Day off????

I have worked the last couple of days and now I have to catch up around the house. The problem is, I only have until 12:45. Then, I am off to meet a friend for lunch and get off to the second meeting of my orchestra club.

I am a little nervous about meeting today, I think because we are still ironing things out and still getting organized. I have a student who doesn't have a violin and I have been trying to help her. I think I have found a way to provide her with an instrument, but her parent doesn't seem really interested. Please pray for direction in this. I am not quite sure what to do. I can't just hand her an instrument. There has to be some sort of commitment taken on the parent's part or we may never see the instrument again. I cannot be financially responsible for a several hundred dollar instrument. I got a call from the Vice Principal at the school. He gave his blessings on opening up the club to other schools. This could be a real blessing, or too many kids. I will be meeting with him in the next couple of days, so we will see.

Laura, Tom and I have come up with a plan for getting her organized. Unfortunately, it involves docking her allowance if proper books are not brought home for study. She totally forgot what we talked about yesterday morning RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL. She has three major tests today and when I picked her up yesterday, she had no books. I took her back up to school, made her get her things, and we docked her a dollar per book. We don't want to be mean, but this seemed to work. She studied really hard last night and even started brain storming about ways she could remind herself of things. One of the ways was using the white board and sticky notes that we bought her at the beginning of the year. This too shall pass and so will Laura through sixth grade.

Please pray for my little nephew in Florida. He is two and just had blood work done to test for Celiac Disease. The docs are not quite sure what is elevating his liver enzymes, but Celiac seems to be the diagnosis this week. Just keep him in your prayers. Also, one of my violin student's family has a close teenage friend who went in for brain surgery last week. They were going to remove a benign tumor. When they got in, they found that she had stage 3 cancer. It was inoperable, but she is young and there are other treatments available to her. Just pray for this 16 year old with all of these challenges ahead of her.

On a lighter note, I hope all of you have a great Fall-like day.