A Month Ago

Doesn't seem all that long. A lot has happened this past month, and I mean A LOT! It all has to deal with school since that is all I ever do now. I still am not a fan of my principal. He is still thinking of things on an elementary level with our kids. I wonder if he is ever going to make the cognitive switch to secondary school. I have not been in my office for more than 10 minutes the past two days so the fact that I am writing this right now is a miracle. The school is being taken to court because of an idiotic mother whose son is not even autistic but when we say there is no evidence to support autism she decides to sue. It's a really, really long story and I don't have enough space in the world to tell it at this time. Two sixth graders had their first fight ever at school. Imagine two little guys that weigh maybe 70 pounds soaking wet and with glasses. Total nerd brawl. I have eighth grade girls that think they are the shiz and nothing can touch them. I have teachers who couldn't give a care in the world to working at this school and are only doing it for the paycheck. I have other teachers who are already telling me they are going to quit at the end of the school year because their concerns are not being taken seriously. I am ready to hang up my hat because I still cannot get any respect from the male admins. There are so many Special Ed kids in the school I am starting to think we are turning into a behavior/special needs school instead of a college prep school. All I can talk about at home is work. All I can talk about at work is work. I have nothing outside of work in my life. My poor husband has to listen to me talk about work all the time. I feel like there is nothing else to talk about. I have not had a good day at work since, well I haven't had a good day at work and we are now in the sixth week of school. I keep telling myself things are going to get better, but I don't know if that is going to happen at this point. I am having a really hard time believing things are going to get any better.

Now that downer is out of the way, I have to talk about something more enjoyable. I am almost finished with Personal Progress. I hadn't looked at my book in a really long time and as I was going through it, I realized that I have done almost everything. I just have a couple of more journal entries to write and once I finish reading the Book of Mormon I will be finished. It's amazing how much stuff I do in my daily life that relates to Personal Progress. I have forgotten how it feels to be able to work on me. I am so focused on other things that I forget to focus on my personal development. I am grateful that Personal Progress was opened up to all women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I feel so refreshed and renewed! I was also able to attend the Relief Society General Broadcast this past Saturday. Don't tell anyone, but the presidency messages were a little boring to me and I went all ADD up in the place. President Uchtdorf's talk was amazing! I love listening to that many speak. The talked about the flower the Forget-Me-Not. He said there are five petals on the flower and five simple things in life must remember in life. They are:

1) Be happy now
2) Be patient with yourself
3) Sacrifice for the good things
4) Forget not the "why" of the gospel
5) The Lord loves you.

Those five things are so very important and I needed that reminder at that time. I love the simplicity of the gospel and sometimes I need that reminder. Life can be simple but we have to have those little reminders. Now, if I ever see a Forget-Me-Not I will remember those five things.

The best two parts of this week will be being able to see my dad. He isn't coming to visit me or anything but it will be nice to just see him and relax for a little with him. The best part about the weekend? It's General Conference weekend! One of the two best weekends of the year. I know I will be watching a lot of recorded sessions, but that's okay. I will still be learning and soaking in all I can. The speakers will be wonderful and I know there will be many questions answered on my part. I am so glad it is conference weekend. I really need this right now. I really don't know what else to say. My life is boring right now because it's just work. Hopefully the next time I post I will have some better stories to tell.