June 11-15, 2011- Oh My Gosh!

     Five whole days have blown by and left me in their wake, trying to catch up, clean up, and clear my head of everything those days have filled it up with.  It began with my first session as the instructor for the bi-annual babysitter training offered to teens by my department.  Well, actually it started with me opening the child care center at 6:45, then working straight through except for my hour lunch with my boys until 4:30, then spending the rest of the evening hosting our department end of the year celebration party.  I got to bed that night around 11, utterly exhausted.  Sunday brought the teaching of my last Sunday School class for the school year as we take a break in the summer since so many families are away at that time followed by pretty much catching up on sleep and relaxing the rest of the day. Monday began with work again, finishing up the 4 hours of the babysitting class I still had to finish with my 9 students, and it was followed by eating a late lunch since I hadn’t had much breakfast and was starving, and a quiet evening with a friend while the boys read in their room.  Tuesday, it was back to work with everyone else, which for me included training our two new “college kid” summer hires and handling questions and gathering documents for our surprise inspectors from our installation military command office in the states.  I’ve barely had a moment to breathe or go to the potty, much less keep up with my blog. J  So, tonight, it was time to catch up, and this is a good thing since I leave for the states again in a few days. Although I am excited to go back for a break, I am not excited to leave my boys behind this time. Unfortunately, I will have to be away from them for over 6 weeks this time while I spend a couple of weeks planning for the wedding next summer and visiting family without them, and then they take off with their dad and step family for the states right when my fiancé and I are stepping foot back in the islands. The good thing for my writing is, I’ll have more time for it, but I can’t imagine it will be half as exciting without the occasional funny story about my boys or half as rich without the complexities of my personal character development gained through raising them and being with them day in and day out.  My family and relationships with them are what makes my life worth living and my writing worth recording, in my opinion.