Ok, most of the previous months had more than one goal, so it's not actually the seventh one. Oh well. :)
July goals!
1. Go on dates with Joel (not just stay-home dates)
2. Learn to love (and hopefully be good at) my new calling - being Primary chorister
Go on dates with Joel (not just stay-home dates)
Joel and I have a great marriage. We like staying home, and most of the time, splitting a cake-in-a-mug and watching a movie are a good-enough date for both of us. I like to leave home, too, though! and sometimes I get bored of staying home with the same routine. In the past, we've had a budget for eating out and a budget for other dates, but we almost never used the "other dates" budget. This month, I combined and lowered the budgets to be more realistic and we set a rule - we had to use all the date money! It was fun! We still used a lot of it for eating out, but we ate at more fun + new places. I picked Joel up from work one day for a middle-of-the-week lunch date at a new place. We went to a Young Entrepreneur fair and loved spending $3 for (fill in the blank) because it came from our date fund and was for that! I want to keep this up, moving away from eating out with most of the money. There are a lot of fun things to do around here! Having a date budget keeps me from feeling guilty about spending money on things that logically feel "frivolous" things but are fun, like eating at a restaurant nicer than Wendy's or going bowling. :)
Learn to love (and hopefully be good at) being Primary chorister
When I got this calling at the end of June, I didn't want it. I didn't want to leave my old calling, and I didn't believe I had time for something new. If I had to have something new, I didn't want this - it just seemed so hard with a lot of planning. Being positive about it seemed like a good goal, all things considered. Thankfully, I had a pretty great resource to call! My mom's been her ward's Primary chorister forEVER, and she loves it. So I called her immediately in hopes of getting pumped up. She gave me a lot of great ideas, but I was still ner. vous! When my first Sunday rolled around, I prayed that it would go perfectly. "I know it won't always be perfect. I know there will be some really hard days, just like with teaching. But please let the first day be perfect so I won't feel so nervous from now on." And it *was* perfect. Heavenly Father is merciful.
I've only had a couple other weeks since then, and there have definitely been times (and days) when I felt overwhelmed with this calling. It's not a ton of hard work, but it's work I'm not used to. For most of the month, I never felt caught up. It felt like people were always asking me to get things done sooner, be more ahead, give more people your early-made lesson plans. But I think I'm finally starting to come out on top with the planning. As far as the presentation goes, well, that's always fun. :) I'll get closer to this goal as I start to feel more comfortable with the expectations, but it sure made my first month go better! Attitude makes a big difference!
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“Are you threatening me, sir?” he said, so loudly that passersby actually turned to stare.
“Yes, I am,” said Mad-Eye, who seemed rather pleased that Uncle Vernon had grasped this fact so quickly.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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