Sunday

So today was one of those days you wish you could start all over. I got the boys up at 8:00 so they would have time to eat breakfast and then get ready for church. While at 8:20 I go in to eat and they haven't even started, they are watching cartoons. So by the time they had eaten and got dress it was 9:00.

We get to church and luckily for us they haven't started yet. The Young Men hadn't finished setting up the sacrament, so church starts at 9:15 today. I was really looking forward of hearing what the High Councilmen has to talk about, but the family sitting behind us were really loud. I mean really loud!! The family behind us is a widow with a teenage son and daughter and another daughter who is 10 or 11. The whole time they were fighting and talking louder than a whisper that I couldn't even hear what the speaker was talking about. It was so frustrating.

Then it was off to teach my primary class. They first 15 minutes no one had shown up and that made me a little frustrated because I had spent 2 hours last night working on my lesson. Finally one showed up and I had noticed a class without a teacher so I thought great they can enjoy the lesson I prepared. While I was making copies their teacher shows up, and she doesn't look like she is feeling well. She had a headache that was turning into a migraine. So I told her that I had her class covered and sent her back home. I don't know how she does it they are so loud and hard to keep under control. I had crying boys, boys who were for some reason at war with each other and others who could not sit still. It made me appreciate the 4 kids I have that are so good!!! Instead of the 7 she has. The lesson was on the Holy Ghost and it was nice to be able to share with them what had happened in sacrament meeting and how I wasn't able to feel the spirit because of how others were acting. I think they understood how important it is to be reverent at church.

Then it was time to go home. The rest of the day was pretty good, and later I felt that I needed to call that mother and tell her my feelings about what happened today. I told her that I didn't want to offend her nor blame her for what happened, but thought that if her kids knew that they were affecting more than just them they might be more polite next time. She was very gracious and was glad that I had said something, I just hope I didn't offend her.

I kind of wish I would have just said heck with church today,that was what I wanted to do, because I had woke up with a headache, and because I had spent 2 hours last night on my lesson I didn't want it to go to wast it. But I feel like my spirit wasn't lift up, and now I don't have that spiritual feeling to get me through the week. So now you know why I would like to restart this day over again. I would have chosen somewhere else to sit and I might not have taken the other class. But I will be more careful not to sit anywhere close to that family any time soon.