May 24, 2018. Today Adam and I would have been dating for a year and nine months.
Yesterday (May 23) was another rough day, mostly in the afternoon, but I survived. I did not oversleep like I did on Tuesday! Ha ha. The first song I heard on my way to work was “One Thing Remains” by Passion. If you have never heard the song, here is the YouTube video:
As I arrived at work, “I Am Not Alone” by Kari Jobe came on. I immediately became emotional; I sat in my car and listened to it before I got out. If you have never heard the song, here is the YouTube video:
My morning classes were decent, and I received an unexpected blessing from one of my students. During my 4th Period class, a girl from my 2nd Period class walked in and handed me this:
I almost started crying when I read it. It definitely made my morning!
I had some issues with my class after lunch, and just wanted to walk out! I had two classes after that…..I was very thankful when the day was finally over. After work I got a haircut, then met a co-worker at our local beer market. We drank quite a bit of wine, talked, and just had a great time. We arrived around 5:30 and only planned to stay until 7 or 7:30, BUT…..we ended up staying until around 9:00! Ha ha. I came home and went straight to bed!
Today was exhausting. If you need a good laugh, let me tell you what happened to me first thing. I signed up to make meatballs for a potluck we had today for our principal’s birthday. I put everything I needed inside my Crock Pot and put it the back seat of my car; I planned to put everything together at school. When I got to school and opened the back door of my car, the Crock Pot and everything in it fell out. I picked everything up and carried it in, propped on my right hip. When I got inside and set the Crock Pot down, I realized that I had something from the bottom of it all over the side of my shirt. Grrrrreeeeeaaaaattttt! I took everything to the teacher’s lounge to put together. I discovered that the bottom of the Crock Pot had been knocked out of place when it fell. Another teacher and I tried to get it back into place but did not have luck. The other teacher told me to plug it in and see if it worked, and it did, so I just left it how it was and told myself I would try and fix it later. I described it as looking redneck…..dilapidated….hillbilly deluxe….. Ha ha ha! I asked the teacher who helped me if she had an extra t-shirt that I could wear, and she did, BUT after I got everything into my Crock Pot I realized that I left the dang lid at home!!!!! Fortunately I live extremely close. I came back home to change shirts and get the lid. When I got back and was walking towards the lounge, the teacher who helped me passed me and told me she liked my shirt. Ha ha. She was walking with one of the teachers from my quad, and I could hear her telling him what had happened. When I got back to my classroom and got on my computer, he messaged our quad on Google Hangouts, said “This was Monica this morning” and included this:
And there’s your laugh for the day!!!!!
6th Grade had a Dodge Ball tournament that lasted until about an hour before lunch. The group of students assigned to me won 3rd Place! I played with them and had a great time; I was taken back to junior high athletics, where we played a lot. We called it War Ball instead of dodge ball. 🙂 After all of the student teams played, the winning team played against the teachers and the teachers won!!
I was feeling pretty emotional at lunch time and just needed to get away. I fixed a plate from the potluck, left it in my classroom, then went out for a short walk. I cried while I walked. Just really missing Adam. The cry felt good, and I was okay for the rest of the afternoon. We had a quick practice for our awards ceremony, which will be next Wednesday, then three teachers from our quad decided to take students out to the park by our school and let them play.
After school, we had our “Sweet Taste of Success” reception in our school cafeteria. This is done at the end of each six weeks. Each teacher chooses one student for this award, which is a true honor, as we only get to choose six students throughout the entire school year. Our principal announces each teacher’s student and they go up to the stage to be recognized. Afterwards, teachers visit with their student / parents and discuss why they chose their student.
After I left work I decided to go to a local eatery and get a “Haven” (frozen coffee, caramel, and ice cream…..sooooo yummy!) I was going to go sit underneath a pavilion next to our public library and work on either blogging or reading…..or both. There were several people there and I really wanted to be alone, so I came home, sat on my porch, drank my Haven, and read for a little while. After that I came back inside, did a few chores, and then got into my pajamas and started blogging! I am also watching “Wheel of Fortune” right now. 🙂
As I come to a close, I’d like to go back to the title of today’s blog: “One Thing Remains.” My life is a roller coaster right now, as your life may be as well. I am thankful to know that no matter what I am going through, there will always be one thing that remains, and that is Christ’s love for me…..and for YOU! His love is not a roller coaster; it is constant and steady! Thank you, Lord!
May God bless each of you!
Note: My blog posts are shown with the most recent posts at the top. If you’d like to read about how this journey began, scroll to my first post, titled “The Journey Begins.” 🙂
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