From Darkness to Light: My Past Week

It has only been a week since my last my post, but I feel like it has been months.

I never posted about the EWomen Conference in Tulsa because I could never find the words to describe my experience. It was wonderful and miserable all at the same time.

Then by Tuesday none of that mattered. Tuesday was by far the worst day of my life. Yes, I know that sounds dramatic, but it is the truth. I cried harder than I've ever cried on Tuesday. I'm talking sobbing until you make yourself sick. I felt like my body was turning inside out in attempt to comfort myself. Things were bad, very bad.

The week got much better by the time it was over. Things are sweeter now. I'm feeling more in love with my husband than I've ever felt. It's a different kind of love.

We have laughed together and smiled and shared secret glances over the past few days. I have felt like... I don't know how to describe it. I want to say like a young kid falling in love for the first time. Everything seems new and fresh. I've been on cloud 9 and have been smiling non stop for the past few days.

Friday night we went to an ROTC Alumni Ball. How fun!! We got all dressed up and surprised my uncle who was the guest speaker. He was also being inducted into the Hall of Heroes.

After dinner and the speakers, there was dancing. Being all in love, I asked the husband to dance and he actually obliged. :) So we danced to two or three songs. And let me just tell you I'm an awful dancer, but I had so much fun anyway. Other than being silly here at home, I had never danced with my hubby until Friday night. Don't worry. Pictures to come.

After the ball, the husband and I went bowling with my mom, dad, and brother. First game I won!! I bowled a 142, which I think is my best game ever. It upset me though because I was only 8 pins away from my 101 goal of bowling a 150. Lost the second game with a measly 82. :(


The week ahead of me is going to be a long one I'm afraid. It's the last week before Spring Break. I'm ready and I'm sure my kids are too.

I can't believe it is already time for Spring Break. Where has this year gone? I'm not ready to say bye to this group of 7th graders. They have been an absolute blast. Praying that next year's expereience will be just as great. Despite what I've heard and witnessed, I know that prayer can be answered.

Exhaustion and Excitment

Can I just say that this has been THE LONGEST WEEK!!! Honestly... I feel like I've lived through three weeks in this one week.

Part of it has been because I'm taking my personal day tomorrow and going to the EWomen Conference. I have been looking forward to it and you know how that can make a week drag by.

But it is mainly because I have been absolutely exhausted. I have come home every day this week, taken a hot bath, and gone to bed. I'm not even playing. I'm not getting good rest at night for reasons that are unknown to me. To add to that, I have literally been running all over our school for two days this week trying to keep up with my 7th grade students. We've been having our own version of Greek Olympics and Tuesday and Wednesday were scavenger hunt days. I am so out of shape. After Tuesday, my muscles were so sore. The hot bath and bed had me feeling good come Wednesday morning, or so I thought. As soon as I started running Wednesday, I was in pain again. Seriously. It has hurt to walk this week. Pathetic I know! The kids have had a blast though.

So between complete exhaustion and excitement, this week has lasted forever. I can't even begin to tell you how thankful I am that I do not have to go to work tomorrow. I have a ton to do in the morning before I head out of town, but I'm hoping to sleep in.

As for tomorrow, I am really looking forward to it. Going to a conference in another state alone is not something I thought I would ever be doing. I was bummed when I found out the husband wasn't going to be there and I would be alone. But now I'm actually looking forward to being alone after the conference. I've have been feeling like God is going to do something big at this conference and I'm going to need, no want, some one on one time with God after the conference.


On the vacation front, the husband came home yesterday telling about an island in Rhode Island he discovered.

Anyways... he was really excited about it. Apparently there is NOTHING to do there. The only school on this island is a one room school house where kids attend K-5. After that they ride the ferry to the mainland. I shot it down at first because after vacation I'm not going to have a choice but to lay around and read. I would like to do something a little more than that on vacation. But he was so excited. And we've never been there. And there's a beach. So maybe Rhode Island will be our vacation destination this year. We'll see.

For now I'm going to rest and try to work up enough energy to get some things done tonight.

Mid Week Ramblings

Today has been the first day in what feels like forever that I was back to my routine. Even thought I was back at work yesterday, it was off because of a field trip. I always enjoy coming back to work after a break. I have the greatest students this year.

Yesterday, one of my students overheard me telling a co-worker that I might have to have surgery because of my bunion. So of course the questions were flying today. I described what was going on in my foot and showed them a couple of pictures on my computer. Naturally all the boys thought it was the coolest thing and the girls were sick to their stomach. Seriously, they have to put the nastiest pictures they can find online. The pictures and discussion brought the following statements from my students:

"Wouldn't it be cool if they cut your foot off, Mrs. Weaver"

"Yeah, then you could have a steel foot."

"Just don't kick us."

"Get an athletic foot so you can chase us down the hall."

"Then her right foot would be faster than her left one and she'd be running in circles like this." (He then demonstrated)

Aww. Gotta love 7th graders. Of course they make me laugh. I would like to take a couple of them to surgery with me. I'd be laughing to hard to worry.

If I have to have surgery on my foot, I'm really praying I can schedule it during Spring Break. It's not exactly how I want to spend my break, but I really don't want to miss any more days of school. Of course, it looks like Drew will be in Tulsa that week. No fun for me. I've talked to my little brother and he says he'll come stay with me a few days. My daddy will also be off work for the first part of the week if I need him. I'm going to need someone and not just to hold my hand. I could be wrong, but something tells me I won't be able to drive after they saw off a bone in my right foot.

Okay...on to things other than my disgusting bone deformity. I'm going to the EWomen Conference in Tulsa in just a few weeks. As of right now I'm going alone. Any of you ladies want to join me? I'm really going to be alone. Because their dates got pushed back, Drew won't be in Tulsa during this time. He's going a month later. This means I'm staying alone in a hotel room. I've never done this before. It will be strange, but I know I'll be fine. I'm looking forward to that alone time with God. And I CANNOT wait to meet Karen Kingsbury. This will be a dream come true for me.

We are also looking forward to attending a very special evening for my great uncle. He is being inducted into the Army Hall of Fame. This is going to be a complete surprise to him. He believes he is just speaking at an ROTC Ball, which he has done before. When we asked what we should wear, we were told that Andrew should wear a suit. Easy enough. But we were told I could wear anything from a dress I would wear to church to something very fancy. So now I'm completely clueless. What does one wear to an Army Hall of Fame induction?