School, Spaghetti, and a Snow Day

Well, despite the trepidation with which I approached this Monday, I got up on time & got to work on time & left on time & got to piano lessons on time.

To add to the hecticness of my day, towards the end of it, a student who was having trouble breathing was dropped off at my office by her teacher who had to get back to her other kids. Now, I have never really ever seen anyone have an asthma attack - and though I understand the concept of it, I have no experience with nebulizers, inhalers, etc (and thank God for that!!). However, I think I handled it ok - I found another older student who also has asthma - and she helped me assemble the inhaler, which had to be hoooked into this face mask thing since the student having the attack was a kindergartener. And I now have 100% confirmation that I should NOT pursue a career in nursing, which is practically impossible anyway because of my severe emetophobia! ;)

After work, I relaxed by reading my usual blogs. And how ironic/funny that the subject of my blog from yesterday has somewhat continued in another's blog! One of my favorite bloggers contemplated how an introvert can overcome her guilt of needing to be alone sometimes, especially when it comes to balancing that with having children and being a mother.

I worked at an Army library in Germany before I had Andrew. As a team-building-exercise, we took the Myers-Briggs personality test together. On the introvert section, I scored very, very high. The test is based on your tendencies & preferences, not necessarily on how you have to act or what you do because it is socially correct.

As I read the comments of how these fellow introverts cope with their natural compulsion to be alone, I noticed a recurring theme; these women also were mostly NIGHT OWLS because it was the one time of day when they could be alone and recharge! Admittedly, some were early-morning people, which happened to be the time of day they found peace and quiet. In any case, among these women/moms who I don't even know, I suddenly felt like I was among kindred spirits! My guilt over not being the expected happy-morning-person, out-going, "sweet" church worker melted away. It should no longer be something I'm sorry about. God made us all different, and He loves us all - morning people & night owls :)
http://emmafree.blogspot.com/

Another blog I visit gave me the inspiration for dinner: Hillbilly Spaghetti Pie! It was sooooooooooooo yummy! Even though I don't have a cast iron skillet to make it in, as recommended, it turned out pretty good just in the pan I have.
http://warmpiehappyhome.blogspot.com/

Here's my left-overs - it should taste even better tomorrow:

Here's what it is SUPPOSED TO look like, courtesy of the blog I got the recipe from:

It is best to be enjoyed on a SNOWY/ICY EVENING :)

with a sweet little SNOW PRINCESS.After eating it, you should get into your jammies & get a blanket & curl up on the couch & watch old TV shows like Hogan's Heroes - oh, and eat ice cream -

or have a pillow fight with a Snow Princess