Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Just a little up date and slice of my current life


I haven't been doing a whole lot of blogging lately. It's been a very busy summer. In July we made numerous trips between Maine and Massachusetts. We worked on our new rental, cleaned and moved out of our old. I've been meeting with parents and teachers and trying to recreate an entire high school program (still much to do on that). In August we officially moved to Maine. I've been trying to take care of all those things that must be done when one changes states. I've been meeting with parents and teachers and trying to recreate an entire high school program and be ready to teach in a new school starting September 6. We've made two trips to our family cottage in central Maine, a trip back to MA for a wedding, and now here we are two weeks before the start of school. I've still not been able to get into my classroom (actually, I'm not sure which room is going to be mine), I don't have my curriculum guides for World Literature or World History, my 79 year old aunt is in the hospital awaiting open-heart surgery, my dad was just diagnosed with cancer (they found it in his chest on the CT scan yesterday), and this morning my brother called to tell me that Mom was calling the paramedics to take Dad to the hospital because he wasn't doing well (physically or emotionally) and there was blood in his urine. My husband is unemployed and we have no insurance. When I took this job (which I still believe was the right thing to do), I took a pay cut and my husband quit his job because we would be moving out of state. The leech field at our house has failed and we are still waiting for it to be replaced; it was supposed to be done last week. In the meantime, we are continually checking to make sure the septic hasn't backed up into the basement, conserving use of the plumbing, and having to go to the laundry mat instead of using the washer that is here.

Now all that sounds pretty bad, but I'm actually doing pretty well so far. I'm not freaking out or getting bowled over by the stress. It's not because I'm such a calm, put together person. It's because of my faith in God and my trust in his care and provision. It's a rather eerie feeling to see all that is going on in my life, and just feel so calm and at peace. But it's a whole lot better than feeling stressed out and overwhelmed!

6 comments:

  1. What a wonderful outlook you have! I'm surprised you were able to take the time to give an update. I have been wondering how the move went. I hope things calm down soon. Hang on to your faith, it will guide you through these times.

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  2. Natalee, Lots to handle right now, but things change. I think being busier right now is the best thing for all the stress as long as you can get some good sleep sometimes. Keep focused on what's important for each day and go with it. You can't do it all, just your best. You show strength and have faith--best things yet on your side. Keep us posted.

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  3. It sounds as if the new challenge of your job is helping, but I wish you the best with all that is happening. Whew! I hope one by one, things improve.

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  4. That is one of my favorite sayings. My life has been a roller coaster too. Hopefully school will be a place where life happens!

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  5. Your perspective is so inspiring. You just have to take one day at a time. I hope things start to break your way.

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  6. I hope everything is going better for you or at least gets better soon. What a mess to walk into.

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