Wanna know what's going on in my life?

It's been two weeks since I've updated. I thought I'd just blab about what has been happening in my life the last little while.

Work is going well for me. I love my schedule and the split shifts. I know a lot of people find that type of shift work hard to do but when it's part time it's easier to handle. I just get my errands done in between. I find my job highly rewarding and fulfilling. I am a special ed bus driver and although I spend very little time with those sweet spirits I know I am impacting their life in a positive way. I have 10 elementary students and the disabilities range from autism to emotional disorders. It's hard to witness such young people with depression and anxiety issues and it makes me wonder what their home life is like. The autistic child touches my heart so dearly. I struggle with her sometimes and she has no idea of safety precautions as she does not have a problem getting up and wondering around. Once she realizes I pulled over and will not move until she sits back down, she goes back to her seat. My middle school kids are so quiet! I have one with mental retardation, one with bipolar/ADD, one with vision problems and one with downs syndrome. I love my high school students!!! We all chit chat and they let me know what is going on in their life. I think that is a positive thing that they feel they can talk to me about their problems. One student is in a wheel chair and has multiple disabilities, one is mentally handicapped, 2 are autistic. She has an extreme case. She goes ballistic if anything is out of order. She bit me one time when things didn't go the way she wanted. My legs were crossed one time in the bus load zone and she took her hands and tried to uncross them. Another the high school student has difficulty hearing.

School is not going so well. I've realized online classes are not a good motivation for me. I have been procrastinating big time. I think I need the visual/physical stimulation of a classroom setting. Plus I have realized the personal training program I am using isn't nationally accredited. Only regional. So I'm planning on taking another course anyway before I start personal training.

I'm still teaching the Young Women in my ward.

This past week I reached a distance personal record of 13.5 miles on Saturday and a weekly mileage record of 34 miles. I'm going to cut back next week and focus on more cross training to give my legs a break from the pounding. I'm planning on doing a Turkey Trot (5K) and hopefully set a PR. I want to come in at 28 minutes or less.

Sister Neddo planned a surprise birthday party for Sister Miller at Famous Dave's. Really really good food. What a wonderful and relaxing evening that was. Happy Birthday!

I received word from Abe's commander that they are looking at him coming home anywhere between February 1st to the 20th. This deployment is really starting to wear my down emotionally and that is affecting me physically. I feel tired a lot more than normal. I need to snap out of my mood. I held myself together really well the first 2/3rds of the deployment. I keep myself busy, and yet it's just so hard when I am so lonely. He's my companion and I can't even share life events with him. He's been away for 2 of our 4 anniversaries so far. He's missed 2 of our birthdays, 2 Thanksgivings, and it'll be 2 Christmases. I mourn over the memories never to be had. I mourn over lost time. But I am grateful that he will return and that we have the opportunity to be newlyweds again. I am grateful to have a husband that cares so deeply about his family that he was willing to do whatever it took to provide for us. I am proud for his service to the country.

Twilight is premiering in theaters this weekend and a bunch of people from the ward are getting together for dinner and the movie. I am really looking forward to that.