"You wear me out!"

As much as I have enjoyed my job this summer, I am starting to feel bad for the poor children who have to listen to me day in and day out. There are 4 children who have to listen to me not only Monday-Friday for 6+ hours, but also on Sunday for 1 1/2 hours during primary. 2 of those lucky girls happen to be my downstairs neighbors and I get the feeling that they are especially tired of me as I see them quite often, even when it's not at school or church. My hunch was proven right today as I talked with them during our lesson on Obedience. Of course, since 2/3rds of the kids in my primary class are also with me the rest of the week, when the lesson is "I can obey my Parents" I drop in the friendly reminder that we also need to obey our teachers at school and church. (Which is Me and Me) We talked a little bit about being respectful of each other. I explained that disrespect tends to lead to a crankier Miss Chelsie, who doesn't enjoy being cranky and it's not fun for anyone.  I said "I don't like to tell people to sit down during singing again and again, or to stop hitting, or get in line, or.......(you get the point) over and over again. It wears me out." (At this point my class was giggling) I continued, "I often times go home and take a nap after school. When you don't listen it wears me out!" My 7 yr old neighbor girl with her elbow on the desk plopped her head into her hand, sighed and said, "But sometimes Miss Chelsie,  YOU wear ME out!"

Fair enough I suppose.