Off To Work I Go! Hiho! Hiho!

One of the things on my most recent personal bucket list was to 're-enter' the official work force on a part-time basis just to prove something to myself.

I finished all the requirements to qualify as a Non-Instructional Guest Position for Collier County Schools.  The last requirement was to shadow a teacher for a day.  I got to do that for Mrs. Brat at Seagate Elementary in Naples, FL.

I officially worked for the first time for 2 hours as an ESE Sub at Oak Ridge Middle School.

My 1st official full day paid position will be tomorrow as an ISS Assistant - assisting w/PE all day at Mike Davis Elementary in Naples, FL.  Wish me luck.  John has pumped me up with encouraging words but is out of town for my big event.  So I'm on my own.  The kids lunches are made and ready for the lunchboxes, their phone is charged, alarm is set and I'm off to bed (1) minute before midnight.  I'll be up at 6am.  My workday starts tomorrow at 7:30am! 

I was going to spend time catching up on other blogging tonight (birthdays, spring break activities, etc) but that will have to wait for another day.

Thought for the Day!

What To Do, Or Not To Do!

I know how much I Love to catch up and see new things on everyone else's blogs.  Why do I have such a hard time making that happen myself.  Got to get that bed made and dressed for the day right?!  That and sometimes seemingly several other more pressing things to get done.  Things of a more time-sensitive nature like TAXES.  

Then there is prepping so that things are in order for the Young Women to help and participate in sewing part of their clothing for the TREK.  Next Wed. is our sewing day.  Gotta get moving on that too.  I've got (2) helpers lined up - hope I get a few more because heaven knows I'm not good for much in this arena.  I'm only good for getting the ball rolling.


So for now, I just work on getting through the things at hand today while having all the other at the back of my mind.

Deep down it really is my faith that gets me through these times in life.  Deep down underneath the trepidation of decisions at hand and circumstances we can't control, I have a firm belief that I am being looked out for by a Heavenly Father who knows me, loves me and will help me.  When I look back over decisions we have made as a family over the past 20+ years I can see so clearly how his hand guided us along even when we weren't sure or didn't really know.  I am so grateful.

To look on the bright side of things - at least I'm not walking in waist deep snow in  the middle of winter with no shoes and nothing in sight.

How Do They Do It!

In talking to a fellow friend blogger - who has surpassed even my most lofty goals of being a great design blogger in a mere 3 months vs. my 3 years of blogging about just the days in my life.  I learned in five minutes from her what I couldn't figure out on my own pertaining to the labels on my blog.  Now I just need to go back through 3 years = 75+ posts and correct what I did wrong.

I am amazed at how much so many other people accomplish in their life.  How do they do it?!  How do so many seem to fit a whole other life within a life.  They have amazing blogs with amazing ideas.  There are others that are continually creating and accomplishing a new project every day.  They design things, sell them, blog about them.  Then there are those that have a job, young children, big life challenges, go back to school, know the latest world news, and more.  Do they have the same 24hr day that I do?!

And me . . .I get up, make my bed, pick up the house, do laundry, take care of my church responsibilities, try to stay in touch with family & friends on a limited basis, update my blog now & then and my days are gone without having accomplished any of these great things that so many others seem to. 

My single greatest accomplishments in a days time are that my bed does get made every day, there's rarely more than a load of laundry in the hampers at a time and we sit down together as a family almost every night for dinner.  Not that it's a great dinner by any stretch of the imagination.  Just another thing I only do marginally well.  Grateful that my family (particularly my husband) loves me anyway and tolerates having tacos once a week!

I am thankful that so many others do all that they do.  Because in reality, if not, I wouldn't be able to seem to do a few great things.  I wouldn't have their ideas for my Young Women's lesson or the joint activity I'm in charge of tonight and be able to tweek and make it my own.  I'm a good copier just not a good inventor of original ideas.

I aspire to greatness but I have yet to discover it.  To find where it lies in me. 

I'm a lover of simple things - reading, family, friends, the greatness in others, children's books, poetry, diet coke, boston baked beans, Panera Bread's cinnamon crunch bagels w/honey walnut cream cheese,  carrot cake, key lime pie ice cream and the likes.

In years to come when someone asks my children what would define their mother, I really wonder what they will say.  I hope they will say that they always knew I loved them, wanted the best for them and just as the warriors of Helaman, they knew & never doubted that their mother had a testimony of Jesus Christ.  In reality, the only success I am seeking is yet to be determined in the years to come as my children grow, learn and begin lives of their own.  The manner of men (and woman) they become will be the measuring stick of my life's accomplishments, my greatest reward.

I am not fishing or requesting comments, compliments or validation. I am merely voicing the musings of my mind at the moment.