I was reminded again on Thursday how blessed I am to work with such caring people. I was dreading going back to work all week. Not only being away from Steven and Macy, but knowing how exhausting it would be. Teaching is a pretty high energy job and on normal nights I need a lot of rest to get me through a day…MUCH more rest than I get right now.
Thankfully I was running late on Thursday (I think going back on a Thursday was the best decision I could have made) so I was too flustered to stop and think about leaving my babies. Adrenaline was also on my side…it was like the first day of school all over again.
I’m so fortunate to work with incredible friends who came to check on me throughout the day. My 2nd grade team was awesome! Not only had they done my lesson plans for the week, but they and my sub (who was INCREDIBLE) had done everything for next week too!!! Rebekah had called Doug and arranged for him to drop off my favorite meal for lunch. She also made strawberry shortcake for dessert.  Christine came in first thing with chocolate…these girls know me well. 😉
I got to show off pictures all day and my kids were pretty well behaved, so Thursday was a really good first day back. Â I came home thinking that this might not be so bad after all….
Then there was Friday…somehow Steven’s schedule got really off and I didn’t go to bed until midnight! Â He woke up to eat again at 3:00, then I have to get up to get ready for school at 5:30…I’m not very good at running on 4 1/2 hours of sleep and I felt it on Friday. Â Everyone was just as sweet, but my adrenaline was gone and I was exhausted, had a headache, and was very grouchy by the time I got home. Â Doug’s been sick again, so I’ve been trying to do everything for both kids by myself as much as possible so hopefully no one else will get his virus. Â By the end of the day Friday I felt completely defeated and that the next 7 weeks are impossible.
Now that I’ve had a good night’s rest I can think a little more clearly (and rationally).  I know the next 7 weeks will be hard, but hopefully Doug will be feeling better soon (and no one else will get sick) and my mom is going to come over for a while to help, so I know it’s going to be fine.  These 7 weeks will make me appreciate my time off this summer even more!  Please pray for my little family as we go through this new transition of having 2 working parents with 2 kiddos.  🙂