This past week was a bit of a stressful one for me. My students took their state standardized test on Friday, which meant I hardly slept at all Thursday night! I love my students and know that we worked hard all year. I had confidence in them, but there is still a lot of pressure to perform. I was so proud of how wonderfully they did! It turns out that having a reading teacher who is slightly obsessed with reading is a really good thing. 🙂
My husband and I were also working hard to get him ready for a conference in Greece this week. He will be presenting at a theological conference and then travelling to Mount Athos (an island with a large number of Orthodox monasteries) for a few days. I am very excited for him!
Despite the busy week, I still managed to reach most of my goals.
Here are last week’s goals:
10 Weekly Goals
Spiritual:
1. Pray the Morning Prayers 5 Days as a family (We are getting much better at this!)
2. Read 8 chapters of the book of Romans
Professional:
3. Complete my Weekly Lesson Plans for next week
4. Relax after students take the state test on Friday! (My kids did great. Phew 🙂 )
Homemaking/Family:
5. Organize closet in master bedroom
6. Organize hall closet
7. Read 5 days to kids (picture books to Little Brother and Sister and a Magic Tree House book to Big Brother)
8. Go strawberry picking as a family
Personal:
9. Read 1 book (I’m keeping it simple this week. I will be starting Building A Better Teacher, which is pretty long.) (I actually didn’t finish Building A Better Teacher. I just couldn’t get into it and decided to abandon it. I did, however, finish two other books: Shadow and Belle Prater’s Boy. I highly recommend these young adult novels.)
10. Write a guest post for another blog. (I was excited to submit the post, and now I’m waiting to see if it will be accepted. I’ll be sure to let you know!)
And, these are my goals for this week:
Spiritual:
1. Pray the Morning Prayers together 5 mornings
2. Finish the book of Romans
Professional:
3. Complete and submit all grades for the final quarter
4. Finish my portfolio and schedule an appointment with my principal
Family/ Homemaking:
5. Organize and clean the hall closet
6. Sort through kids’ toys, throwing away or donating ones that do not get played with anymore
7. Have an in-house date night with my husband before he goes to Greece
8. Play a board game one evening with Big Brother and Sister
Personal:
9. Read 2 books (I’ve started Laura Vanderkam’s All the Money in the World and am enjoying it so far!)
10. Take one evening to completely unwind–no work or computer allowed!
What are your goals for the week?
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