Sorry....

I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth, I have had a lot on my plate the last week or so and I haven't had the opportunity to write. Sorry to my readers..... =(

I am back to writing and I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing or not... I have a feeling this post might be all over the place so I apologize in advance.

Yesterday, I had a VERY busy day and am glad that it is over (at least I got a lot accomplished). I had to take my vehicle and have a Smog check run on it (being in the wonderful state of CA, any vehicle over 5 years old has to have an emissions check run on it to make sure it's not polluting the air too much - my car now falls into that category; the age category, not the polluter category). Once the test was run, I could mail in my payment for my car registration (had to have the test run first). I then went to a 2 hour rehearsal for the Hand Bell choir I belong to at church. After the rehearsal that ran a little longer than it was supposed to, I had to hurry to a town approximately 30 minutes away to have my car's oil changed. Luckily, my check engine light turned off on it's own so I did not have to have the diagnostics run on it, just desperately needed the oil changed. I then ran home to get into my Halloween costume (I bought a set of scrubs and went as a doctor) so I could help my friend take her 3 year old son trick-or-treating while her husband stayed home to pass out their candy. No wonder I didn't want to get out of bed this morning.....

It also probably didn't help that sleep eluded me for part of the night last night. I'm not sure why I couldn't sleep, I just know that I couldn't. I'm hoping that I will sleep tonight...

I'm going to NEED to get some sleep before going into work tomorrow. I've been working as a preschool teacher but, starting tomorrow, I am moving to the toddler class. That's right, a class that has 14 little 2 and early 3 year-olds. I am going to need all of my energy/strength during the day and probably my sanity checked tomorrow evening. Hopefully it won't be as bad as anticipated... But in the land of toddlers, you just never know what to expect.

Maybe that's one of the reasons that I couldn't sleep last night. This is just one more situation where I don't know what to expect and I think I've had enough of those situations for awhile. I know that there are always going to be challenges in life; I've just been a little overwhelmed with the "unexpected" this last year.

Despite it all, there is a song (sung by Kelly Clarkson) that I am trying to remind myself of. The chorus goes:

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly

I'll do what it takes 'till I touch the sky

I'll make a wish

Take a chance

Make a change

And breakaway

Out of the darkness and into the sun

But I won't forget all the ones that I loved

I'll take a risk

Take a chance

Make a change

and Breakaway

We'll see where I end up........