The Week in Review

It's a short week for kids in school, and Brian finished working his 12 days straight and now has random days off during the week like a normal person. 12 days in a row was a lot, seemed like it went on forever. It's a testament to how much Brian loves his job that he was still having great days even on day 11. Day 12 was just a 3 hour meeting, so that was not too bad. Last night I slept 4 hours, the nap yesterday was a BAD idea! But it gave me time to think about the last week. I almost wrote at 3, and probably should have, but thought the typing might wake Brian up and I was too lazy to get out of bed. If you have ever taken one of those stress surveys you will notice that job loss or change ranks up there with death and divorce as most stressful life events. Moving is also up there, and I am going to say that emptying a 3 classroom, 2 bathroom, 2 office, 1 huge closet building in 1 hour counts as moving. So, 2 traumatic life events happened 1 week ago, no wonder my eye is still twitching. Thankfully it's just the left one now, the right stopped several days ago! I am so thankful that I am in my room today, writing this, not on the porch of my school having to to talk to people who also lost something, and were stressed and not ready for the change that was thrust upon them. It's tough when you have no say over the changes in your life, but that is reality. So often we are forced to change, to say goodbye, to adapt or perish, forced to admit that we are much less in control of our universe than we are comfortable with. A week ago today, I along with 5 teachers and 27 families, was laughed at, in the face, by planning and stability. I heard from Leslee that several parents said that things happen for a reason, and 1 family in particular was able to find care for her children for 1/3 the cost of ours. Alternatively, I am sure there are parents having a tough time finding care, but I know it's out there. I certainly take a wandering path to the point! It was 8 days ago last night I got the email with questionable English, and no question on the intent, 7 days ago when I stood on the porch and embarrassed myself, 6 days since I started clearing my home office, 5 days since I got my temporary trainers ID card, 4 days since I sold my Leap Learning System and was able to afford Liam's birthday, 3 days since I finally went through the hoarder stash in my garage, paid out my final payroll, mailed the last of the year ends and refunds, 2 days since every last scrap was sold, given away, or boxed up and put under the pool table, 1 day since I took a 3.5 hour nap rendering it impossible to sleep, and now today is a brand new day, in a brand new week, where I have no limits to what I can accomplish. It's been quite a week, and thank goodness it is OVER! Tomorrow Brian and I are going with Liam on a field trip where we once again get the Rah Rah Texas propaganda I drink up like soup! And then, family starts arriving to town. I guess today will be the day I actually tell my mom about the school closing. Oops.