A Regularly Unique Monday

From Left to Right (Our Daily Bread, The Bible, My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers)

          So, it was Monday which meant that it was time to depart for school in the morning once again and I'm not going to lie, it was a bit of a challenge to rise up from my bed. But, being late for school wasn't really an option since I had Mr. Scott's class first thing in the morning.
          By the time I had arrived in school, I had about a good 20 minutes before the bell rang. I utilized this time to go grab a box of "Rice Krispies" that my school had provided for us. I would be able to settle down and calmly enjoy my breakfast. My table mates and I would have a short time of free comment until the bell rang which marked the beginning of school.
          I would go on and on for about five paragraphs about how my instruction schedule went but I will elect not to and just say that I had a day in school with no particularly special events.
          After school, it would be pretty boring. Boring is a word that I work extensively to refrain from using because saying that word signifies complaining. The day next few hours of the day would be extremely boring however. Right after school, I had to attend the Mock Trial class which seemed to be an endless lecture of sound. I never really had a moment where I was really into it.
          Following the Mock Trial class, I hopped on my dad's car so he would drive me down to the SFUSD department for the SAC cabinet meeting. The SAC, is basically a gathering of every public school in San Francisco. Normal meetings would consist of two representatives from every school in one room following an agenda. The main goal is to make progression in our school system through the perspectives of youth. It's basically politics but with kids. Today was the cabinet meeting, which I was required to go. The cabinet in the SAC is what people usually see as a government with a president, secretary, etc. I'm the historian, which meant that my presence was mandatory. I had to put my journalism in delay by missing Mission's game against ISA because of it. The meeting in itself would turn out pretty well. I was able to active in the discussions and enjoy a friendly meeting with the other individuals attending the meeting.
          Once I got home, it was a pretty relaxing period of time. It was the night before the CAHSEE, which is abbreviated for California High School Exit Exams. This meant that the upcoming days would be ones that would feature no regular classes. In fact, because of Chinese New Years on Thursday and Furlough Day on Friday, all the kids had to do was take their exams and enjoy an extended weekend. I spent the stress-free night watching a little "My Wife and Kids" and practicing the piano. One thing that I was able to do that was never a consistent thing in my routine before was reading the Bible. I've decided that since all I do is waste time writing blogs and watching TV, I should be able to have plenty of time almost every night to read at least one page of the Bible every night. I have decided that I will be starting the Book of Proverbs as of tonight. So far, I've read only up to Chapter 3 but compared to what I've been doing before, this is progress. I pray, I go to Church, and I am open about my Faith. But one thing I almost never do is strengthen my understanding of God's Word. Also, it's good stuff. It's interesting to read and take time to comprehend the message being purveyed. One more thing that I'd like to add about reading it on my personal time however is that the content of the Bible actually cheers me up. It heightens the level of my joy and ultimately brings me closer to God. I would cite a scripture and write a whole other blog about this but I'm pretty happy with this one right here.