Easter... and all that jazz.
Not too much to report today.
PMSing major.
So, of course, there have been a couple tearful breakdowns during this week of uber stress.
Easter Egg hunt is tomorrow.
And this makes the second week in a row that I have not taken a Thursday "sabbath."
*sigh*
When will I learn?
Everything gets so overwhelming when I don't have a day to "reset" myself.
Still, all of the aforementioned "changes" to our preschool/children/youth ministries are well into their second week and have gone off without a hitch.
I really enjoy having the kindergarten-ers in my class.
And I REALLY enjoy not having sixth graders.
It's not that I don't enjoy middle school.
It's the mix.
6th graders + 1st graders = mass chaos
So for the past two week, my job has been a BREEZE.
It has been really nice.
Except for this stupid Easter Egg hunt.
Do we all remember Mrs.K? The former children's pastor/daughter of the senior pastor/person who really made it difficult for me in the beginning and who turned all the volunteers against me so they quit. Remember her?
Well, I've been trying to build a bridge there.
I've been trying to reach out.
I asked her OVER A MONTH AGO if she would teach kid's church next Sunday since I will be gone.
She has YET to let me know for sure.
Then, I called her TWO WEEKS ago and left a message, asking if she could give me a basic overview of past Easter Egg hunts... so I could know a general idea of what I was in for.
She returned my call YESTERDAY.
Yesterday... two days before the Hunt.
*sigh*
Well... I've done what I could do in that area, and I wash my hands of it.
"If at all possible, pursue peace with all men."
Yes, Lord, I have pursued it. And it ran away from me. So I'm done.
But what that means for me is this...
I have no blueprint.
I have no one to tell me how this has been done in the past.
So I'm forced to do it the way that I see is best.
...and then hear from 100 little kids and their parents, "That's not the way we did it last year!"
*sigh*
It would be one thing if it were something new that they had never done before...
... but everything I do is measured up against the way it has always been done.
And I have no person to guide me, nobody to tell me how it has been done.
In addition to that, I'm not sure I have enough volunteers lined up.
If nothing else, I guess I'll just grab some parents and put them to work.
They should be volunteering anyways.
Oops... time for class.
Sorry to complain so much.
*yawn*
PMS... and all that jazz.