September 16, 2026 - Wednesday


Well, it's hump day. At least the day has that going for it. I'm a little grumpy. I think it's just that time of the month when I start getting mad, which is a bummer. We did school in the morning, during which I snapped on the kids and raised my voice several times. *face palm* Poor Ollie was driving me nuts during our one-on-one reading time. 

I went to my hair appt. at 12:45, but it's in Grove City, so I give myself a half hour to get there. I always feel like I'm gone forever! It is a full three hours that I need to be gone to get my hair done. Thankfully, the kids are totally good for three hours at this point, but I remember how bad it used to stress me out. Wednesdays are also really full, so being gone for three hours was tough. My hair looks good though! And it was my hairdressers bday, which was fun. I felt bad for not bringing her a drink though. But I quit Starbucks! And I only know her Starbucks order. 

When I got back, I immediately turned around (after doing Ruby's hair) to get the girls to choir. Ollie was feeling pretty apprehensive and when I picked her up, she still didn't seem to be feeling very positive about it. She's just not a joiner sometimes. Ever. But I want her to be! I don't want her to miss out on the good stuff, like I always did when I was a kid. *sigh* I went home for 45 minutes, in between drop off and pick up, to do some dinner prep, get my plants in the ground that have been waiting for weeks, and to print out a last-minute resource for the teaching, a timeline of the book of Revelation. It's pretty awesome. I found it on Etsy for $1.30! Completely worth it. 

The teaching went...ok. I'm a little disappointed. I got very little conversation from the group tonight. I still feel like my teaching was good and so were my questions, but people just didn't get into it and didn't engage much. A little hurtful, but I'll live. Also, during the teaching, there were side conversations about other things TWO TIMES and I just stopped the teaching and turned and stared at the people who were disrupting until they stopped talking. I tried not to feel offended, but it was so, very rude. I want to pray through my feelings on this. I thought I prepared a quality teaching! But people just did not seem interested. I'm going to bed pretty disheartened tonight. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

April 27, 2026 - Monday

Image
I'm finally starting to feel a little more like myself again. I can almost feel the energy to work on projects and maybe even see people. We'll see if it continues in this direction or if I backslide. I just never know anymore.  Late yesterday evening, Ben asked if the McKeans wanted to come over for a fire. I was shocked! He never wants to do last minute stuff like that. It was a really good night though. I'm glad he reached out to them and asked.  Today, we just did school and our usual BJJ classes. I cleaned and relaxed in the afternoon, then rode with Christina and Lauren to my CACH class planning meeting for the spring. We stopped at Chick-fil-A on the way and got some grub. It was a good meeting! I think the semester will be wonderful. I'm glad I'm doing this yearbook club thing. I think it's going to be a fun group. I need to put together an application for the kids to fill out!
Read more

July 27, 2026 - Monday

Image
Today was the first day of VBS at Meadow Park. I agreed to help out, somewhat regrettably, under the pretense that the spot I would fill was the "easiest spot ever", just ushering kids from activity to activity, but not actually doing anything myself. FALSE. Lots and lots of stuff for me to do and I had to be a part of every activity! 😭 Despite that, it wasn't a bad day. My group of kids is pretty sweet and my helper is a great guy...a college student who is really involved, so I don't have to direct him at all. I was just completely beat when the day was over and had to go lay down with the door shut for two hours.  My grocery delivery came almost 12 hours late today, so I pivoted and made pancakes for dinner. Thankfully, I had a pack of turkey bacon in the fridge, so it was more of a complete meal. After dinner, I took Jonas to BJJ and when I picked him up, I got there in time to see him get a new stripe! He was so excited and there were a TON of people in class th...
Read more

July 25, 2026 - Saturday

Image
Today was nice. The morning was spent making biscuits and gravy from scratch for Ben's belated b-day breakfast. After he went for a run, we went out to lunch, then visited the new, little grocery store next to the BJJ gym. It obvs caters to the Muslim community, but it was a great store! Much more welcoming than I expected it to be and it'll be a great place to grab some last-minute groceries if I need them. They don't really have milk, but they have eggs, bread, decently priced meats, and pretty much any other meal ingredients I'd need. And it's so convenient! The owner was there and greeted us. When he found out it was our first time in, he gave us some samples of their pre-prepared food they're selling. They have a bakery, a desserts counter, a butcher, and cooked food, along with groceries. It's a cool place! Jonas got his hair cut (he went alone), then he headed to the gym this morning. When we picked him up, he was really sad about his hair cut. I have...
Read more