{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

On trying to LET. IT. GO.

 

Wednesday was not my favorite day at work. I had child sexual abuse training in the morning (so important, but so emotionally devastating), a meeting during lunch, and then CPR training in the afternoon, where I tried not to think too much about emergencies and people dying.  Plus, while most of the people at the school have been wonderful and welcoming, I have discovered a couple co-workers who have already made it a habit to "give me advice" couched as "looking out for me", but who are really just telling me what to do in a way that insults my intelligence. 

So, I had to spend some time decompressing and praying and thinking about boundaries.  And letting it go.  I sat with Piper on the porch and looked at our beautiful huge hydrangea bushes.  I coming to terms with the fact that we work at a boarding school and this is registration weekend, so I'll be at work for much of Saturday and then Sunday afternoon.  And I'm teaching 1st and 2nd graders at church on Sunday.  Piper's birthday is Tuesday, and I don't think I'll have time to make her a cake.  And then there's the girls' birthday party we're hosting on the next Saturday (I do have to make the cupcakes for that), and my in-laws are coming to visit, and I think I'm supposed to speak to the entire student body on Monday about volunteering in the library...and...and...ack.

Letting. It. Go.

A night alone

 

 

I am an introvert with social anxiety.  Particularly around people I don't know.  I blame 8th grade.  Anyway, no matter how cool the new people are, it's just EXHAUSTING for me. 

 

So let me tell you about my week and all the events that were full of people, many of them new (or new-ish). 

Tuesday evening - dinner with new faculty. 

Wednesday morning - meeting with new faculty. 

Wednesday evening - meeting with board of animal shelter. 

Thursday morning - meeting with new faculty. 

Thursday evening - parent orientation at Cadence's school. 

Friday - all day faculty/staff meetings at school.

Friday night - faculty/staff party.

Saturday morning - football scrimmage.

Saturday afternoon - help a former student/friend move into his college dorm.

 

I'm tired.

 

Let me share my relief that I had a night alone last night.  Piper went to bed and Matt and Cadence went to see a local production of Annie.  I made hot chocolate (also, it's cold here? random for August) and lit a candle and sat on the couch with the laptop and Amazon Instant Video. 

 

By myself.  Ahhhh.



 

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Crazytown, Also Known As The Month of August

Here's some things that are going to happen in August:

1. Playdate with friends.
2. Matt and the girls attend a birthday party for a little buddy (while I'm at work).
3. Matt goes to band practice at church.
4. Cadence starts school.
5. Matt and I attend a new faculty dinner.
6. Matt and I attend the animal shelter board meeting so we can help with grant writing.
7. Matt and I attend parents' night at Cadence's school.
8. We all go to a start of the school year barbecue for Matt's and my school.
9. We all go to a start of the school year potluck for Cadence's school.
10. Matt goes back to work.
11. We attend all manner of meetings during pre-planning.
12. Matt has weekend duty in the dorm.
13. I finally break down and try on my old work clothes that are in a bin in the closet.  Work clothes from 3 years and one baby ago...
14. Piper turns 2!
15. We throw an Under the Sea/Mermaid birthday party for the girls.

And of course, we do usual things like go to work, do chores, make meals, do laundry.  It's going to be fun. 

Perseverance-or, why I love gardening

In spite of devastation at the mouth of a marauding cow, two separate infestations of Japanese beetles, and the fact that these are June-bearing berries (and it's August), my strawberries are still kicking.  Glory to God, amen.

{this moment}

 Inspired by SouleMama, {this moment} is a single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.