A Week in the Life of Hannah Morgan

I'd like to think that lately my life has become pretty "routine" so I thought I'd share with you what my weeks like - I know you're super excited. Here we go:

Monday

wake up around 10:00 (a HUGE blessing)

take Monster out

shower

eat lunch

work* 11:45-5:15

*work consists of assisting in teaching the Sports class at Gymboree 12-1:00. we cover a different sport about every 3 weeks. these past couple of weeks we've done Track & Field. this includes hurdles, long jump, relay races, and obstacle courses. now, imagine watching 3 and 4 year olds doing all those grown up sounding things and PLEASE smile, because you know it's adorable. and trust me - it is. 

after Sports class there is our School Skills class. it's a preschool alternative parents can choose for their 3-5 year old. we work on letters, numbers, arts and crafts, fine motor skills, writing, and sequencing - just to name a few. I have learned so much from helping Ms. Jenny - about being a teacher, being patient, and how important it is to have Germ-X nearby at all time. 

from 3:15-5:15 I work the playgym - when the facility is open for kids and parents to come and just play without it being structured. when you're the teacher doing the playgym you will make phone calls, get things ready for the upcoming weeks, and clean all those toys.*

get off work

eat dinner with mom & dad

take Monster to dog park

watch tv/finish up homework/troll the Internet/eat snacks

watch at least one episode of Friends or Grey's Anatomy

go to sleep 

Tuesday

wake up at 7:45 (sometimes 8:00) 

take Monster out

shower

leave house by 9:00

drive to Warrensburg*

*driving to Warrensburg consists of listening to music, trying to wake myself up, and preparing for the day of classes ahead. I have found this is a great time to pray. I pray about literally everything. I think I could be considered like, an ADHD Prayerer? is that a thing? it is now. I'll be praying for my teachers and asking the Lord to give them wisdom and I'll see a billboard about a construction company and then start praying/asking God about like, how do You make their minds be able to build a house? that's just an example, I'm sure there are weirder ones than that.*

arrive in Warrensburg around 9:30/9:40

park across from library

walk to class*

*classes consist of Physics for Teachers 10:00-11:50, Foundations of Education 12:30-1:20, and Collaborating with Families of Exceptional Children 2:00-3:15*

leave Warrensburg

get to Lee's Summit around 4:15

let Monster out/feed him

relax for a little bit

leave for work at 5:00*

*work on Tuesday night is a Level 4 and Level 5 class. these kiddos are the best. they've been pretty much the same kids since I started in February so they know me and we're best friends - at least in my mind.* 

leave work around 8:00

go home

talk with mom and dad

watch tv/eat dinner/troll Internet

SLEEP (Tuesday nights I am exhausted.)

Wednesday

wake up around 8:30 

take Monster out 

shower

go to work at 9:30*

*work on Wednesdays consists of Level 4, 5, and 3 classes. these have been growing in numbers with more kids the past couple of weeks so they've been really fun.*

leave work around 1:00

go home

eat lunch

let Monster out/feed him/play with him

go back to work around 3:00*

*work at 3:00 is another playgym - phone calls, cleaning, and preparing.*

leave work at 5:15

go home

quickly eat dinner

drive to Blue Springs for choir rehearsal*

*on September 11th I auditioned for First Baptist's praise team. this would be a spot on one of the "leading teams." after anxiously waiting over the weekend I got an email on Monday telling me that I had been placed on a team - Team 3! I was (still am) very excited. I'm excited to be able to keep singing and using my voice to worship. Joining the praise team means that I'm now a member of the big church choir, too AND I've become apart of the choir that puts on the Christmas program - First Christmas. we practice at 6:30 every Wednesday night for the program in December. it's going to be great! I've been put in a quintet for that, too - singing soprano..yay! exciting things - all in the Lord's plan :) ****Mrs. Rule if you are reading this? I took your advice - thank you for saying something.*

drive home

watch tv/talk with parents/troll Internet

sleep! 

Thursday

*see Tuesday 

*my Thursdays are very similar to my Tuesdays except (thankfully - a blessing) I do not work in the evenings. 

get home around 4:15

relax/work on homework

eat dinner with mom & dad

go to Life Group at 6:30*

*Life Group consists of meeting with a group of about 8 adults, doing a Bible study and eating snacks together. it's been really great getting to know some other people that go to First and just being involved with adults.*

watch tv/finish up homework/troll the Internet/eat snacks

watch at least one episode of Friends or Grey's Anatomy

go to sleep 

Friday

sleep in sometimes* (it's glorious)

*sometimes means that I will doing my 30 hours on observation at Voy Spears Elementary in Lee's Summit on Friday mornings. We've set it up to do 9:30-12:30 on Fridays and that same time slot on Mondays to get my 30 hours done.* 

take Monster out

shower

do all the homework

watch TV

wear pajamas

play with/walk Monster

eat dinner out with mom & dad

get a Redbox

stay up later

sleep 

Saturday

sleep in mostly always

bum around

homework

volunteer*

*Saturdays have been the day that I've been able to some volunteering for Crossroads - the hospice company where my dad is a chaplain. I've sat with the same patient a couple of times now. I take my homework so it has been a blessing for me as well letting his wife get out of the house for a couple of hours. 

hang out with parents

see Bradee - we've gone shopping a couple of Saturdays!

eat dinner out or in

get another movie

stay up kinda late

sleep!

Sunday

wake up around 7:45 (sometimes later, sorry mom)

take Monster out

shower

get ready for church

dad drives us to Blue Springs

worship at 9:00

help teach the 4 year olds in the Yellow room with Ms Joyce at 10:30*

*the Yellow room is probably one of my favorite things all week. I adore those kids. 

leave church to go home

PUT ON SWEATS - my favorite thing

take Monster out

eat lunch at home

watch Chiefs/nap on couch

finish homework

bum around 

hang out with parents

eventually get to sleep after Internets/snacks/tv

Well there you have it. my week - exhilarating, huh? you know what? I love it. I love being busy, having a job, playing and learning with all the children, hanging out with my parents and playing with Monster. typing this all out has once again reminded me of just how crazy it is that I'm here, doing all these things, when 8 months ago I no longer wanted to be alive. 

The Lord has turned my world upside down and changed it only for the better. I'm not that girl anymore. I still struggle with things that she went through, but I'm a new creation in so many ways. it's SO....UGH I can't even think of a word worthy of how I feel - I'll work on that. 

thank you for reading this. I really enjoyed typing all these words. 

I hope your week has started well.*

it's OCTOBER - so crazy. my birthday is in 10 days! eeeeep! 

*please please please take a moment to take a deep breath and thank God for creating this crazy, beautiful, and messy world. I think the world needs our prayers and good thoughts now more than ever. that also goes for the person sitting next to you, the barista at Starbucks, and the cashier at Target - they all need your love, thoughts, and prayers. and if you start praying for strangers someday you'll be the stranger being prayed for (did any of that make ANY sense?)*

I love you, Jesus loves you and MAN does He want you to know that. 

xoxo,

H

A Weekend at Westminster

as mentioned a couple of posts ago in my "things coming up" segment (that sounds so official!) I had a trip to see my friend Shannon planned. Shannon's 22nd birthday was September 16th so on the 13th I went to Westminster College in Fulton, MO to spend the weekend with her. 

on the road there...

I got there Friday afternoon and waited for her to get out of class. We joyously hugged hello (her hugs are the BEST) and took my stuff into her dorm. She's an RA so she has a room all to herself. Part of her being an RA includes doing fun activities with her hall - things like water balloon fights and slip 'n slides. we ran to a dollar store, got balloons, and filled those babies up. talk about a good time. Westminster is a small, private school and it was so cool to see how different the student life is there compared to a "big" school like MSU. kids (I say kids because it was the freshman quad and I felt ANCIENT) hung out all around with each other. 

after an intense water balloon fight and some slippin' 'n slidin' (I watched that part) we ate some dinner that was prepared by the dining hall. burgers, hot dogs, fries, and some very yummy cookies. we sat around and talked with the students. I met a lot of people and they were so so nice. I kept telling Shannon how nervous I was - it'd been so long since I'd been around lots of people "my age" besides Bradee and Annie! It was silly to be nervous, but a perk to having Shannon as a close friend? you can tell her you're nervous and she will roll her eyes in a nice way and say "oh stop." and it somehow helps you not be so nervous. 

Friday night we hung out with Shannon's sorority sisters - something else I was nervous about. once again I was shown I had no need for fear - these girls were great. I really really enjoyed talking with them. of course we talked about boys a lot, so who wouldn't like that? ;) 

on Saturday morning we slept in and then another good friend from high school, Madeline came! we three girls ate brunch with other RAs before going to the football game. it was a beautiful day and Shannon let us wear some of her Blue Jays gear so we didn't stick out TOO much :) 

sports!

after the game Madeline's twin sister, Meredith got to town. it was so great to see her again - I saw her earlier in May when I stayed in Chillicothe with Shannon. we stopped by the JV soccer game and then went to a hog roast. (if I had to sum up the weekend in a couple of words I'd choose food, sports, and friends. I ate SO much and watched a lot of sports!)

after the hog roast (with the pig's head on display and everything) we went back to Shannon's room. Meredith and I took a nap - I don't remember planning that? it just happened and it was glorious. then we went back out to hang with the Theta girls. 

Sunday morning we got up and met Shannon's parents, Dave and Cindy, in Columbia for lunch. it's ALWAYS great seeing them - especially when they graciously buy our Olive Garden. we caught them up on our lives and ate yummy food. we then drove back to Fulton and Shannon opened her birthday presents which made me (really selfishly, I know) excited for my upcoming birthday. she got really cute things, including a sewing kit and CUTE sewing box from her parents. 

we then said our goodbyes, got some last minute "you can do it" advice from Cindy and hugged goodbye in the parking lot, making plans for the next time we'll see each other. 

Meredith, Shannon, me, and Madeline

I'm SO glad we got to spend time together. lots of laughs and memories made. can't wait to do it again!

xoxo,

H

A Night with Mumford

hi, friends :)

on June 17th my parents, my cousin Ronda and I went to the Mumford & Sons concert in Bonner Springs, KS.

it was fantastic.

Ronda and I went ahead of my parents to stake out a place to sit. it was really great getting to spend some time with just her - we're usually surrounded by our family haha so we got to chat and be excited together. I was a giggling MESS with excitement, y'all.

we arrived before the gates were opened so the line was ridiculous, but our wait was not very long and of course it was perfect for prime people watching.

all those people 

we got in there and put our blankets down on the grass. my dad had a great idea of bringing plastic we had used to wrap my bed in while it was storage to put on the ground first and then put our blankets on that in case it was wet. (did that make ANY sense?) Ronda and I quickly found out that yes, that was a great idea, BUT as we sat there...we slowly started to slide down the hill. it was really funny and we decided to nix that and just use the grass. 

our seats on the lawn!

The two opening bands were really great and fun. I honestly can't remember their names which is awful of me, but they were fun! Mom and dad got there and about an hourish later Mumford came on. I had decided to go to the bathroom thinking "they won't come on while I'm in there!" HA. they did. I was in a bathroom stall when they started their set with "Babel." I was SO MAD. but when I got out of the bathroom I waited at the top of the hill and got to experience the song "Little Lion Man" alone - something I don't regret. It was incredible. they are so fantastic live. 

It was such a fun night. I'm so glad I got to experience with my parents, too. I know that on the surface it may sound lame to people my age or whatever, but my parents are cool -ok? and Ronda is, too  :)

LOVE THEM SO MUCH

 This night 

was one of those 

that will be counted as "my favorites." 

xoxo, H