..and I’m so glad. Last night I was stressed myself into a tizzy. I was completely overwhelmed. I left work 30 mins early to get a jump start on preparing for today. I had to wash, condition and style Bird’s hair. That’s always a feat. T wanted her hair blown out. I didn’t have extra $$ to accomodate that request so she said she’d wash and blow it so that I could go over it with the flat iron…fine.
Well it took me 2 hours to finish Bird’s hair in between doing 2 loads of laundry. By 8 pm I was exhausted. Looking at T’s hair made me wanna cry. It’s just sooooo much. Using my very expensive flat iron was comical. I need to find another conditioner for T’s hair stat. What we’re using isn’t making the grade. She may have seen the defeat in my eyes. She told she would just wet her hair and wear it curly. That weight was lifted, but I still felt burdened…to the point of tears.
There is no one to pass anything off to. If I don’t do hair who’s gonna do it? If I don’t prepare the meal…If I don’t make sure the home is tidy..and it ain’t right now and that makes me VERY uncomfortable. All of it is just exhausting sometime, but I wouldn’t trade them for the world.
We all made it to bed at a decent hour and that was my biggest concern. I wanted all of us to be well rested and prepared for today.
Yesterday, I called the girls and made sure they tuned into the President’s address. I watched it online and his words made me emotional. I heard it as a parent that wants so much for my girls. Sometimes words of encouragement are few and far between. The words he spoke were words of support and encouragement. It felt like he was speaking directly to us. This year we will strive harder and put in an even greater effort. We will live up to our fullest potential.
For the past two weeks I’ve been searching for a math tutor for T. She’s been struggling and its worn on her esteem. I can not have that. I’m happy that she’s attending the school she wanted to go to. She’ll be dancing 4x a week. I won’t have to listen to her nag me about dance class.
Bird has a natural talent for music. She used to take piano lessons and she was really good. I could not keep up the lessons. I was just discussing this with my godbrother yesterday. Well, this morning I saw a notice at their afterschool program that piano lessons are being offered twice per week!
I pray that this will be a rewarding and fulfilling school year for all of us, my family and yours.
