A VERY busy week!

Hello my friends!

Sorry that I have not written since we arrived home from our vacation. I am sure that you have read my main blog -- "Just Being Me"-- tho, and know that I am posting pics and telling about my trip in an alphabetical order. We had a fun time coming up with words for each letter of the alphabet, as we traveled. Some letters were obvious words, like "P" for Philadelphia. But, some words are rather random, but they have a funny story, like.. "B" for Bad Eddie! You HAVE to read the story behind that one! LOL!

Since we've been back, I have been going NON-STOP!! Or so it seems!

We arrived home Saturday afternoon (Aug. 6). I didn't get a whole lot done that day. I just caught up on emails and Facebook. I also downloaded my pictures onto my computer and put some things away. (I still haven't fully unpacked!!)

Sunday, we went to church. I had a FULL class for Sunday School, which was nice. I spent Sunday afternoon doing laundry and a few other chores. Then, I had a meeting for church to go to at dinnertime. (Luckily, there was food involved! --- Like I needed to eat again!! --- We ate SO MUCH on our trip!!LOL!!)

Monday was my first day of work at my new job! It went well. We were in a meeting all day. The preschool director went thru our staff notebook, cover to cover... which, was helpful. The church provided us with a WONDERFUL lunch!! (Again... more food!!) The young mom that I work with shared with me that her middle daughter... age 6??... had been sick. They had found a tick on her about a week ago and they were having her tested for Lyme Disease.

Monday was also the day that Miranda left to fly to Arizona with Rory to visit his family.

On Tuesday, Nickie (the young mom that I will be working with) called me on my way to work and told me that the doctors were treating her daughter for "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever"!! Needless to say, Nickie was very worried! Her daughter had been running a fever and she was having trouble swallowing the huge pills that the doctor had perscribed. She told me that she didn't think that she would be able to make it to work. I felt really bad for her.... but, at the same time... I was thinking... "How am I going to get the classroom ready when I don't know what I am doing!!" I don't know where anything is. I don't know what SHE (the teacher) wants to do in the room. I don't know ANYTHING!

I got to work and thankfully, the teachers next door were very helpful and helped me figure out where things were and what I could be doing in my classroom until Nickie could be there.

I left work extremely frustrated and went to visit my mom, since I hadn't seen her in over a week.

Yesterday, we had CPR training for most of the day. Nickie did get to come, but her head was NOT at school! She had a hard time focusing on school and not on her daughter. I can't blame her, but at the same time... we HAVE to get our classroom ready by Friday for Open House!

I tried to do as much as I could, as far as decorating. But, the lesson planning and all of that stuff, are things that I am not prepared to do. Nickie SHOULD HAVE been working on that over the summer!!! But, it appears that she hasn't. I know that her mind is not on school (work) right now, but it REALLLY would have been helpful if she had done some lesson planning prior to this week!! She is TOTALLY unprepared!! And really does NOT seem to know what she is doing as far as being the "teacher". This is her first year teaching. She was an assistant a couple of years ago, but has never actually "taught". I am trying very hard to keep my cool, be patient with her and help her out as much as I can... but, I can't help but be frustrated.

We were only paid to work until 1:00 yesterday. I left at 1:30 because I had a hair appointment at 2:00. Nickie told me that she was going to stay and work some more. I am curious to know if she got anything done.

Today, we will have the full day --- 9 to 1pm -- to work in our classroom. I plan to arrive by 8:30 and I can stay until 1:30 again, but I HAVE to leave then because I have to meet with my Care Receiver today. I didn't get to meet with her last week because of vacation. Then, tonight... I have a Stephen Ministry meeting at 6:00pm. I might just skip out on it! We'll see.

Tomorrow, we have Open House at 10:30!! We have to be ready!!!!

Please say a prayer for Nickie's daughter and for Nickie as she struggles to balance "work" and "being a mom". Please also pray for me as I struggle with learning the ropes of a new job, getting to know new people, and as I try to do my part as Nickie's assistant. I am trying my best to stay calm and patient, but it's hard!