Mixed Feelings

Last November, Nate and I were sporting six callings between the two of us (and had been for quite a while). I was a Primary teacher and the Bear Den Leader. Nate was the Cub Committee Chairman, the Building Maintenance Coordinator, a Primary teacher, and my Assistant Den Leader. We could add Visiting Teacher and Home Teacher to the list, but since I hardly ever go visiting teaching it doesn’t seem fair to count it. In November, Nate was called to be the Elders Quorum President. Since that time I’ve been waiting for the day when we would each have just one calling. It’s been a long time. It took a few months for them to release Nate from his other callings and find replacements (he’s still my Assistant Den Leader, but I’m okay with that). They told me that I was going to be released from Primary at the end of the year. Then they needed me for just a couple of weeks at the first of the new year. I wasn’t really released until the middle of April. Last week was the first week in a long time (almost eight years - minus a few months when Abby was a baby) that I have not gone to Primary, and I really missed it! For some reason it didn’t occur to me that being released from Primary meant that I had to go to Relief Society. It felt really weird. I even swung by the Primary room just to check to see if they needed a substitute. We’ve lived here for a long time and I know and love the ladies in Relief Society. They were all very nice to me, but it just didn’t feel like home. So, after months of listening for ward business to see if I was being released, it’s not all I thought it would be. Hopefully it will seem more normal in time. I am still listening for the Cub Scout release. I’ve heard rumors that it will be soon, so I’m guessing sometime in October. :)