Time to Catch up! Oh, and some random thoughts...

Wow, right now I am doing my final duty in ISS for the year! Woohoo!

It has been quite a year and I couldn't have done it without God and prayers from His faithful servants. I honestly don't know how people can do certain jobs without guidance/peace/strength from the Holy Spirit. I definitely know that there is no way I could do my job without those things.

Last week was so incredibly difficult that I honestly wasn't sure I could force myself to come into work this week. I had kids cuss at me and disrespect me in ways that really taxed my spirit. There were two buses driving kids home from school that had windows shot out of them (and a little girl I've known her entire life had her head leaned against the bottom half of a window that had the top half shot out!). And Friday morning there was some sort of strong chemical odor in ISS that left me feeling dizzy/strange for quite a while...very scary (don't know if a kid did that or not). Needless to say, I am ready for summer!

So now I am looking forward to getting caught up on my bible study (makes me smile just to think about it), cleaning my house (doesn't make me smile quite as much), and generally having some fun time.

My youngest daughter is graduating high school on Saturday. I honestly haven't had time to fully process that in my mind, so at some point my friends/family may see me break down in tears at what that means.

My husband's paycheck is still being cut by 25% (I think I'd mentioned that before) and so we haven't been able to get K a graduation gift, or her birthday gift from April either. K isn't too happy about that. Of course, neither am I. D said he might have some extra on his paycheck today (crossing my fingers that I see a larger number in the bank account when I check it later today).

Next week things should be so much easier. Please God make it so...