My last 3 post have been an explanation of crazy things have been…just to keep the trend going, let me fill you in….
- Yesterday, I went to pick up a desk that I was getting for Kennedy, forgot my door was broken and did the stupid thing. I opened it! I then spent an hour trying to get home without the door flying open.
- Today, I get a call from my still very sick husband who informs me that BOTH of my girls have been sent home from school for FIGHTING(each other, getting warned and then demonstrating how they were fighting to someone else only to hurt another child) before school ever started. WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING? THE GIRLS?
I have to be honest for about a half hour I was beside myself. I couldn’t concentrate on teaching. I felt like I couldn’t do my job because I wanted to deal with my family issues. I was frustrated, dumbfounded, bewildered and mad. And as I sat at the table trying to focus on what I was supposed to be doing I had a light bulb moment…this is another attempt to get me off task so I decided to turn it around, so here’s how I did that.
- The economy might be bad, but gas is getting cheaper
- My husband may have pneumonia, but he is getting some rest
- We may have had to replace the alternator, but at least my dad was able to do it and now we have a brand new alternator so we shouldn’t have any issues with the alternator in the truck for a while.
- The door on my van may be broken, but at least it’s the sliding door on the passenger side and not the driver’s door. At least I don’t have to climb in to drive from the passenger seat everyday.
- I may have forgotten to post lesson plans and gotten in trouble with my principle but at least I know I won’t ever forget to post them again.
- My girls may have gotten sent home from school for fighting but it just kept me from having to get a second job! Let me explain this one, our kids have always been told extracurricular activities are a privilege not a right and if you can’t make good choices and do a good job at school, you won’t be participating in extracurricular activities. Since we started this financial class and looking at our budget, we realized in order for the girls to continue their extracurricular activities one of us would need a second job. We didn’t want to deprive our girls from something they loved. We also didn’t want a second job, but as parents well…you know how it goes.
So today as I found myself getting into a mood over the girls getting sent home and thinking about how it just won’t stop – feeling like I was living the saying when it rains it pours. I found myself having a moment of feeling like I was drowning in the flood so I decided to change my perspective…and then I realized that even in the flood I can swim if I’ll just change my perspective.
Tweet This Post
