marine recruiter that he invited. As far as I know, Nitro and Shelby are going to the ball afterwards. Thankfully, this year, he doesn't have a cold. Last year, he was miserable with a sinus cold. I felt so bad for him. He had to be in his dress uniform in a stuff, noisy auditorium...ugh.

I'm sooooo looking forward to a quiet evening at home tomorrow night...and Saturday morning/afternoon. Ahhhhhh! I hope the weather's as beautiful then as it is now!!!

Seriously...Where Does the Time Go???

Lately, time has been getting away from me. I have so little free time anymore, that, when I find myself home with nothing on the schedule to do, I literally DO NOTHING. Lately too, I've been worried that time is just passing me by...that one day, I'll wake up and realize that I missed out on so many things that I should've been paying attention to. Because of that, I've been really trying to be more "in the moment" when I'm home....talking to the kids, spending time in the same part of the house as my family, that sort of thing. As much as I would love to hide myself away in solitude...sounds wonderful...I know that if I do that, I will one day regret doing that. That I will have missed sooooo much.

But it would still be nice to have one block of time away from the worries and responsibilities of "now", preferably somewhere warm and sunshiney and carefree...where I can do nothing away from the world guilt-free.

Know where that would be? Let me know if you do. ;o)

The last couple of weeks have just been so overwhelming! There is a light at the end of the tunnel, though. In Stars club (at church), I have 4 girls who could potentially be Honor Stars this year...depending on whether or not they can pass the testing. (The last test is tonight!!!)

Just for a point of reference, I have 2 free evenings during the week that I can spend at home relaxing or whatever.

For the last 3-4 weeks, I have been meeting with these girls on Friday evenings to work on their memory work...things they will need to know to pass the Honor Star test.

That leaves me 1 free evening...oh wait, there's more...

The last 2 weeks, I have also met with them on Tuesday evenings. In fact, I was going to meet with them last night, but I had to cancel. We've had some things going on in our house this week that have just unsettled our usual routine, so I needed some quiet "me time". Muftak had a meeting and Aravis and Nitro were both working, so I had the house to myself for a couple of hours. The only one demanding any attention was Tobi, but she's easy. As long as I let her snuggle up in the blanket next to me, she's fine.

I've also been battling a cold for the last week and a half. I think it's finally on the downward slide, but sheesh. It's taken long enough to get over it! This one has been particularly bad. Sunday morning, the entire right side of my face hurt from all the pressure in my sinuses. I took some Sudafed and went back to bed...and slept until almost 11! (I never sleep that late.) I guess I needed it.

I prayed for a friend the night before last who is going through a lot of stress and uncertainty right now. One of the things I prayed was that, with each breath she inhales, she would breathe in more of the Holy Spirit and, with each breath she exhales, she would breathe out all the "yuck". Not real eloquent or deeply theological, but it's the "picture" that I had while I was praying for her.

The best thing is that, when we pray for others, God uses some of those same things for us. Because, ever since then, that has been at the forefront of my mind. When I think about how tired I am...or how much I need some time off, I keep thinking that I'm breathing in His Spirit with each breath and breathing out all that "yuck"...the exhaustion and worry... It's been so encouraging.

He really is my rest. I guess I just needed to be reminded of that. :o)