Cassie's Space

I am still here and still teaching and still exhausted! It is getting easier but it’s not easy yet! Tom is doing all he can to help. This past weekend he picked me up at school and we went to the river for two days. It was heaven! He gave me 90 minutes after we got there to work on school work and then he told me no more for the weekend.

He treated me like a queen all weekend. After a very quiet dinner Friday evening he gave me a bath and that was the most wonderful feeling of luxury you could ever imagine. Everything in my life seems overshadowed by tiredness and that bath was so relaxing. Tom also let sleep very late the next morning and went out to get us breakfast when I woke.

He even hooked up the laptop and told me I could go play with my friends for a while. I spent some time Saturday visiting with our delightful neighbors. I took a short bike ride but Tom mostly wanted me to rest and I didn’t feel like arguing. We came home after church and settled in for another nap. But I could sleep again and got up to work on some school work.

When Tom woke and I wasn’t there he was not happy with me. “Cassie I told you no school work this weekend.” I thought he just meant at the River. He led me back to the bedroom and directly over his lap. I asked him if that was the only way he knew how to talk and he told me he felt the position was the only one that got my attention.

He pretty much laid down the law about my working. He doesn’t like it at all. To his credit he is not asking me to quit. He understands about finishing what you start but he says I can not work on school work all night. And I have going to have to simple cut back on bringing home work. Sigh… it’s hard I so want to do well but he is right. And although he only used his hand he left me with the strong impression he was very serious. I’m trying. I’m trying. But next year I will volunteer and not take a paying job.

My best news is that we are traveling over the Easter break with Sue and Steve and Annie and Andy. In fact we are getting an early start as we will be leaving the Wed. before Easter (I will have to take off) and we will probably be gone 10 day. And after he had thoroughly spanked me for overworking (some reason!) he kept going to tell me Sue and I were to behave on the trip. How is it fair to be spanked for something I haven’t even thought about doing yet?? Tom just said to think of it as a warning. So I went to school Monday morning with a sore bottom but with great love for my husband who take such good care of me. But really since I have already been spanked Sue and I will have to think of something to make it worthwhile!