Nothing to do...

This is incredible! I have NOTHING to do today, lol! I finished all the assignments I needed to get done today for school around 12:30pm, took the dogs out, gathered my notebooks for class tonight... and now I'm just sitting here. I can't believe it! I've been going NONSTOP for the past 2 weeks, it's been fun... but I didn't know when I'd get to stop and breathe... now that I'm breathing I'm bored. Go figure!

Anyways... we're down to 29 days until our Gatlinburg adventure. Justin is getting impatient and I think the days are going by so quickly! I'm very excited to get away from everyone and well maybe not quite everything... but yea! I'll still have to do some assignments while were away, but we'll manage.

Next Tuesday will be my last night working with the children at CR, we're having a pizza party, playing board games and having our final devo together. I'm going to miss those kids so much, I'm so glad that I won't have to miss my favorite Flint monsters however ;-)

I don't really have much to update on except that school is going well, I've taken 2 exams and 3 quizzes and made all A's so far. Great start to the semester I think! I've gotta get going soon and get ready for my education class tonight. I'm really excited about the observation labs we have to do along with the class itself. I'll go observe different teachers in different classroom settings... I won't get to participate but I'm sure from the assignments I have to do I'll learn a lot.

Well.... I can't think of anything else to write... so more later ;-)

Relief

I did it. I finally gave my notice at church tonight. January 26th will be my last night working for CR. Do you hear me sighing with relief? I've been so stressed and annoyed with everything... ugh. And not only that, but my school workload this week... phew! I read so much information on anthropology, world civilizations, precal and how to write papers based on literature research I might have lost a few brain cells instead of gaining a few. Needless to say, this semester is going to kick my butt! I haven't had much to post lately, but I still feel like I need to update now and then... if not for anybody but myself. I found myself reading past entries... some as far as before our marriage... and it amazes me how much I've grown and changed. It also made me realize how blessed I am. A friend of mine and I were chatting the other day about how God's timing is always perfect, there are no flaws in His plan. I have no doubt that everything that has happened in my life has had a purpose, and every choice I've made has meant something and set forth a new journey for me to endure. I listened to Barlow Girl today, and this song touched my heart:

Thoughts of you
And how you've changed me
Fill my mind
Without You where would I be
So even though I've tried to express my thanks
It never comes out how I hoped
I want to say so much more
so with these simple words I'll try
I love You
My heart is Yours, only Yours
I long to give You all of me
My everything, my everything
God I never could repay You
You gave everything
Without You where would I be
You still loved me even when I
Pushed You away
You stood there and waited
Till the day I'd return
So even though I've tried to express my thanks
It never comes out how I hoped
I want to say so much more so with these simple words... I'll try

Tuesday Tantrums

Mind if I throw a tantrum?

Today was the day to buy Spring Semester textbooks... I was excited because I'm a nerd... until I woke up to a 2 hour delay which meant that EVERYONE and their mother would be at AB Tech at 10 instead of spread out from 8am-whenever. I got there early and managed to only be behind about 50 people... but once I got up to the line they couldn't find my financial aid voucher! What the heck! So they send me to the financial aid department to figure out what's going on and as I'm sitting in the waiting room more and more people start streaming in... and guess what. All of their last names start with M. Hmmmm... .something about this is a little fishy. The school managed to LOSE the M vouchers. Yea. So after 3 hours of crap (only 10 of that consisted of me actually grabbing my books off shelves) I finally got them.... all $550 of them. YUCK. What a pain.

Oh but that's not all. I get home and discover that somehow my payment for the doctor's office was rejected... which is completely ridiculous because the money is in the bank... MORE than enough to pay that bill. So instead of it just going through it comes back and bites us in the butt with a "return check" charge. WTH? This isn't the first time that's happened... and both times there was more than enough money in the bank for it to go through. Ugh.

OH no. I'm not done yet. I know I know... I can just hear you goin "UGH". I get to church tonight and was pulled aside and told that I needed to "stick to the lessons and not spend extra money, just stick to the lessons and get it done. these kids need some God in their lives." If you don't know the backstory... then well you might not understand... this is probably the billionth time this has happened. I'm doing a lesson that frankly is NOT appropriate for the range of ages I take care of. I have to change it to make it fit. I also have to change the activities and everything so that all the kids can participate. Well apparently I can't do that. Basically I can't do anything. The funny thing is that I got fussed at for spending too much money on the craft projects and snacks... but I haven't bought ANYTHING in over a month. I'm done. Seriously. Done. I'm giving my notice for the last Tuesday in February. I'm planning on finding a small gift for all the kids... I want them to know that they didn't do anything wrong or that I don't love them. I will MISS them. I need a change though.

On a happier note.... two little Flint Monsters got to come home tonight!


(Picture courtesy of Janelle )

I can't wait to meet them!

Peace Be Still

If you don't know so already, I am the childcare provider for Celebrate Recovery at our church. We have about 12 kids ranging in ages from 1 year to 14 years (I know, BIG difference). Well we have recently started a new bible study that sort of follows along with the adults bible study, except ours is called Celebration Station. Last night our lesson was called "Powerless" and we talked about how Jesus calmed the storm. If you don't know this story already, you can read it in Luke, chapter 8, verses 22-25. Essentially, Jesus and His disciples are sailing across the Sea of Galilee when this huge storm develops. Jesus is sound asleep while His disciples are freaking out and yelling, "We're going to drown! Master wake up! We are going to drown!" When Jesus wakes he simply says, "Why can't you trust me? What happened to your faith?" and he asks the storm to calm and the waves to level out... and all is well.

I know that lately, especially with the economy the way it is right now, we are all facing storms of our own. But we should know by now that Jesus is faithful, He is always there no matter our circumstances... and I just wanted to share that with YOU tonight. If God led you to my blog tonight... then maybe this is what you needed to hear! God Bless.