Exhausted, Tired, Worn out

Exhausted, tired, and worn out is the story of our life right now.  Our lives usually get this way around winter time every year, especially since it's basketball season.  We just seem extra tired this year.

Andy hasn't probably been in bed before midnight for the past two weeks.  On work days, he is at school by 6:30 am because the head of our maintenance department at school is too lazy too take 5 minutes to make a gym key for the freshman basketball coach.  Andy put in a request for the key about two weeks ago.  On top of early mornings, he doesn't get home until about 6:30 or 6:45 at night because of basketball practice.  Thankfully, I have gotten more sleep than Andy, not much more but still it's more.  I have been at school around 7:10 every morning because my afternoons are cut short by Andy's basketball games.  Yes, I am an extremely supportive wife, and I go to ALL of Andy's basketball games that are outside of my workday.  A lot of people think I'm crazy that I follow him everywhere, but I couldn't imagine not supporting him.  He doesn't receive a lot of support (actually hardly any) from the school we work at so I need to be there for him.

We are both very tired of our jobs.  Teaching is just not enjoyable anymore.  Andy's priority is coaching not teaching, but our education system and probably our school district puts more and more restrictions on extracurricular activities every year that it no longer seems worth it to be a coach.  Now, football coaches are definitely an exception to that rule since we do still live in Texas.  I, on the other hand, am tired of teaching kids who really don't care.  It's really tough to motivate those kids that look at you and tell you they never need what you're teaching them.  And it's true.  So, why am I teaching them to begin with?  I have seriously been considering getting my masters degree in math education so that I can teach at the collegiate level.  But we all know, Andy and I can't afford me pursuing higher education on our salaries.  We have some job options in our future, so we just keep praying asking God what His plan is.

Because we've been running around all over the place and because of Andy's coaching schedule, we have not been running/training for the half marathon we wanted to do at the end of February.  Running really is theraputic for Andy and I.  Plus, it's some quality time that we have together to just talk about anything.  Hopefully, his schedule will get better, and we'll be able to start running again.

Bottom line, it's been a tough last couple of weeks for us.  Actually, it's been a tough last few months for us.  I know I have no need to complain because someone else's problems are probably worse than mine.  We are healthy, have jobs, love each other, own our home (not renting), have two vehicles to drive, have good insurance that we can afford, have two pets that drive us crazy and then are cute and cuddly, have great parents who support and love us, have money to buy groceries, and last but not least we have a God who loves us unconditionally no matter how many times we disobey and fall short.  With all there is to be thankful for... it's still been tough.