Distracted by a busy day of activity

 It’s been a tough week as I have documented.  So perhaps my busiest day of the week happened at a good time.  We did have a two hour delay to start because of the icy roads.  It was nice getting an extra bit of sleep in.  It was the first actual day of the semester.  I’m always nervous about the first day as I see how many knowledgeable crew/students I’ll have for our productions.  The good news is that I have two very good and adept editors for both my broadcasting classes.  This means I won’t have to do the extra work and can focus my efforts in other areas.  Plus it seems like the classes are all excited to be there.  I’m trying to establish the reputation as the “broadcast” kids are the cool kids.  It helps that I have several returning students.  They take the lead and help train and teach the new students.  It’s a better experience for them as they develop leadership skills and it’s less work for me.  Win-win.   I had to stay a bit later at school to handle grading and reports.  That threw off my daily rhythm.  I missed my workout which kind of sucked.  I came home to take the dog out for a walk and to hang out with him for a short bit.  Then I was off to job #2 at Lune Spark.  I had back to back to back classes there with one student each.  It’s so much more challenging to teach one student as opposed to multiple.  I have to be really on top of my game to keep the student engaged. It worked.  I get a lot of job satisfaction when the student is happy and learning.  But I also found It’s actually quite exhausting.  I didn’t realize how tired I was until after I started writing this blog. So I’m going to cut this short.  

The extra activity was a nice distraction to my emotionally challenging week.  I miss my girls and my girls miss me.  I feel so bad for the pain they are going through.  I just try not to make it worse.  I’m getting them this weekend so I’m thrilled about that.  We always have so much fun together.  Because I see them so little (as opposed to full time) I am cherishing each moment I have with them now.  I think they feel the same way too.  I’m filled with hope today for the tangible reason of seeing my girls and for the intangible reason that God has been speaking to me through the midst of my pain and loneliness.  I know everything will work out just fine.  I just don’t know what the detail will look or when the details will happen.  In the meantime I’m relying upon the confounding peace that permeates my life right now.  I’m grateful for it.