Day 13: March 26, 2012

I took a few weeks off from my blog project. It seems that the sore throat I fought through my entire first week back at work developed into a sinus infection. Just as I began to improve, my sweet baby girl came down with the flu. By the time we had all recovered, I was simply overwhelmed with school work, house work, and being a working mommy. It is quite ambitious to begin a blog when you are at home taking care of two children, but it is nearly impossible when you are trying to teach thirty students every day. I am finally beginning to dig myself out of the hole of papers and lesson plans and laundry, and I can only hope to stay that way for a few days. My mantra has become, "I am doing the best I can for everyone each and every day." I look often at women who have several children and still manage to juggle work and a job and make it seem effortlessly. As for me, I need a haircut, a pedicure, and I have a huge zit on my chin right now. But right now, my babies are fed and sleeping. I actually have tomorrow night's dinner in the CrockPot, and my house is relatively neat. Right now, my eyes are drooping. It feels good to have a moment to write and reflect. For all the stress that I have been under, we are surviving and thriving. That is all I can ask for today.