This afternoon.

I walked inside the house with Austin, then turned around and got something out of the car.

WHAM!

Austin shuts the door to the house and It. Is. Locked.

I was locked out of my own house with a toddler inside.

I called Keith.  I tried to keep Austin by the door.  Keith came home quickly!

Skip to tonight

I went to get us Panera for dinner.
On the way home I see what appears to be my favorite coffee cup in the middle of the street.
I drove off with my favorite coffee cup on my car.  Perfect.  Juust perfect.

I'm going to bed before anything else happens.

Andy Stanley on Marriage

I'll just be honest and say moving to Alabama bumped us a bit.

Beads were everywhere.

I think year six was the hardest year of our marriage.

This too shall pass and we're working on year 7...here's to a great year.

Geez

I had to push the panic button today.

I also had to write referrals.

Why are kids so angry these days?

I mean, it's art for goodness sakes.  There is something really wrong here.

They don't pay me enough to hear students yell at each other and disturb the peace.

I deserve a cookie.

And that's just what I got...Thank you Panera!

Those punk kids made me miss my lunch so A and I treated ourselves after school and it was good.

Best part of my day...eating with my boy.

Here's to a great Friday....lets hope.

Monday

Someone decided they would try and steal my car last night.  Didn't work. Thank you Jesus.

I'm teaching Smudges today to 3rd graders at my elementary school where I was a 3rd grader.  Full circle.

Austin walked right in to school this morning.  We are so happy he likes school, is learning, and is enjoying himself!

K is giving a presentation to the faculty this afternoon.  Go hubby!

Oh my.

Did I mention the Sunday a few months ago where we showed up to pick up our son in the nursery and they said, "We can't find him."

Cue our knees going weak.

Cue mad chaos in my mind.

Looking on to the playground.  Looking in closets.  Looking in classrooms. 

Praying he didn't walk outside.

This is where my baby is supposed to be safe and learning about Jesus.

Guess where he was.

UPSTAIRS. 

MY 1 YEAR OLD WAS UPSTAIRS ALL BY HIMSELF.

HE WALKED UP 2 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS ALL BY HIMSELF.

And now I have a trust issue.
Wouldn't you?



And then there was this problem.  Sigh.

No entrada

Yesterday while A was at MMO

I thought I would go to the library.

But I didn't.

I decided to drop off the book instead.

See that dog?

Yeah. No bueno.

Woops

Getting ready to send the bookmarks

Started writing my return address

Until I realized it was my old one

Miss that place

Emotions...they're running high

I don't understand things right now. 

Our music minister has been at our church for 19 years.  I was 12 when he came.  We did musicals, mission trips, trips to Guatemala, he did the music at our wedding, saw me in the hospital in TX when A was born.  Top it all off he's from TX and he's a Longhorn.

June 1st he'll be done.

I have a lot of mean things to say to our new pastor.  I should probably keep those to myself.

And you wonder why people don't go to church today.  Because of MESS like this.

Torn

I got sad this morning thinking about TX. 

I realized this week that I left a job I love so that K can have a job here he loves.  That's pretty hard.  I had a really good job teaching art in TX and I miss it.  I had a whole school of kids that I knew for four years.  When I started they were Kinders and if I started my fifth year they would be in fourth grade.  I always thought I would stay until they graduated at fifth grade.  I knew most 800 of their names.  I was so proud to say I worked for DallasISD and constantly thought about my students and how I was going to teach them.  My new town does not have art in the public schools which drives me crazy.  K & I talked about moving here before we were serious about it and I said, "I wouldn't be able to teach.  That would stink."  Well here we are.

A lot of important things happened to me in TX.  2002-2011 I was really out on my own.  I got my Master's degree.  I realized I wanted to teach rather than work at a church.  I grew really pretty and big sunflowers and roses and zinnias.  I fell in love and got engaged.  I got my first real job.  I got my teaching certificate.  I bought a house.  I had a baby. 

Then we move back to my home town and people ask if I'm glad to be back.  Yes and no.  I didn't realize I would live in TX for so long and I would love it so much.  Now to answer this question:

What to do now? Start something brand new? Work at a school even if it's not art?  Stay home with A (which I enjoy) but really still miss teaching? 

Sometimes you have to brush your shoulders off when all you want to do is take off your earrings and fight.

We had a crazy morning at church.

It shouldn't have been that crazy.

Everything was messed up.

Picture this:
12 babies in A's classroom  - holy moly
offered a suggestion, asked if I could volunteer, they said "no", lady in charge yelled at me, which leaves me frustrated during the service.

Stuff like that just shouldn't happen...all kinds of wrong.

The one where I walk in and say, "What are you doing??"

The one with an awkward moment at dinner.

Parents talking about the Fair and the Corndog Man...at dinner

I say I've never had one of those famous corndogs.

Mom says, "You know Elizabeth doesn't like wieners in her mouth."