I just gave the worst Relief Society lesson ever. It's not even an exaggeration. I have to laugh about it or i'll cry. I work best under pressure and so I put off preparing til the end. Gideon doesn't understand this, so he's usually seems the hardest the day before and day of my lesson. So I was completely unprepared. Then we were asked right before church to substitute in the nursery. I usually use Sunday School to finish preparing. Now I was really unprepared. On top of that, the other counselor and the president were both gone today, and so I conducted and gave the lesson. I as standing the whole time. And I'll blame it on the pregnancy, but I am so scatterbrained. RIght before class started I was told someone new had moved in named Wendy Hill. So I introduced her as visiting. She said, "No we just moved in." Oh yeah...then I said her name was Emily. "No, it's Wendy." Oh, okay. Then as we're in the lesson I tell everyone to read Ezekiel 7:15-20. As she's reading, I'm thinking "What does this have to do with ANYTHING!" THe lesson is on The BOM as another witness of Jesus Christ. It was supposed to be Ezekiel 37:15-20. Go read it. How I got it messed up I don't know. But I'm panicking and I start to blush and I can feel how hot the room is and my face is RED!!!!! It just got worse and worse. In fact, in the closing prayer the woman said, "Please bless Sister Taylor and let her know how much we love her and appreciate the time and effort she puts into her calling."
That was my day. I am still embarrassed.
Other than that, I have lots of energy. Where does that come from?! And I have had my share of depression from this pregnancy...that's over with, thank goodness. I can't get anything done with my 2 year old, but we have fun together. It's only frustrating sometimes. Tristan graduates in June and we have NO IDEA what we are doing after that. He was supposed to have a job with a friend out here for a few years, but with the economy so bad, they can't afford him now. Since we don't have anything lined up, we're not sure.
Sorry I'm so bad at updating. It seems that's the norm for me now...to not get things done. Ugghhhh. you should see my to-do list.
2 comments:
Teaching adults scares the crap out of me! I helped Andrew teach a Sunday School class once and it was terrifying! So I give you a lot of credit for teaching adults Tricia because there's no way I could do it!
I've been fighting a nasty cold and woke up yesterday without a voice. So I had to try to teach my primary lesson to 7 year olds with a squeaky almost non-existant voice. It was pretty bad too. So don't worry Tricia. I feel your pain. My lesson was on the Priesthood and I couldn't get the kids to stop talking about stinky bugs and caterpillars. They thought it was funny that I could hardly talk, so they took full advantage of that. Oh well. The great thing about going to church every week is that come next Sunday, no one will remember what happened last week.
Just enjoy your life right now. Don't worry about the to-do lists. That's my advice anyway. When I look at my 6 year old who is now in school for 6.5 hours EVERY day, I wish I would have spent more time having fun with her and less time worrying about cleaning and folding laundry.
I think you're awesome Tricia, anyone who knows you can't help but love you.
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