I have to say that I was somewhat surprised at how well my classes went (overall) yesterday. Particularly Basic English. I started the chapter on clauses and sentences, which usually seriously confuses my students. But I specifically prayed that God would help me explain it clearly…and they seemed to get it. Now perhaps, I should’ve prayed that they would get it no matter what I said…but we’ll see what happens!
I got home about 5 yesterday since I stayed in my office to prep my lessons for Friday. I had to be at church around 7:00, so I vegged for a few minutes playing a computer game while Eric read a book. Then we talked for a while before I made a light supper and went to church. It feels as if we’ve got a lot of changes happening all at once (his job is getting crazy busy and will probably start requiring more travel, CU is hectic as always, I have a couple of outside obligations on top of CU stuff, Eric’s decided to quit the orchestra, drama is still a bit frustrating, etc), and I needed him to know that I’ve been struggling to be okay with it all. So we talked about having to be more proactive and attentive to each other since real life is going to require more of our time away from each other. I guess the honeymoon had to end sometime, right? Anyway, chatting with him helped, and then I also got to talk for a while to one of my friends at church and she’s always really encouraging. So I felt better when I got home.
Today…I have lots of things I could do…I have no idea which one to start on…
Yeah…I totally felt better once I’d said it out loud…and to have Eric acknowledge the shift was nice too!
Don’t you hate that? When you know things are going to be different, and you’re going to have to deal with it, but you just don’t like it, and it’s hard! Sometimes, it helps to just say that out loud and make sure he knows. I’m sure you guys will be fine once the adjustment period is over! (Then they’ll be something new to adjust to!)
Maybe the other four counseling sessions covered how to feel like the honeymoon is never over! You should call and ask him!
The honeymoon NEVER has to be over! That’s what we say, anyway! As long as you’re concentrating on the 90, it’s everlasting! (That was part of Coach Murdoch’s pre-marital counseling for us – the 90/10 principle. There are always going to be things about the other person you don’t like, but as long as you pick someone you feel has about 90% good qualities, and you concentrate on those instead of thinking about the 10% you don’t like, you’ll be happy together! Sometimes, when we argue, I tell Kyle he’s getting close to 60/40 and he better shape up, but that’s all in fun!)
More travel – yuck! Is it going to be those crazy one-day trips he goes on sometimes or longer?