Back to work

I am absolutely shattered- I know that the nature of work is a similar routine each day; teaching is always different every day but the monotony of getting up at the same time, walking out of the door (often when everyone else is still in bed) and then coming home at similar times (though I know not as late as other jobs) sometimes gets me down. I don't know how people with office jobs cope- at least I have interesting children to break up the day. My timetable at the moment is mainly sixth form (16-18 year olds) and I love teaching them- bizarrely my timetable has become more psychology than Religious Studies but I'm actually enjoying it. RE is still my first love though.

I had the most incredible headache for most of work yesterday which wasn't helped by having to clean out the office fridge because a bottle of milk had been left in there since March. We had a meeting after work to decide on the curriculum next year (in light of the fact that we're having our time cut in years 7-9). I am really fortunate to work with lovely people who make work a lot easier.

Dash home- Abi to dancing- Ruth and Abi home- me to Stake PEC and a meeting with the High Council- Home at 10pm. The meeting was really good- we discussed planning for Helping hands this and next year. I gave a presentation on the Teachings for our Time topic for this month- it's using three talks about the Temple (mainly Elder Scott's). the presentation was in preparation for the hIgh COuncil talks which follow the same theme. I came across a quote from Elder Gary Stevenson of the Seventy that reflects a discussion Ruth and I have been having over the last few weeks as we search for artwork for our walls:

Recently, in a stake conference, all present were invited by the visiting authority, Elder Glen Jenson, an Area Seventy, to take a virtual tour of their homes using their spiritual eyes. I would like to invite each of you to do this also. Wherever your home may be and whatever its configuration, the application of eternal gospel principles within its walls is universal. Let’s begin. Imagine that you are opening your front door and walking inside your home. What do you see, and how do you feel? Is it a place of love, peace, and refuge from the world, as is the temple? Is it clean and orderly? As you walk through the rooms of your home, do you see uplifting images which include appropriate pictures of the temple and the Savior? Is your bedroom or sleeping area a place for personal prayer? Is your gathering area or kitchen a place where food is prepared and enjoyed together, allowing uplifting conversation and family time? Are scriptures found in a room where the family can study, pray, and learn together? Can you find your personal gospel study space? Does the music you hear or the entertainment you see, online or otherwise, offend the Spirit? Is the conversation uplifting and without contention? That concludes our tour. Perhaps you, as I, found a few spots that need some “home improvement”—hopefully not an “extreme home makeover.”