Allison's Thinking Cap

Cleaning, Teaching, and Jesus

I’ve been putting it off… but I have to set aside a day to do some spring cleaning soon.  I’m beginning to look like a hoarder.  I have NEVER let myself get this unorganized… EVER.  I gotta get a grip on my mess or I’m gonna end up on one of those awful TV shows.  What happened to my OCD??  I miss it.  I really think this has all accumulated from moving in and out of college and then to Warner Robins and back.  I have so much stuff and no where to keep everything.  It will probably take more than one day.  Then I have to go to storage and figure out what is mine and what I’m shipping to Alaska.  I don’t even wanna think about it.  What is wrong with me??  I used to LOVE to organize things.

Last week I substituted 4 days.  It was really fun.  So far my favorite school is Belvedere Elementary.  Its one of the oldest, but the people there really make the difference.  I hope I work more this week. 

I subbed for a 1st grade class there.  I gave them a worksheet about identifying different coins.  I thought to myself, “This should take a while.  In my student teaching my 2nd graders still couldn’t identify coins after 4 weeks. ”  Boy was I wrong.  They were done in less than 5 minutes.  Either I am an awful teacher… or TN’s math standards are much lower than SC’s. 

I think I’ve lost just a tiny bit of weight.  Hopefully I’ll get to go to my meeting tomorrow.  I’ve been motivated for the past week or so more than I have been since Christmas.  God has really helped me.  I prayed a lot to regain my motivation and self-discipline and He has definitely done that.  Thank you Jesus.

This past week there has been even more evidence of God’s work in my life, my family’s lives, my friend’s lives, and Caleb’s life.  There’s no way to explain it all on a blog (it would be 50 pages), but I have to give Him the glory for all that He is doing for us.  It is very encouraging and uplifting to see the evidence of God’s work. 

I can’t wait to get paid… hopefully soon.  I have a lot to do for the wedding and I’m kinda stuck until payday.  But I’ll have to make it last because I’m not used to monthly pay periods. 

Church time now.  Gotta go.  Bye!

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