Spending the Present

We are officially entering the weird part of summer where my brain feels in limbo. I start half obsessively thinking about school and half obsessively attempting to hang on to (and squeeze the most out of) summer.

And let me tell you, this year's unknowns are not helping my issue any. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Literally my brain:

I should type up my class lists. No I shouldn't because it's bound to change so much. I should think about how I want my room arranged since I have more kiddos than last year. No I shouldn't ... I may be told more specifics about how I need to set up my tables. I should make a check in/lunch choice board. No I shouldn't, that would just be one more thing for kids to touch. Why am I not playing with the girls? I need to make sure the swimsuits are packed for Nana's house. Yes, yes we can go play outside. But then I need to work on Google Classroom. Just kidding, our classes aren't ready quite yet, so I'll just get some other work done.

It's ridiculous. And it's really anti who I want to be. I want to be present, not preoccupied. I want to soak up moments, not miss them because I'm absoarbed thinking about things I can't even really take care of yet. I DO want to be ready and I seriously value planning ahead ... But I also want to take problems as they come and fully appreciate the situations that I am currently in. Because, after all, "each day has enough trouble of it's own" (Mt. 6:34). 

Sooo, here's to enjoying my moments and being present in them. Here's to not stressing about things that are yet to unfold. And, here's to spending my time well ... Because I don't have enough of it to waste any.