Thoughts

Here it is, the end of April...and I have hardly started all the things I wanted to do this year. Isn't that typical?!

I was sitting here thinking about how much things change, how they don't, and how everything seems to cycle back around. I feel like I've grown up even more in the last few weeks. I'm learning to hold my tongue, finally! (A little bit, anyway. haha) Things that used to bother me immensely, hardly bother me at all. I'm accepting my failings instead of worrying over them and how they might affect my future. I realized the more I worry about them, the more they DO affect my future...as well as the present!

Even though my students who have been wild and disrespectful haven't changed, my response to them has. :)  I've started noticing how much my other students (the well behaved ones) enjoy creating art, of any kind. And even though I've told them to "grow up" (because of tattle telling over the dumbest things,) I realize they are still very young. They are imaginative and creative thinkers who like to play and experiment. Which is the reason I loved this job from the start. If only I hadn't lost so much of the year being pulled down by the other little stinkers! :p

I'm at that age where I can plainly see cycles in fashion. Some things should never be resurrected...just saying. haha Don't get me wrong, there are some that I love and I'm glad they came back. And others....they should stay where they originated: 30 years ago. My students remind me of things that we did when we were kids. Dance moves, like the sprinkler. Hahaha 

I'm getting ready to move back to Russellville. :) I find myself ecstatic and apprehensive at the same time. I'm so ready to be home, but I'm also afraid I won't be able to find work that not only pays enough, but that I enjoy as well. I know I'll find something to do, I just don't want to go back to bouncing around from job to job like I did right after college. There haven't been any Art teaching positions open that I've found either. :/  Keep me in your prayers as I make this transition! I could sure use the moral support and spiritual strength!

Hope this day finds you all in good health and good spirits! Love you!