Trying to take it one day at a time...

I officially have news concerning our lives here, and I'm still reeling a bit from all the recent changes.  First, it seems I will not be teaching at our kids' private school as planned.  The principal (who told me he was really wanting to give the job to me) went on vacation for a week and while he was gone, the superintendent filled my position.  Apparently another teacher at the school wanted the position, so that's the way it works, no matter how disappointing.  After much prayer and petition, I have applied at our local Starbucks.  I know, kind of funny, huh?  I certainly don't see this as a permanent career move, but to get some extra help with tuition payments it seems a good choice.  My goal is still to get my foot in the door at the school (I was offered a substitute teaching position, but with Hannah still at home most of the time that would be difficult childcare-wise).  And since our school has all-day kindergarten (I'm not a fan) I might be homeschooling her next year and would need even more flexibility.  You can understand why I am up at 4:45...I'm trying hard to give this all to God and trust that He'll take care of the details, but I am such a control freak sometimes!  :)

Joe's parents have been with us now for almost two weeks.  We have really enjoyed having them here.  I wish this trip could have been more relaxing for them, but we're not in a relaxing place in our lives right now.  We're the "new kids" in the neighborhood so our doorbell rings all day long.  It will be nice when our novelty wears off and my kids have to actually pursue playdates.  It starts around 10 am and at 9 pm we're booting kids out the door.  

We have a very large unfenced yard.  This is not ideal with 3 dogs (one belonging to my in-laws, we haven't acquired another) so Joe and his dad are building a fence around a small portion of our side yard so the doggies can do their business and not follow up with a jaunt around the neighborhood.  Concurrent to this project, we are fighting valiantly against hornets and wasps who have decided every nook and cranny of our house is a great place to "nest" or "comb" or whatever it is they do.  We're also still unpacking, fixing missing and broken sprinklers, making basement decisions (carpet, tile, paint, bedding, furniture, yada, yada, yada) and trying to carry on with normal life (what is that anymore?)  Joe works from home now so when he emerges from the den I pounce on him like a rabid cat to help me with this or that.  I'm sure some days he misses the hour commute where at least he could listen to NPR before being inundated with the "honey-do" list.  Well, maybe not...

Hard to believe it is almost August.  I usually really look forward to new months, like a new beginning every 30ish days.  I can honestly say I'm holding onto July for dear life because I'm quite unsure of what's next.  I know I can trust God, but will I?  Stay tuned to find out, I suppose.

Our first HopeKids event will be in September.  I am really looking forward to getting things underway, to see where we fit in in the scheme of things.  I really enjoy behind-the-scenes planning, so I'm excited to be a part of it!  I'm also looking forward to meeting the families and especially the kids.  Please pray for them.  Most of the kids registered right now are kidney patients at Primary Children's Hospital.  Their lives are so tough, makes my bellyaching seem so ridiculous.  It really does keep things in perspective.

I might end up starting a new HopeKids SLC blog when things get going.  I'll have a link to it from my blog, but that will include prayer requests, stories, updates, stuff like that.  I'd like to do it, so I guess it depends on how much time I have.  I'll let you know...

Well, it's after 5 am and I've slept very little.  I'm going to try to catch a few zzz's before the morning bedlam begins.  :)  Thanks for reading.