Learning

Do you think you learn somethng new everyday? Sometimes I'll see that on some people's blogs or New Year's Resolution list or life wish list. It's a committment to learn something new everyday. So part of me thinks...hmm...does that mean that you need to will yourself to learn something new? How do you turn learning off such that you need to commit to doing it?

The other part of me thinks...is there really something new to learn everyday? Something new...NEW...brand new...is there really something new to learn everyday. Lately it seems I'm not learning something new everyday. Lately it seems I'm having to REMIND myself of the things I've previously learned. Like...correcting papers will NEVER HAPPEN if they're brought home. Or brewed coffee at home is cheaper than Starbucks...it just is...oh if I could only remember that :-) Or why do I have to seemingly re-learn that water is good for me..therefore I'll "start" drinking it. My treadmill will serve me better as a treadmill than a sweater hanger. I know this already...why do I need to re-learn it?

Today...I don't think I learned anything new. I did however get a chance to go through some much needed motions of my life lately. EVERY notebook of my students' is corrected...YES! The rough drafts are partially done...but partially is better than not at all:-)

As*sem*bly (n): plural -lies

1. an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose;

2. a group of persons gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social.

Part of my new job at Housel is the Leadership Teacher and ASB Advisor. Today was our first assembly...our FIRST assembly. So, last night I didn't sleep very well and this morning I did not even hit the snooze button! I ran around all day today trying to busy myself with stuff so I wouldn't get nervous. People would ask me if I was nervous and I'd always say it was like when I got married. You plan and you plan but ultimately what is going to happen happens...you don't have much control during the situation. The kids were nervous...I was nervous...none of us felt like we prepared enough...someone who'd never run the PA system did it for the first time...phew...

I was taking over after the long-time advisor had resigned the position. She is fabulous! And she'd been doing that for a LONG time...so no matter how much people told me not to...I couldn't help but feel like I had big shoes to fill. Ultimately what I learned is that I can lead this class the best I know how...without my own self-imposed constrictions.

You know what...it wasn't the MOST smooth assembly I've ever done...some of the competitions were messier than I thought they'd be...but the kids did SO good. They were nervous but they stepped up. Every single one of them helped clean up...it was AWESOME! And I love love LOVED that afterwards people were so pleased with the assembly. I've never seen their assemblies before so I have nothing to compare it to but I think all of the positive feedback is a good sign!

Marital disagreements

So...what do you argue about? They say (and when I say "they" I don't actually know who "they" are) that the two biggest disagreements in a marriage are money and...well..you know:-)

So...people who know us REALLY well know that one of the things about our marriage is that we don't really fight. We may be irritated with each other which usually ends in us being quiet with each other until someone cracks a joke. It's really quite funny how short lived our disagreements are:-)

So, last night quite possibly our biggest marital disagreement came up...the Lunar Landing and the NASA Space program. So, it's not important who's wrong or right (my REALLY good friends know how hard that is for me to type) and it's not important who is on what side of the argument (I think MARK is the only one who could guess that) but what matters is how fervent we each were in our arugments.

So, there we sat watching Mythbusters...which is what prompted our "discussion" and each time it went to commercial we would start up again. We would trade off this comment "Okay..but listen" (said in our calmest tone) with each exchange. We would trade off "let's just drop it..." and then in a slightly more irritated and voluminous tone "I just can't believe..."

So...there we sat...in disagreement...laughing that after ALL these years of knowing each other...and knowing a LOT about each other...sharing so many parts of our lives together...that it took a Discovery Channel show to finally reveal what our big disagreement would be. Someone should put this topic in the PreMarital Counseling curriculum!

Why?

Why do I comment on blogs?
Why do I not comment on blogs?
Why do I care if someone...or no one...comments on my blog?
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Why do I feel bad when I question God?
Why am I always amazed at how faithful God is?...you'd think I'd know by now:-)
Why does sleeping feel so good?
Why do kids come to youth group in droves?
Why does my dog chew plastic pop bottles?
Why does my other dog bark non-stop at what she cannot see?
Why does my other dog always have to rest her head on my rear end when sleeping?
Why is World of Warcraft so addictive?
Why is one contact blurrier than the other?
Why do I have SO much to catch up on?