I am a sunbeam teacher. 
This means I teach the 3 year olds. I have 5 children in my class that come regularly. I am a mother to 6 children of my own and 4 of them are older than 3 so teaching this class should be a piece of cake, right? Today was my second day teaching this class. Today was also the second day that they "kicked my butt!" (Sorry Mom about the language!)
I came home from church at 12:30, changed out of my church clothes back into my pajamas, ate a slice of leftover pizza, climbed back into bed and slept for 4 HOURS! Got up with a bigger headache than when I laid down, fixed my family chocolate cake and ice cream for dinner, and then called my dear friend in the Primary Presidency and cried in her ear for the next 2 hours. I have a new plan of attack! It involves a rope, food, and a big smile! I will not be defeated....yet!
I wanted to share a little update on my "procedure" last week. The diagnosis: NOT Cancer! I have 25 cm of raw colon (sorry this is a little gross) which explains the severe bleeding. I am experimenting with some meds to find what will work and I am suppose to eliminate ALL stress from my life. Sure...Bring on the Prozac!!!
This means I teach the 3 year olds. I have 5 children in my class that come regularly. I am a mother to 6 children of my own and 4 of them are older than 3 so teaching this class should be a piece of cake, right? Today was my second day teaching this class. Today was also the second day that they "kicked my butt!" (Sorry Mom about the language!)I came home from church at 12:30, changed out of my church clothes back into my pajamas, ate a slice of leftover pizza, climbed back into bed and slept for 4 HOURS! Got up with a bigger headache than when I laid down, fixed my family chocolate cake and ice cream for dinner, and then called my dear friend in the Primary Presidency and cried in her ear for the next 2 hours. I have a new plan of attack! It involves a rope, food, and a big smile! I will not be defeated....yet!
I wanted to share a little update on my "procedure" last week. The diagnosis: NOT Cancer! I have 25 cm of raw colon (sorry this is a little gross) which explains the severe bleeding. I am experimenting with some meds to find what will work and I am suppose to eliminate ALL stress from my life. Sure...Bring on the Prozac!!!
(I wanted to share a picture with this story so I went into Google and typed in "picture of stress". I found this little stress test. It's called:
THE CATTLEMAN'S STRESS TEST
The Stress-Test consists of viewing a photo of 2 Dolphins...
-The dolphins appear to be nearly identical when viewed by stress-free individuals. The test is not sufficiently accurate to detect mild stress differentials, but is very accurate on individuals with higher stress-levels.
-Deviations in appearance between the 2 dolphins are indicators of potential stress-related problems and the deviations, if any, may also indicate the source of stress.
-If you experience significant deviations, you may want to consider taking things a little easier...
Here's the image... 
Ha! Ha! Dad, this one was for you! How's your stress level today?)
Ha! Ha! Dad, this one was for you! How's your stress level today?)And "Once there was a snowman tall,tall, tall?"
On Saturday, A went to a birthday party. In order to stop feeling sorry for herself because she was not invited, S went outside to play in the snow with the little neighbor girl. S came in a about an hour later, very excited about the snowman that they had built. She was very insistent that I needed to come right away and see it. She had been gone a while so I was expecting...a snowman. J was sitting at the table laughing to himself. He said, "Oh, you're going out to see Sludge." I asked him what he meant by that and he said, "It's just a pile of sludge." S was very offended by his comment. I told him to be nice. I told him I was sure that the snowman was great and "sludge" was kind of a harsh word to use on something that his sister had worked so hard on. He just continued to laugh to himself. I opened the back door and there was....
On Saturday, A went to a birthday party. In order to stop feeling sorry for herself because she was not invited, S went outside to play in the snow with the little neighbor girl. S came in a about an hour later, very excited about the snowman that they had built. She was very insistent that I needed to come right away and see it. She had been gone a while so I was expecting...a snowman. J was sitting at the table laughing to himself. He said, "Oh, you're going out to see Sludge." I asked him what he meant by that and he said, "It's just a pile of sludge." S was very offended by his comment. I told him to be nice. I told him I was sure that the snowman was great and "sludge" was kind of a harsh word to use on something that his sister had worked so hard on. He just continued to laugh to himself. I opened the back door and there was....
Sludge!
I think he's the cutest pile of "sludge" ever!
8 comments:
Food is always a good thing when there are three year olds involved. I admire anyone who is willing to teach that age. Good job.
As for the stress test, maybe I should go take a nap to relieve some stress.
Gald you found the problem out and can start to fix it now, rigth? :)
Oh, I feel for you! Sunbeams are cute, but they can be a handful! (be glad my 4-year-old isn't in your class - ha, ha! Just kidding, she's really quite behaved, when her mommy isn't around.)
I think I'm stressed....
I'm glad to hear it's not cancer!! But I hope you'll be able to find something to help.
I am teaching sunbeams too. It is hard especially when one is crying and not quite ready... I feel your pain....Let's Share Ideas...
Did you laugh your head off when the doctor told you to reduce all stress? I hope you get feeling better and that you can find ways to reduce your stress.
A very cute pile of sludge indeed.
And I must say I do not envy you your calling at all. Primary is always the last place I want to be called into.
OK the quote at the top of you blog the one about being powerful. I have that quote on my fridge credited to Nelson Mandella.
Who really wrote that?
Jenna, I have seen it credited to both of them. When I looked it up on the internet under Marianne Williamson's name it says that Nelson is often given the credit but that Marianne is the original author. I have no idea if that is accurate or not though.
I'm sorry you had to go through that procedure...that was one of many tests Don had before he was diagnosed. Not fun. I hope they find a med that is helpful and heals you. If not, some people find diet to be helpful with intestinal issues. Check out this website:
http://www.scdiet.com/
The book is available at the library. It is sadly a fair amount of stress to make the initial diet switch, or at least it was for me when helping Don, but once you get used to it not so bad. I think whether it is worth it depends on the severity of the symptoms and how badly you need relief. Good luck to you.
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