My Heart

Yesterday I went to the Middle School and met with my mentor teacher. It was GREAT! He is absolutely fantastic! He reminds me a lot of my dad - very easy going, funny, inviting. I was beyond encouraged leaving the building. Sometimes I forget how good God is......how wrong :(. But then things like yesterday remind me just how AWESOME He is.

For the last month I have been working back at NIRSA as some temporary help for a publication they produce. It was really fun to be back. My cubicle was right next to Kendra's and we had way too much fun. Today is my last day which is fine because school starts on Monday. It was fun while it lasted. And the extra money will hopefully pay my school bill. :)

What else can I update you on.......OH! I have almost lost 50 pounds! With lots of hard work running and food moderation I am almost there. 8 more pounds! I will post a picture of myself......it will look like one of those "I'm pregnant" photos.......but it is not.....and I AM NOT. It is a "I'm Skinny" photo. ha ha. I have gone from a size 16 to a 10. YAY!

Okay.......so I will try and post some photos of life later today.

*I am trying to be better about blogging.

Sorry for the blogging laps....

This is what I wish I was doing right now:

Taking a warm bubble bath
Reading my favorite book
Watching all the Episodes of Gilmore Girls and Bones
Painting my toe nails
Shaving my legs
Doing my hair
Going on a run

This is what I am doing:

Getting school stuff together - Student teaching in 6th grade at PMS
Thinking about school
Thinking about the big move we will make sometime this year
Wishing I could be done in December and not March.
Loving my husband with my whole heart
Thanking God for my incredible life
Learning to be thankful for everyday
Learning that not everything is about me
Feeling overwhelemed about school

Common theme: School is overwhelming me but God is good.

Please pray for me as I start a new school year with 6th graders. My desire is to touch their hearts, change their lives and show them what a great thing life and education is. I pray that I will not be too nervous or anxious to do the job I know I can do with the mighty hand of God by my side.

Found this........It explains how I am feeling

Lord, let me be just what they need.
If they need someone to trust, let me be trustworthy.
If they need sympathy, let me sympathize.
If they need love, (and they do need love), let me love, in full measure.

Let me not anger easily, Lord but let me be just.
Permit my justice to be tempered in your mercy.
When I stand before them, Lord, let me look strong and good and honest and loving.
And let me be as strong and good and honest and loving as I look to them.

Help me to counsel the anxious, crack the covering of the shy, temper the
rambunctious with a gentle attitude.
Permit me to teach only the truth.

Help me to inspire them so that learning will not cease at the classroom door.
Let the lessons they learn make their lives fruitful and happy.
And, Lord, let me bring them to You.
Teach them through me to love You.

Finally, permit me to learn the lessons they teach.