First day back

First day back to work. I figured that today was a good day to ease into work before going back 'full' time next week. I have been greatly blessed by their willingness to work with me where I am at, with the needs of my children and I with insurance, hours, flexibility, summers, and bereavement time. After only a few hours back, I had to laugh. I had a student in my office within twenty minutes talking my ear off. I love teenagers! They are seriously the best. So funny.  I have to say though that three hours at work never felt so long. I am really struggling with focus, concentration, memory, and patience with myself. My processing speed is just so slow right now, and it is so frustrating to lose my train of thought a trillion times a day! Honestly I felt overwhelmed with the amount I missed and what I have to do in the coming months. I love working with students. I do not love paperwork. And at the moment paperwork does not love me either. I swear my memory is like Swiss cheese and just flies around darting back and forth between the random holes. So annoying! 

Prayer requests. We have lots of meetings tomorrow. I have to go to the Secretary of State to switch car titles. I need to select doctors for my kids and complete insurance paperwork. This totally stresses me out. The kids and I also have an appointment at the Social Security office. Finally, Josh and I surprised the kids for Christmas with tickets to Mexico City over spring break to visit our dear friend Ana and her family. Unfortunately Josh died the day before we had scheduled to take the kids to get their passports. To get passports for minors you need both parents present. I do not have a certified death certificate with cause of death and I am nervous about if they will be approved to get passports. Lois has said she can go with us in Josh's stead, but the airlines will not transfer the ticket name and of course the ticket stuff is all more complicated and expensive now. Please pray that all of these meetings and that things work out smoothly and better than I could ever imagine. Also pray for us as the kids transition to taking the bus again tomorrow, and as I heard back to normal work next week.