Our Friday...

So long, but not a lot to report here. Work, baby, work, baby...

It's been a bit of a downer week. I'm stressing about the spring concert, what else is new, and struggling to keep up with work in general. My optimism refuses to die, however, which is a good thing. I WILL survive this year, I am NOT a terrible teacher, the concert WILL be a success. There is something amazing about a person's capacity for hope.

Yesterday was sucky in the day, then really good, then REALLY bad... I'll skip the bad school day part, going to the good part; ice cream in the park on a sunny Friday afternoon with my husband and baby. I had gotten a little extra on my paycheque for some writing assessment stuff and so we went to this awesome outlet store for some summer digs. Chester got size 36 shorts, YAY for him, and I found some awesome denim capris and dark brown shorts. All the stuff was Old Navy and American Eagle and cheap; 80$ CDN for 5 pairs of shorts. We ran into Ali there, made plans for our fave pizza place for dinner and were just loving life. Until we got home, and got ready to leave again for dinner. It was then we realized that Chris' bag was not in the stroller. Fortunately he had his phone, keys, and wallet with him in his pockets. Unfortunatley our video camera and digital camera were in there. Chris rushed back to the store to see if was in the change room or what, and the girls said they hadn't seen it. So a HUGE kick in the junk, I still feel absolutley sick about it. We work pretty hard at budgeting our money so we can have these nice things, trying to be responsible grownups and all and it seems as soon as you almost get ahead something like this happens.

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him" . It is so hard to see how loosing all that expensive tech is for our good, but I will have faith. Its hard though. Combined with the stress of school and the lack of sleep I just feel like sitting in bed all day with my head under the covers. Hiding from the world, going on strike, quitting, giving up... ughgh! But as I said in the first paragraph, human's have an amazing capactity for hope and even though I am bummed today, pray for a quick rebound. It is just stuff, and it could have been a lot worse!!!