The Battle Begins

That's what my brother said as I dropped him off at work this morning - "The battle begins." The day is half over and really, it's not been too much of a battle. Math went well, Language was fun (Mad Libs is such a great way to intro grammar!), and Reading class was a short and sweet combined lesson (splits in math and reading begin tomorrow). Bible is tough because my past years have been full of kids with tons of questions and curiosity about the Bible. I don't see that as much in this class. In fact, one of them gets immediately and obviously grumpy when I say, "Prepare for Bible." I can see he hates it. Pray for me, guys. I don't have the wisdom for this.

I also need wisdom about having Bible class at the beginning of the afternoon. I've packed all of our purely academic classes (both maths, English, and both readings) into the morning when the kids are at their sharpest, but feel like Bible's not getting the energy from the students that it deserves. So far, I can't tell if that's the dynamic of this class or the time slot. I'm very pleased with how well the students are doing with the core academics in the morning, but Christ is more important than math class.

I told my momma I would update my blog . . .

. . . so I am. By the way, this is not my biological "momma" but (one of my many) college momma(s). Apologies to the other two mothers I had in college. You know I still love you!

The summer has quickly flown away from me, and I am looking at the last week and a half before school starts. Amazing how much time we have until we check the calendar. My youngest brother's birthday is tomorrow, and guess what - I've already got his present. Ha! So much for my procrastinating ways! (Okay, so I'm reading his present - and what's wrong with that, I ask? Shouldn't I know it's good before recommending it to him? It is, by the way, quite good. He may get more of the series for Christmas if he doesn't buy them himself. ;)

I've been at school all week: Maunday, Tuesday, Wensday (You will not get this joke if you have not watched You've Got Mail or The Godfather; and I haven't watched the Godfather, so imagine Tom Hanks' voice.) My bookshelves are emptying of books so old they are falling apart and disgusting, or too juvenile for my age group; and I am filling them back up (in a more organized fashion - thanks, Bekah!) with the wonderful books I have had sitting in boxes in my classroom all summer. It's quite fun! But my room is therefore a wreck, and I've got to get this project done so that I can get my room cleaned and decorations up for the Open House tomorrow night.

I'm only here at school for the morning. For lunch, I'm meeting an old friend from childhood, Laura, and hopefully treating her to lunch as my gift for her wedding. She and her now-husband stood up at the end of the church service this past Sunday and were married by my dad. This afternoon, I will be making gluten-free cupcakes for the celiac people at my friend Anna's wedding. And this evening, Bible study at Starbucks with Adrienne and Jill. God is so good to give me such blessings in my life!

Now, I've followed my instructions and updated, so, dear friends, do not leave me disappointed when I check your blogs. Let's always keep writing . . . however infrequently!