The Last Minute Rush

Well this is crunch time! We only have 4 days till the Christmas Program and everyone is feeling it. There are still still costumes to make, props to get, and a backdrop to make that refuses to cooperate! On top of this there is always the obligations of a usual week tacked on with report cards. The great thing is that everyone is looking forward to friday at noon. At that magical moment time switches from work to vaction :). My mom always says that this time is actually her favorite because it is so fun to look forward to things. Once they finally arrive they go so fast! I know this will be the case when I go home, but I still want it to go fast :). Well staff worship is right now so I better run :)

Come Already!

Have you ever noticed that the more you look forward to something, the slower time goes? Oh my goodness!
Well I am incredibly excited to go home and even though I only have 10 days left it seems like that day will never come lol. I have an incredible amount of things to do and I am not exactly sure where to start. Isn't that always the case :)?
Life seems to get busier every moment. Right now I have an obligation each night until Sunday and believe me I am sure I will beable to find something else for Sunday!
The funny thing is that it depends what part of the day it is if the day is going slow or fast. If you ask me at 7:30 am the day is crawling, but by 2:00 the day is almost done!
My wish is that when I return home, time crawls and it actually feels like a have a really long break! I know, but isn't that a nice thought?
The main thing is to enjoy each moment... at least that is what I have told myself, but I really want to see my family and friends!!!! :) I can't wait!

Sick But Still Thankful

Well all my kids are reading to each other right now for reading class so I thought I would take this opportunity to write a short blog :).
Last week I was able to go to Japan for Thanksgiving Break. Tokyo is one of the most beautiful cities! It is incredibly clean and there are hundreds of small parks with incredible temples and shrines. It was especially pretty cause it was fall! For the 3 days that we were their we walked it seemed like hundreds of miles lol and took the city metro everywhere.
My favorite part of the trip was when we finally connected with our SDA family. Saturday night we were able to get together with the young adults and we all went out for supper. It was an incredible feeling to be sitting around a table with people you had just met a few hours ago and already feel such a strong bond! It is a memory I am not soon to forget!
The first day of the trip it rained all day and our feet got soaked and stayed like for about 12 hours which lead to me eventually losing my voice the day we left. Monday, Dec. 1 we started school again. It was great to see my kids again, the only thing that was different was that instead of having my usual powerful voice, I had to whisper cause I had absolutely no voice! My kids were incredible however, and the classroom stayed really quite for most of the day to compensate for me.
Being away for my kids, even though it was only for a few days I realized how much these kids mean to me! I didn't think I was going to have trouble at the end of the year going home, but now I am realizing that it is going to be a bit harder than I thought to leave these kids. Each one of them is so special and means so much to me! I love my class.