A Slower Paced Morning

It's been a busy week of a combination of late nights or early mornings to do school work so this morning I decided that I would stay home from the Women's Fellowship meeting. There should be a district meeting, but the location is hard to get to so I gave myself permission to stay home.

I did a little school work, but then made a big batch of baking powder biscuits. Soon I have to go grocery shopping so I can come home and make some brownies for Nat's class to sell at his soccer game. (The 9th grade class is the only class that gets to sell refreshments at games. Each class in HS has different fundraiser opportunities.)

I have 't had much time and energy to do baking these past few weeks, so I don't mind doing a little baking today. I always make plenty so we can have some to enjoy too. Later in the week I have to make and decorate cupcakes for Annette's class who are making lunches to sell to elementary students and then treats for others to buy too.

I haven't even done much shopping these past weeks, so the list is a little long today. I usually try to make supper on Saturdays since my sister-in-law often is busy with school and practice for Sunday worship music, but lately I haven't even been able to do that. Today I hope to buy some cheese and make pizza. I made it several times before school started, but not at all this past month, so it should taste good. Of course that means I may not be able to watch all of Nat's game...and lately he's been making his goal in the 2nd half so I've been missing it!

I have to brag about my kids for a minute. Nat is only a freshman, but has had a great beginning to his high school career with a goal in almost every game. Annette's progress report showed her determination to do better this year is paying off in her improved grades and Dan is showing progress in his reading and memory verse efforts! I love seeing my kids do well!

As for Amson and I, we both stay busy with work commitments. I've been trying hard to keep a positive attitude with my two most challenging group of students. I've realized the class atmosphere deteriorates even faster when I get all stressed out and upset.

This year I've been trying to spend more time on lesson planning and classroom management. Organization is not my strong point, but at least I feel things are going better overall so I'm encouraged to keep up the effort!

Well, it's time to get moving. One of my students needs to get into the classroom this morning so I agreed to stop before going shopping. That means I need to hit the showers...once the bathroom is empty! I'm thankful I can even go shopping today. We had some concerns yesterday with possible tensions related to this YouTube video that the Muslims have been protesting, but thankfully there haven't been any outbreaks of violence here in Jos so we can go about our plans for shopping, soccer games, etc.

I guess my slow paced morning has finished, but it was nice while it lasted!