My Little Christmas Tree
I decided that this year is the absolute, definite last Christmas for this poor tree before it finally goes to Christmas tree heaven. It's poor branches are bent and broken and I've had to use many pieces of wire to fix them. I need a healthy, whole tree!
It's taken me a whole week just to finish decorating this tree. I think I have a couple of hundred ornaments hanging on it and I dread having to dismantle everything in three weeks. Such a chore. And always a sad one because it means that my children will be off to college and their lives again. But I'm not going to think about that right now.
Today, I taught THREE seminary classes--a noble feat but nevertheless, I was so very happy that I got to do it. Every class has a different feel and I do enjoy the students very much. However, I do LOVE my 6am class the best because its MY class and I know my students much better. They are the absolute best.
There's a bunch of Christmas riff raff that I am not using this year so I am going to put them all in a big box for my kids to dive in so they can decorate their student apartments and for my married sons, their sweet, new homes that they are building with their wives and children. It's fun to watch them create their own sweet traditions that they meld together as brand new families. My sons are wonderful husbands and make sweet fathers. Makes me very happy. I have two unbelievably accomplished and rare gems of daughters who will, in the future become wives and mothers too. I am excited for their time.....though not in a real hurry because they are still very young. I enjoy them IMMENSELY.
So I am again exhausted tonight from lack of sleep. It's finally Friday so I can sleep in tomorrow and get all refreshed for the next week. My children will be home by week's end. Can't hardly wait.
I must make sure I have fresh sheets and towels. And stock up on food.
Yay. Sigh. I am suddenly feeling very tired.
It's taken me a whole week just to finish decorating this tree. I think I have a couple of hundred ornaments hanging on it and I dread having to dismantle everything in three weeks. Such a chore. And always a sad one because it means that my children will be off to college and their lives again. But I'm not going to think about that right now.
Today, I taught THREE seminary classes--a noble feat but nevertheless, I was so very happy that I got to do it. Every class has a different feel and I do enjoy the students very much. However, I do LOVE my 6am class the best because its MY class and I know my students much better. They are the absolute best.
There's a bunch of Christmas riff raff that I am not using this year so I am going to put them all in a big box for my kids to dive in so they can decorate their student apartments and for my married sons, their sweet, new homes that they are building with their wives and children. It's fun to watch them create their own sweet traditions that they meld together as brand new families. My sons are wonderful husbands and make sweet fathers. Makes me very happy. I have two unbelievably accomplished and rare gems of daughters who will, in the future become wives and mothers too. I am excited for their time.....though not in a real hurry because they are still very young. I enjoy them IMMENSELY.
So I am again exhausted tonight from lack of sleep. It's finally Friday so I can sleep in tomorrow and get all refreshed for the next week. My children will be home by week's end. Can't hardly wait.
I must make sure I have fresh sheets and towels. And stock up on food.
Yay. Sigh. I am suddenly feeling very tired.
