The week started out great, as most weeks do.  Monday I didn’t get up quite as early as I wanted, but I jumped right into the morning schedule, and we had a rockin’ first day of school.  We accomplished every goal I’d set for the day, and every one of us went to bed feeling fulfilled.

Tuesday, with God’s amazing grace, I rose from the bed two minutes before my 5:00 am goal and started the day strong.  I had an annual physical and pap smear (fun stuff!), so Matt had to take on the morning school schedule.  He struggles a bit in that role.  Skyler thinks it’s her duty to tell him exactly how to do everything, which in man-ish (you know, the undeclared official language of men) translates as, “You’re an incompetent idiot, and you need a 10-year-old to lead you.”  She was appropriately corrected, but where her bossy ways left off, Seth and Sam picked up the baton to frustrate dad.  Anytime Matt did something differently than I would have done it, those silly boys thought it was hilarious and burst into laughter.  That didn’t go over well with dad, who was already feeling in over his head.

So a few behavioral goals for this year emerged from Tuesday morning’s events, and Matthew and I have committed to pray about this one and seek God’s wisdom on how to train the kids to honor their precious and amazing dad when he is leading lessons.

When I got back, I did a few afternoon lessons.  At about 4:00pm we had some friends drop in.  It was a nice time of fellowship, but I didn’t accomplish much after that.  Matt went off to band practice, and I put the kids and myself to bed.

Wednesday was a mean bear of a day.  The morning started later than I’d hoped, and Matthew and I confronted some worries.  His pay is strictly commission, and this pay period is off to a very slow (as in not-moving-at-all) start.  We have some big bills this pay period (namely, the rent), and we’re uncertain about how that will be paid if he doesn’t get paid.  He went off to work, and the kids and I had a fairly good morning.  Although, I’ve realized that I need to have everything prepped for our day the night before.  I did a good job of that for Monday and Tuesday, but by Wednesday I thought, “Oh, I can do those one or two things done in the morning.”  Bad idea – it’s an unnecessary time waster during the school day.

Matt came home that afternoon thoroughly frustrated and angry.  He’d had a few very difficult sales calls, and one in particular was less than graceful.  He eventually realized that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities and that our weapons are not carnal but spiritual and have the power to pull down strongholds.  But it took some time.

That night was a busy one for sure.  I dropped Matt and the kids at church in time for Matt’s sound check, and headed off to the Girl Scout Council meeting.  I don’t like that the council meetings are on a Wednesday night.  I covet that time in Bible Study, and the first Wednesday night of the month is communion at my church; I really missed being a part of it.  After the council meeting, I headed back to church to get everyone.  Skyler had the first Praise Dance practice of the year.  So we didn’t get out until 9:30pm, but I had a nice time sitting with a friend and fellowshipping.  Matt also had a good time talking with a friend while we waited.

Yesterday morning was a rough one!  I got out of bed pretty early, but I felt terribly groggy, and every attempt to meet with my God ended in me dozing off.  The kids spent most of the day on their independent work, and I put together the Parent’s Information Meeting for our new homeschool girl scout troop.  The meeting was last night, and I really enjoyed it.  I just love this group of parents, and I think the girls will enjoy each working together.  I’m hoping that our oldest girl and our youngest girl will each recruit a few friends for them to work and fellowship with.

This morning, the boys start Lego Club and Sky is going to a friend’s to sleep over.  I plan to get a good day’s schoool work in between the two.  I have to spend this weekend working on the e-zine for our homeschool group, but I also need to make sure I work hard at prepping our lessons for next week.  And next week, I need to pay close attention to getting to bed early so I can wake up early

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