2 weeks of school and sick already!

It's been awhile since I've written - the adjustment to going  back to work, Jack starting and daycare, and finishing up the last few items on our list of wedding to-dos really zapped all the time and energy I had.  For some reason I'm having a hard time adjusting to going back to work this year.  I'm not sure if it's the weather, the fact that I love spending summer days with my little man, getting up early, or that I've been teaching for 10 years.  yes, count it - 10 years....ahhh! How did that happen?  I can't possibly be old enough to have the same job for this long.  I did some calculations and my first job and first class of kindergarteners would be starting their freshman year of high school this year.  That's just plain crazy.

Jack is now in his second week of daycare.  It's been quite an adjustment for all of us.  I always swore I would never be one of those parents crying when they dropped off their child at my kindergarten class.  And I didn't....until I took my first step out the door that day.  I cried the whole way to work.  I cried again multiple times during first period.  I even made my co-worker cry as she thought about her 40 year old son and their memories of that time.  Jack did not cry.  Not that day at least, thank you, God!  But he did cry the rest of the week.  And we have to have a pep talk everyday that Mommy goes to school, Honey goes to school, Kelly goes to school, Jill goes to school, Campbell goes to school....you get the picture.  He seems to be loving it and is doing well.  He's happy as a lark when I pick him up.  He hasn't a bad report once (except that he cries sometime and doesn't eat much but hey, you can't win them all).
Here's a picture from the first day....I will cherish this picture forever.

Taking his seat at Small World

 

Breaking in his new boots

We got almost everything done on our list of wedding to-dos besides a couple minor items.  We also got in a quick trip to see Kelly and Tony Sunday night....went to hit golf balls at a kid-friendly driving range and had some Mexican and margaritas.  Jack loved it all .... think I definitely have a lefty on my hands though.

 

Part of attending school and daycare means contracting every bug, virus, infection, cold, etc.  That part I had forgotten about.  I think Jack brought a little bug home and now I'm home for the day with it.  Actually this is my third day but the first where I consented to stay home.  I never use my days for being sick myself.  I usually just gut it up but this was not possible...plus I needed to disinfect the house.  I felt as though I was on my last leg and have been in survival mode.  Luckily, I have Jared to thank for keeping everything together for the past couple days.  He bathed Jack, cleaned the kitchen, got whatever I needed, gave me some space to relax, did some wedding projects....God, I love that guy.  I don't know what I would have done without me. 

It really made me realize how horrible a feeling it is to be sick.  I can't imagine what it's like to have something much more serious than a stomach bug where you never really feel 100%.  I kept thinking to myself, "God, if you will just make me feel better, I will do a., b, and c....".  I truly have a new compassion for those who are in these circumstances and will make an extra effort to say a prayer for them daily.  What a blessing I take for granted to walk around in a fairly healthy and normal body and be able to do whatever I want, whenever I want.  I will not complain about a couple extra pounds or a little gray hair.  Never again.

On one more note, Kelly sent me this picture yesterday.  Look at the resemblance between Jack and I.  This is one of my most favorite pictures of my mom and I .... just before we went to the rodeo in Houston.  I was 3 years old.  Look how pretty my mom looks, too....:)