Three More Days...

Okay, last week was tough. And we have been paying this weekend for stretching the little man way past his tolerance for change and lack of attention last week (see post from last Wednesday). We are tired from getting up with an overtired pre-schooler all night and are counting the sleeps until we can get a really good sleep ourselves.

So, this morning in church we were less-than-thrilled to find out that the heat at daycare is still off. There is a blockage in the line that brings heat from the community heating building to that whole neighbourhood. They are installing baseboard heaters in the daycare for back-up asap. That is not southern Ontario ASAP (yesterday), but Grassy asap (when we can get to it). So, there will be no daycare Monday, Tuesday (for a meeting already scheduled) and maybe Wednesday also.

Aiyy-yi-yi!

LK and I spent the past several hours trying to figure out the best coping strategy for this situation. There isn't a best strategy. This week is the last few days before the Christmas holiday. That means Monday is a madhouse of finishing up projects that will be completely forgotten by students after the holiday. Tuesday is rehearsal day; all day. And Wednesday is the big Christmas program and feast. None of which is exactly a good time for a classroom teacher to be absent. All of which requires all of a teacher's skills to maintain a (sort of) calm classroom, some progress in completing tasks, and enthusiasm for a performance that we are really not quite ready to do.

So, please keep us in prayer as we juggle Christmas program rehearsals tomorrow and Tuesday, with an extra extra-small student in our classrooms and the last few days of building insanity before the Christmas holidays (as is only experienced in classrooms filled with students who have been anticipating this holiday since September 1st).

My mantra for this week: Three more days... we can hold it all together for three more days.