Moving

This week is moving week. I still feel like I have so many things to get done. Wednesday we are signing papers for the house. They will be filed on Thursday. Friday is moving day! Yesterday, Josh and I bought major appliances yesterday. It still doesn't feel real. There are so many boxes all over our house. I can't wait until we are all moved in and settled. Moving is exhausting!

School and other thoughts

I didn't realize that it has been nearly 2 weeks since I last posted. It seems as though I posted just a few days ago. I knew that a blog was going to be a challenge for me. So what has happened recently? I guess nothing to super exciting. Last Friday I took a meal to a couple in our Sunday school class who recently had a baby. It was nice to sit down and chat with them for a little while. That same night was the Guys/Girls Night for the kids in the Youth Group at our church. Josh and I were chaperones. The girls had L.Y.L.A.S. night and hung out, played a little and ate some snacks. It was nice to spend some time with those girls in a more relaxed environment.

We've been super busy with our day to day lives. School is very stressful right now because next week is report card week. I wish people understood how challenging my job really can be. It is really frustrating when people talk about the "perks" of being a teacher, but have no real knowledge of what I do on a daily/weekly basis. Most of the time my patience is nearly exhausted by the time I make it home. I generally spend at least 9 hours a day at work. This week has been pretty good, the added stress has me drained. Monday my kids worked with a partner and just watching them was amazing. We were working on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. This is a hard skill for a lot of kids to grasp. One of the partners already had a good understanding of how to solve these problems, and the other partner still needed a little bit more support in order to be successful. Watching the kids teach the others was quite touching. All of my kids worked together to reach a common goal. It made me very proud to be their teacher.

Today my principal affirmed that I was doing good things in my classroom in front of the faculty. I had never had that happen to me, and it felt really good. I'm glad that my hard work and dedication to my kids is evident through my teaching and that others can see it.

We are still packing. I've found that it is difficult to keep your house clean when there are boxes everywhere. Sometimes I just don't know what to do next. We still have 2 weeks before we move and I'm afraid that I'll pack something that I'll need. I did make a list of things that can be packed, and that has helped. I just can't find it. Typical.

My back has started acting up again. It twitches when I sit down and don't have something to lean up against. I'm sure that all the stress doesn't help. On top of that I think I might be catching a cold. Pray that I don't. Maybe a good night's sleep will be the trick. I think that's enough rambling for one night. I'll try to write sooner next time, but no promises.

Full Speed Ahead

I have been a little slack in updating this blog. We are so busy that time just flies by. I can't say that anything super exciting has happened in the last couple of weeks either. We are still in repair negotiations with the house. The gas pack (heating) for the house has a hole in it and because it is thirteen years old we would prefer that the whole unit be replaced. We found out that the current owners are going to have their home warranty company take a look at it. Yesterday we were told that they were going to go ahead and replace it, rather than repair it. We are so excited!!!

Sunday we got more good news! We put in our 60 days notice several weeks ago so that we could move out at the end of April. Because our lease isn't technically up until the end of May we are obligated to pay rent unless the apartment is leased before that. We got a phone call on Sunday afternoon from the manager of our apartment complex. She asked us when we wanted to move out. She told me that they wanted to lease our apartment for the 23rd or 24th of April and in order to do that they needed us to be out by the 15th. This means that Josh and I will not have to pay May rent, and April's rent will be prorated!!! This will save us a good chunk of change! It's amazing how God works things out!

I am really excited to see God working in and through our Youth at church. They are doing and planning some really awesome things. They are taking their time to help other people. I love it!