Keep Moving Forward

Sometimes I just feel really lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life. Teaching is a tough gig and teaching first grade is even tougher (out of the three grades I've taught, this one kicks my butt every year). I always want to slap people when they say things like, "You're so lucky to get three months off in the summer or boy, must be nice to only work 8-4, etc, etc." Trust me, teachers are off for a reason. 1) Let's just say if I made overtime, I'd be swimming in the money. I have no clue what a "40" hour work week is because mine tend to be closer to 60. 2) If we didn't get a break from the lovely angels we teach, we'd go completely, totally, 100% insane, and 3) Summers are not three months long. We are lucky to get 10 weeks off in the summer. Yes, I know that is 10 weeks, but refer back to numbers 1 and 2 please. Anyway, back to what I was originally talking about. Throw in the Mommy to a toddler gig and trying to help run a household gig and there are days that seems to just go on forever and ever. Thank God I have a good husband that helps out and pulls part of the workload or I don't think I could make it. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for all of this. I'm thankful I have a job to go to and that most of the time it's rewarding one, I'm thankful that I have a healthy toddler and am crazy enough to even want another, and I'm thankful that I have a home to help run. But, every once in a while I just want a break. I want to just drive until I run out of gas, but then I realize that with gas prices the way they are that probably wouldn't work real well. Then I think that maybe I could just walk for miles and miles, but let's face it I'm fluffier and older than I was 10 years ago so that probably wouldn't work either. So, I tell myself that I'll just keep moving forward and that in time, things will maybe, possibly, finally slow down just a little where I can actually catch my breath. Yeah... I know, who am I kidding??