Spring Break Has Arrived

Well.... it is here!  Spring Break has officially started!  At 2:35 I said goodbye to my 27 students for twelve days!  I love each and every one of them and I feel so blessed to be a part of their lives but, I am exhausted.  I need this time to recharge physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.  Teaching is the most exhausting, challenging, and fulfilling job I have ever had!  I am so blessed that God called me to do something that I love to do.  It amazes me how He gives me the ability to do this job well.

I'm just like many others and love to be recognized for doing a good job.  I like to know that I am doing something right and that I am good at what I do.  I have never felt this much fulfillment in anything.  I am careful not to be prideful because I know this all comes from Christ.  I would NOT be able to do what I do without His guidance.

And now He has blessed me with some time off to recharge!  But...  I must confess.  I spent the first few hours pouting because I don't get to go anywhere.  While my teacher friends are off to Colorado, California, Arizona, New York, Florida....  I am stuck at home!  My husband and I were planning on visiting my cousins in Tennessee but due to several unexpected expenses, we just can't afford it.  So I drove home pouting, pouted while I made dinner, and then pouted off to bed.  I slept for a little bit but woke up and decided to read a little of the book my Bible Study group is studying,  The God Who Sees You  by Tammy Maltby.  And of course God spoke to me!  He told me to change my perspective.

So I am trying...  Instead of looking at it as a terrible break that will drag on because I don't get to go anyplace fun, I am changing my perspective.  How many other professions get 12 days off to recharge?  My husband is taking a few days off and I LOVE being with him and that will be GREAT!  I have so much I need to do around my house and my classroom and now I will have the time.  I have plans to spend at least one day visiting with my sister-in-law and I know that will be a blast!  I am going to make dinner for my Bible Study group which is awesome because it is a small way for me to show them how much they mean to me.  I am going to do my best to visit the Pregnancy Care Center to see if there is a way I can help out. (Something I have been meaning to do for a LONG time.)  And the GREATEST thing that God is giving me on this break is time to REST!  I am getting older and my body has told me a lot lately that I need to rest.

So....NO MORE POUTING!  I am going to have a GREAT Spring Break even though I'm staying right here at home!

Angie