I am so glad it is saturday and I did not have to go to work today. I could barely lift my feet yesterday. An example of how I tired I was-I heard birds chirping this morning, a sound I have missed, I went to the door and saw that I had not locked the door when I came home from work, something I do every time I close it. That really scared me. I was mentally and physically exhausted. This morning I woke up with a stopped up nose and my eyes are teary. I don't feel good along with no energy. I will sip on soup and clear liquids today.

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Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31

It has been nice at work because of the Mardi gras holiday. Yesterday I had six children, today I only had four. We had less than half of our regular number of children in the whole building. The director is considering being closed for Mardi gras next year. Wow another paid holiday!

I woke up with itchy pain in my right ear canal. The ear canal is swollen. I have been cleaning it with peroxide and putting neosporin in the canal with a q-tip. I do remember this happening once before and it healed on its own. I pray this happens again.

I did a bad thing last night. I am suffering for it today. When I dragged myself home yesterday, I fell into the recliner, turned on the television and escaped to oblivion. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted the giant chocolate kiss I was given for valentine's day. I opened it and proceeded to eat 7 ounces of chocolate, 900 calories, 55 grams of fat, 115 grams of carbohydrates. It was very comforting while it lasted. As I popped the last bit into my mouth, guilt and shame tried to enter my mind. I told myself, what the hey, I will eat veggies for two days and detox. It tasted so good.

This weekend I will be starting a crochet project, one of four baby afghans. Amazingly there are four coworkers expecting. The joke around work is not to drink the water. One coworker is far enough along to know she is having a son. I will be crocheting her baby afghan first. I haven't chosen a pattern yet. Possibly I will use the same one for each afghan. I haven't decided yet.



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He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.


Isiah 33:15-17

Happy Valentines' Day! I hope ya'll enjoyed the day.

I was given a rose by two little boys from my classroom, yesterday. I wish you could have seen the wonderful looks on their sweet faces when they ran into the room to give them to me. I also received candy from several other children. It was a nice surprise. Not all the parents show their appreciation for the care I give their child. I don't mean by giving gifts; I would rather hear the words.

One grandmother came to the daycare and thanked me for helping her granddaughter enjoy coming to daycare. She had been worried because the little girl had always stayed with her grandparents. Due to a family emergency, she was placed in my room for a week. The little girl loved it so much, she wanted to come back and now is enrolled in my class. Hearing the words of appreciation reaffirm the reason I work in daycare.

The warmer weather of the past week has brought forth all kinds of colorful flowers. Even the trees are budding. It does a body good to see the beauty that God created.

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Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.
Psalm 113:1-3

Ugh!!!!! I got covered in vomit at work. The flu is going through the daycare and preschool. I was given a t-shirt to change into so I washed up as best as I good at the bathroom sink but I wanted to take a bath.

I want to share with ya'll that the director added a special notice in the envelope with our paycheck. She said that we can not use cell phones at work any more. All phone calls must come through the office. All I could say (to myself of course) was it is about time. What I heard from most of my coworkers was that she didn't mean them. I guess I really shouldn't be surprised. Now I am waiting to see if the director is going to back up what she said. Because I still observed coworkers using their cell phones today.

It has been awhile since I have blogged. It seems one day turns into another, I go to work, come home and collapse, get up and go back to work, over and over and over.

And it is back to work tomorrow, starting the second week of February all ready. Last week was hard. Not just my class, every one at work said the children were out of control. I was thinking it might have something to do with the eclipse we had in January. The children are definitely rumbustious before and after a full moon. I hope next week is not as exhausting but there will be a full moon monday night.

One child in my room came to the daycare with a rash and the director let her stay, saying the rash was fifth disease and she was no longer contagious. Her mom picked her up early and took her to the pediatrician. She called later and informed us that it was scarlet fever. No one else has been diagnosed with scarlet fever yet.

One coworker has been home with shingles. She did come to work a couple of days thinking she had a fever blister. I am afraid we will have an out break of chicken pox. As of friday, we had no reported cases.

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalm 111:10