Mowing Time

Got home this afternoon and decided it was time to give the lawn a mow.  It was getting long and I was wanting to trim it up.  I had a good time  I decided it was time to change the oil, sharpen the blade and clean it up some.  That all went well.  It had only been 10 years since I had put new oil in it and sharpened the blade.  I have cleaned it a few times before.  It wasn't too bad to do and I hope it makes a difference to the performance of the machine.  Not that it was performing bad. 

Well, not bad.  I must sleep  Lots going on with trying to wrap up the final two classes.  I will be quite thrilled when that is oer. 

Continue

As a Sunday School Presidency we have been in for three years.  Bishop says he doesn't want members in callings for more than three years so a release should be coming at some point.  I have no idea when that will be.  It doesn't really matter to me when it does come, I am happy to continue to serve and have truly enjoyed this calling.  I am sure there are several things I could do better and probably should do better. It has been a great learning experience during an exciting time for the Sunday School with the establishment of Teaching in the Savior's Way.  I have really loved participating in Teacher Council Meetings and learning from great members of the ward who serve faithfully as teachers and leaders. 

It was a good day at church as we had fast and testimony meeting. I realized sitting there that this might be the last fast and testimony that I will be in with Natty for a while as she is graduating and then probably moving on to a student ward and other opportunities.  That is exciting stuff for her and will be a good opportunity for her to be involved.  I took the moment to share some fatherly wisdom with her. That fatherly wisdom consisted of sharing my thoughts about the Savior and his love for Natty and his love for each of us.  I focused on the fact that the Savior knows who we are and loves us through the highest highs and the lowest lows. He knows when we are down and is there to lift us and love us.  I am grateful for Him.  I am grateful for Natty and Jack and Andy.  What a tremendous blessing these kids are in my life.  They are wonderful and I am grateful to be their dad. 

Well, whatever comes I will do my best to press forward, to continue on with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and to try and set an example for my children to follow. 

Passed and Passed

Great News!  Passed by Praxis exam for Special Education  That was the big one and I was a bit on the nervous side for how that would turn out. What a great relief that is. 

Just got my social studies task back and I managed to pass that as well.  Good 24 hours for score reports.  I've got 6 more credits to go before student teaching.  Really happy about that.  Need to get them knocked out quick.  Speaking of knocked out, i am ready for some sleep. 

Need Sleep

I am completely dead.  I got up first thing and worked on my task for Social Studies.  Got it submitted.  I really hope it passes.  Then I took a shower and went to work.  Spent the greater part of the next 12 hours on my feet cooking.  It was SUU graduation and out day was full.  It wasn't just full, it was non stop.  It was a record setting day for us.  We ran out of hamburger buns even after I went and picked up another 36 at the store.  We sold out of chicken fried steak.  I am ready to pass out.  Ready to just crumble in bed.  My legs are aching bad.  I just took some ibuprophen and hope it kick in quickly.  Record breaking day - not just barely breaking the record either.  We put some distance on that one.  The nice part is, we were properly staffed and well prepared in the kitchen.  I am exhausted.  I have to head back in tomorrow to help keep us in front of it.  Hopefully we will not be quite as busy.  We don't have the product to be that busy again tomorrow.  Oh my goodness.  I cannot believe just how tired I am right now.  Look forward to sleep. 

Empty Tank

I am currently running on empty.  It has been a very long day. I ran in to sign a check this morning and ended up working all day.  It was a busy day at the Brick which was very good.  Tomorrow is going to be even busier and we have to be up to the task.  It will not be easy as it is SUU graduation and the volume of people will be heavy.  We will do the best we can.  I am really quite tired right now. Holy cow.  I finally got started on my social studies task around 11. I am close to being done but can no longer keep my eyes open.  Time to call it and then I will get a fresh pair of eyes on it tomorrow where I can wrap it up and submit it. Just want to be done. 

Stay Awake!

Still laboring on my current task for Social Studies.  I need to get through this thing.  Had to redo quite a bit because I didn't quite get it lined up exactly with what I think they are looking for.  There are a lot of parts to this thing and I don't really want to do it twice so I am hoping that a little extra time now will help me to dot all the I's and cross all the T's to get this done.  Oh my goodness. It is exhausting.  Ready to be done with it.

Making Progress

Got word that I passed my pre-clinicals today.  That is great.  Happy to be done with one more.  I spent the day working on an 8 week social studies unit.  I think I have it together.  There are a few more things that I have to do on other parts of the task. When I get through those I will submit it and hope to get that class done.  Technically I was supposed to have both of these completed yesterday to stay on track but I am pretty dang close and have a bit of a cushion to play with.  Just don't want to burn up that cushion.  Gotta get through this as I have some work demands coming on here shortly. By shortly I mean any moment.

I took Natty and Jack to see Black Panther tonight. I hadn't seen it and wanted to catch it before it left the theater.  Tonight is the $5 special ticket price at the theater so we went.  Andy didn't want to go so he stayed home.  It was a good flick.  I rather enjoyed it.  There was a lot of hype about this movie. I think it was well deserved.  The kids seemed to enjoy it as well. 

Well, we will keep pressing forward and working on making progress.  It feels good to have the classes winding down.  Still lots to do but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.