First day of school jitters

There are normally a lot of jittery stomachs the first day of school.  New teacher, new class, new school.  There is an unknown in that.  And then for some students there is total readiness.  But in both cases there is feeling that students like and need.  A feeling that may not be there for the summer.  

It is the knowledge that there is structure.  They know what they are doing during the whole day.  They know what comes first then next and so on.  They know what is expected at school, and for the most part strive to to do.  There is a schedule posted, (hopefully, a good teacher would have one up) which brings comfort to the students.  

As I write this that might be why kids miss school during the summer.  They may not say it, but inside somewhere they do.  Even for us adults we like to know what is going on and when it is taking place.  Kids lose that structure during the summer, (for the most part.)  And more than likely don't have a schedule posted of their summer day.

Are kids ready for school to start?  Maybe more so than adults.  Structure is a big thing.  Just the other day I had a student tell me they were ready for school because of just this reason.  Structure

Wes

Sleep or Family

How can it be that you can have all the energy in the world when you are moving and when you sit down you can't stay awake?  Ya that is me.  Trying my hardest to stay awake during church and nothing.  Nothing I do helps.  Church is the worst.  I hate to say it but church is the worst.  And I don't want it to be that way.

So maybe half the problem is getting to bed at an average time of 11 or later.   Wow, and I hate that.

I have noticed that there have been a few times when someone asked me how I was doing and I said that I was tired.  Working hard and was tired.

" That's dumb who cares if i am tired."   

Or my other thought was "that is kind of like the Sadducees fasting and disfiguring themselves so that everyone knew.  There they have their reward; everyone knowing."  

Am i tooting my own horn when I do that?  Saying that I am sooooo tired? I work hard and because of it I am tired.   I don't want to be like someone who wants everyone to know how great I am.  I don't want to go and solicit myself.  

The next day.  And now I find myself pushing 11 o’clock, and probably won’t get to be until 11:30.  I really do love sleep, but there are a few more things that are important than sleep.  My family is the main one.  They need my time and I want them to have some of that time.  So that pushes other fatherly matters, and late night working into the evening and night.

But they are worth it.

Wes