It's even a bit earlier this morning.  We both hope that Sheila's 2nd day @ work will go better then yesterday.  Her description when she got home after the 1st day was that it was a 'zoo'. It seems that the school administrators were astounded at the number of 6th graders.  I suggested that being able to count is a skill that should have been employed early on thus preventing the emergency actions that were required.   As for me, the blessings seem to be doing the Malachi thing and not only do I not have room for them I also see my time being taxed as well.  I'm not sure just how I will deal with it all, but that sounds too much like complaining and I am not doing that.  After my 'commute' I can just be here in my home/office and fumble along as best I can.  Course that which hovers over me is as much the taskmaster as is the case with Sheila or any of you.  I have my work and I have my new lesson to ponder and I have all of these new responsibilites  to consider and to merge into our life's plan.  Certainly it is enough, and yet we did ask for more and now that we have it we will struggle with it for a time and then maybe something even more will come along.  I figure that we are really not so different from any of you.  It's just that our particulars are different.  But the test remains much the same.  Right now my test is Tuesday.  What's yours?