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