Ugh.

That's how I feel right now. Worn out and washed up.

Maybe it's because homeschooling has been particularly challenging this week...EVERYTHING seemed to take a bazillion times longer that I had anticipated. Much of the time was focus less on teaching the three RRR's and more on teaching about the importance of focusing, listening to instruction, respecting what I say, the priveledge of being taught and what happens if we didn't do school at home or at a school building, why we don't play with toys once the school day starts. All important lessons, but the striving has drained me physically and emotionally.

And then, there's "THE HOUSE." Yes, God has blessed us with this opportunity to fix up a rental property and great progress was made last week. And then, this week happened. And nothing happened. And I want to scream, "Why is it taking so long?!!!" But screaming doesn't help and patience is a virtue and God uses these trials to grow us. And I think it's the enemy again, trying to beat us down, convincing us we don't even have the energy to pray about the situation, much less get any work done. And now I need to pray that God would give me the mustard seed because I don't even feel I have that. And I'm probably going to cringe at everything I've written in this post if I look back on it even a few months from now.

Enough griping for now.

Jesus lift us up!