A Day in the Life of Me

6:15 I hear Dad’s truck start and him opening and closing the gate as he leaves for work.

6:28am My alarm rings and I shut it off and “sleep” until 6:55. I get dressed and feed Kijah and Bella. I check the fridge and kitchen to see if anything good to eat has “appeared”. I get on my computer and check emails, read devotionals, get my Swagbuck for the day, and review my weekly assignments for college.

7:30 I go out to the barn and feed the puppies, trying to clean up the outside run before they hear me and start barking and scratching at the door. I let them out and they go ballistic outside: growling and eating, digging and chasing each other. I clean up inside the barn from last night, and let Kijah outside. Dad emails me from work and tells me about the sun being a weird color, so I go outside to try and get a picture, but it’s hidden behind too many trees.

8:30 Mom gives me a piece of toast for breakfast, and I run through my collection of harp music, making a list of songs that Hannah I will play for an event tomorrow…while fending off my toast from Kijah’s eager nose.

9:00 I send emails to puppy customers and text a friend. Sarah and I run outside quickly to take the puppies 9-week photos. They sure are getting wiggly now! It’s harder to take good pictures of puppies than you think. But finally we finish. Mom drives Hannah to babysitting, and Sarah goes next door to babysit. I trim all the puppies’ nails (128 of them!). I clean up last week’s Sunday school material, and mentally prepare for this next Sunday—could be a full church as we have Pastor Todd Sivinksty coming to preach for four evenings. 

10:00 I take a call from someone interested in a puppy and send puppy pictures to customers. I scroll through personal social networking reading posts and saving chats, and realize how tired I am again. :P I read blog posts and find the inspiration to write this one, so I turn on music and write for a while, pausing more than once to rescue Kijah’s toy from her vicious attempts to shred it.

11:15 Responsibilities remind me to prepare for Sunday School, but first I go to put laundry outside and tidy my bathroom and bedroom. I do my devotions, reading from Isaiah for my 90-day plan, and from Psalms by choice. I talk with a puppy customer. Sarah returns home, and then Hannah.

12:30 I go outside to feed the puppies and make sure they have water. I continue preparing my Sunday School lesson—finding a new memory verse, deciding how I will present the story, and printing review worksheets.

2:00 I realize I’m hungry, so I go make myself some lunch. I continue to search for a memory verse for my Sunday school class. I text another friend, read blog posts for “study breaks”, and research college details for another friend.

3:30 I go outside to bring in some apples that a friend dropped off, and then I go check on the puppies again. Then I return to my sporadic Sunday school planning. :P

5:30 Dad arrives home and we all eat dinner together. Then I return to studying listening to “Oh the Deep Deep Love of Jesus” interspersed with texting friends.

6:30 My concentration wanes as my mind chases a thousand and one ideas, and I switch playlists to help me focus better.

7:20 I phone a puppy customer to arrange visits for tomorrow. Then I clean the kitchen.

9:47 I finish my lesson plan for Sunday school, and mentally review my schedule for the next few days. Then I find or create the review worksheets for my Sunday school class.

10:12 I finish things up completely. Then I go out to the barn to put the puppies in for the night. Then I will shower, maybe read and/or write, and then go to bed sometime before midnight.

A typical day, yet not so typical. I have college assignments on school days, but I set aside one day of the week, usually Friday or Saturday, to prepare for Sunday school. It’s a break from school for me, and I do enjoy it. My routines vary daily, though the activities are fairly consistent. :) 

Thus ends the 22^nd of August. Another day where the Lord supplied for our needs. His mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness.