One week down...35 to go...

I made it through the first week of school relatively intact. Very tired, though. I always forget how exhausting those first days are. How much walking I do (shouldn't I be skinnier???), how much I sweat in car line (again, skinnier???) which by the way has gone relatively smooth for a first week, and how little time I have to eat because of time crunch (Ok, this is so unfair...) certainly makes this girl a tired puppy! But, as mentioned, I survived.

I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a homeroom for the first time this year, and it is going very well in spite of my anxiousness. Our cafeteria administrator even commented how well I was doing with my lunch orders! You have to know her to know how big that is to me...

I get to share a devotion each morning and that has been very special to me. This time(seventh grade), in most of their lives, is a formation time of morals and character traits that will serve them for a lifetime. I want to be someone who will "light the way" and offer them something to hold on to in such uncertain times. May it be so...

I also shared here that I had the pleasure last year to have four wonderful AP students with whom I shared the book "The Shack" by W. Paul Young. This year I have one young man who is actually looking forward to the book as I mentioned it in his class of Art I last year and he was intrigued. We began reading it this week and his interest is even more than before. He is going to be a gift to me this year. As a young artist, I was captivated by animation. Even now I envy anyone who has had the opportunity to go behind the scenes at the Disney animation studios (I actually have a friend who has done it and she said it was the best! And I still speak to her...grrrr). My student is planning on creating a character and developing his own animation short. And from what I see here at the beginning, I think it will be good.

My other students, a mix of elementary and middle school artists, have begun their respective beginning projects and are getting a feel for each new level in which they find themselves. Drop/Add is for two more weeks, so my rosters in Middle School Art are still in flux. I am glad they had me an entire week (before I take off for Aubreyland ;o) so they can decide whether to stay or not. I am an acquired taste...

So, this is the beginning of a new week, new lessons, new projects to conquer, and new anticipations about when "Miss A." will arrive! By the way, transportation issues have been solved!! I can now get to my daughter when she calls and not leave my poor husband carless! Kind friends who have a spare car have turned it over to us for the "Great Escape"! Bless you, friends and thank you, Lord, for providing for our every need - just in time - Yours, not mine.