Half-Way Done

So there is a certain downside limitation to being known as the happy, funny, nice, etc professor.   I know this because I AM that professor.  I feel blessed that now that I am teaching upper-level curriculum (outside of REQUIRED courses), I know a lot of the students because I taught them last year in Cell Biology.  That is one great benefit to having taught sooooo much last year.  It is VERY nice to walk into a new class (microbiology or genetics) and hear the students say, "YAYYYY!!!" when they see me.  That is PRET.TY. AWE.SOME.  However, I am quite overwhelmed! I am doing so much right now! I teach Tuesday and Thursday ALL. DAY. LONG. because I am helping a collegue. I am so happy to thrilled that although they are a minority, my colleague's wife has a bone marrow match and although only 19, a young man (10/10 HLA match) has AGREED to be a donor.  It just does my heart such good.  I am happy to help him out.  I am busy, ESPECIALLY on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but I will get used to it.

I have my family with me at work... and an engagement picture to remind me that I looked so much better three years and to GET WITH the PROGRAM!

I really LOVE LOVE LOVE my job.  I really want to do an excellent job.  I am kind of putting a lot of pressure on myself with that because I really do want to do my best.  It has been excellent so far.  I had a GREAT set of instructions left for me, amazing people I work with and Monday, I met the most-fantastic undergrads that are my very own workers.  One worked for the genetics lab last year and she is so amazing.  She has helped me so much! Today, I came in and she was inspired to organize for me.  I am sort of a clean freak, especially at work and the labs have shown that very much.  Apparently, my student was HAPPY about that and she went through the drawer of junk that I had no idea what to do about.  She is just amazing.  My other girl is new to the job, but I had her in cell, so I am REALLY LUCKY times two.  I will train her well so that next year, she is just as good as my senior.

My kiddos!

I miss my kiddos sooooo much.  I saw Asher for maybe... 30 minutes yesterday.  I was so tired when I got home, I fixed dinner, then TRIED to stay awake, but I was so tired, I was in bed by 8.  Like I said, I am so exhausted by my Tuesdays- tomorrow (Thursday) will be a repeat.   God help me.  I miss my baby~!

Valerie is so tired from school right now, she and I are just so tired at the end of the day.  Hopefully we will acclimate soon enough.

I have to say, I have been really overwhelmed thinking about how long and hard I have been working and stilllllll not paid for a few weeks.  That is really hard.  Valerie is out of deodrant, so I gave her mine.  She is out of toothpaste too, so she has been coming into our bathroom for that.  This is so hard.  I have been going to and from work in Matt's car with no AC because it uses less gas that way, but it is not fun.  I can not open the driver's door unless I do it from the inside of the passenger's side.  Not a HUGE deal, except for when your co-worker is parked beside you and sitting in her car talking on the phone.  Bah.

Anyway, it is good that I am doing something about it.  I am so trying to focus on building zion and not building a kingdom of wealth.  However, this is a little much.  I feel weepy a lot.  I admit it. I am still going though. 

This is a holiday weekend, and we had planned to have some fun, but there is no way we can do anything now and that really makes me sad.  I do work Monday, but I still had looked so forward to relaxing a little bit.  Oh well, I guess Heaven will be that much better, eh?