I've had such a comfortable last couple of days. I don't really know why, it's just been a series of small things. I had Sunday off of work, this is such a rare occurrence that it just was amazing. I was really productive in getting some much needed cleaning done in my house, made dinner to bring to potluck at church, and just had a really relaxing day. Monday I was supposed to have off of work, but I picked up a 3 hour serving shift. I was really dreading it, because I just didn't want to work. But it was good. I miss serving. I gave half my shift away yesterday, and spent the afternoon and evening with friends and research time at borders.
I'm researching things for the garden. Reading lots of books with ideas for what to grow, how to grow, what to be careful of. All kinds of things. I've also been doing some reading on bees. Next year the idea is to have bees too. This is so amazing. I think I'm currently living in a pretend world. Two of my all-time favorite books are "The Harvester" and "The Bee-Keeper" both by Gene Stratton-Porter. This is putting them both together in my life. It could be awesome.
I'm also taking a different direction for the kids club. I need to teach them how to make their letters correctly and at the least, the multiplication table. The one 12 year old I was helping do his lowest common denominator fraction problems, couldn't tell me what 3x8 was. He wanted to use a calculator. So, I'm trying to find some math games to make math fun, and I'm going to make writing contests with prizes to whoever can write the neatest. This starts tonight, so we'll see how it goes.
It's back to the grind of 10 hour days starting tomorrow, and likely lasting throughout the weekend. Pray that I notice the moments and not get trapped by the stress of the whole.
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