Great day? You decide.

Today began at 6:45am when my phone alarm went off. Was it supposed to? No. Today was the day I was going to be able to sleep in till 8. Geoff made a decision to not wake up so I had to walk to class. I started a new sport today in one of my classes (badminton) and I was the best of the best! We had a ladder tournament and I was the one who ended up on the highest court. I felt pretty good about myself since 1/3 of my class are boys.

Has anyone ever had a class where you knew it was easy, but too easy to pay attention? Yeah that was the next class I had. The teacher makes us do busy work and MAKES us kill a whole rain forest for silly little (50 page) assignments. I don't even think she reads our homework.

After 5 hours at school I go straight to work. I work at Boys and Girls Club. If anybody doesn't know what that is, it's mainly for children who don't behave or parents who work a lot, and so we give them the opportunity to have fun instead of being out on the streets.

Today was cooking day. Who thought it would be a good idea to let fifty 3-5th graders bake something? I can understand when you have your children help you cook at home, but really? 50 kids all together? Guess what we made! Apple pie! Thankfully we had pre-made crust but the apples had to be peeled. We only had one vegetable peeler and it ended up being very dull. The teacher in charge made a quick decision. She taught them how to peel with a knife. Multiple kids were swinging knives around like it was a fake snake. I was seriously afraid we were going to take everyone to the emergency room from either another kid stabbing them or cutting off their fingers. Most of the children didn't cut themselves and others had minor cuts. I was actually impressed. although I don't think a single child finished peeling the apples. They ended up asking me to finish them.

After work I went straight to the church. Relief Society Activity tonight was our Birthday activity. It was super fun. It was a potluck dinner and games. I was in charge of a "Minute to win it" game. It turned out to be a good group game. We had one where you had to put a popsicle stick in your mouth and stack 6 dice on top.

I had to leave early from the activity to go to a temple interview. It's not the temple interview you might be thinking of...I applied to work at the temple as a laundry worker a month ago. Last night they called me to ask for an interview today. Yes it does feel weird to think that I might be getting paid to be in the temple but I think it will be okay. :-)

This past week I have been completely stressing out about life. My job at Boys and Girls requires that I work 30 hours a week (if I want a tuition refund). School has been picking up a lot more recently with projects and preparing and teaching middle school PE every week. I have had no free time. I love spending time with Geoff in the evenings, but all I have been doing is work, work and more work. I guess I shouldn't have been rubbing it in that I never had homework and Geoff always did. :-(  I don't know how people do it... really. I get stressed, lose sleep and am totally cranky. I feel bad for Geoff at times but thankfully he loves me even when I am a bum. These past few days I was thinking about looking for another job for the summer that didn't require so much time because Geoff and I don't get a break. We are still going to school during spring and summer terms.

Tonight in the interview, Brother P. kept saying that my family will be blessed for me being able to work in the temple. He said that 5 times. Isn't it a wonderful feeling that Heavenly Father knows what you are going through and is always there to help you? I didn't expect this amazing opportunity to drop right in front of us. I thought that I needed to toughen up and deal with all the busyness because that is what everyone else does in this life. Whatever happens, if I get the job or not, I know that Heavenly Father is looking out for me and that He loves me. :-)

Even though today was crazy, it ended up being such a great day!