Life here

You may have come to the conclusion that I have dropped off the face of the planet. But- I have not. Not quite yet. ;)
It has been a blogless three weeks, but certainly not for lack of activity. The days have been full- full of new experiences, challenges, and emotions. Things are slowly becoming what I might be able to identify as 'normal' life for me here in Regina. I'm looking forward to more of that feeling, because I don't like the scattered sense that I have often felt during the past month.
My Mom, Dad, Autumn and Andrew left for India on August 29, the same day in which I also started my high school teaching position at Western Christian. I had quite a bad time leading up to their leaving. Saying goodbye is a definite struggle for me. A week later we had a rerun when my China connection and life friends, Jay and Shannon, left to return to Shiyan for another year. So now I'm finished with the business of saying goodbye and I'm looking forward to saying hello again in May and June. Goodbyes are not my favorite.
The #1 question I'm asked these days is, "How's teaching?" So far it has been good, in most ways. It is challenging in many ways. It is also tiring. The best parts so far have been teaching my Gr. 11 and 12 PE class, and coaching volleyball. We had our first game on Thursday night and lost a close one. I'm excited about the possibilities this year, both in the win column and the relationship column.
The role of teacher is fun in a lot of ways, although it feels awkward in a way too. The strange and awkward part for me is being the decision-maker and planner for other people. It is new to have people coming to me with problems or decisions that need to be made. I don't know, it's just a challenge and requires a constant demanding of wisdom greater than my own. I guess this is the transition from student to teacher. I think feelings of inadequacy come easily if I lose focus, or perspective.
The planning is the greatest task and threatens as an all consuming sort of thing. If I can do a better job of using weekends to getting ahead, that would be a good idea. The problem this week was that by the time Friday came, I had absolutely no desire to be planning for Monday. And that feeling didn't go away on Saturday....and now Sunday has already arrived and Monday is on the doorstep. Ah well.
Anyway, I thought I had better do some catching up. Have a great week...the call for planning is coming through loud and clear, so I'd better get to work. Blessings.