The Little Things in Life

I have my interview on Friday! It is bright and early @ 7:30 in the morning and hopefully I'll have an idea if I get the job or not by Monday. Not quite sure of what the timeline will be but I am looking forward to having a definite answer.

HOT WATER! Yay!! I have been living with taking showers that last a little over 5 minutes before the water turns cold. That means I get the shampoo out of my hair and have to rinse with cold water...brrr. Also, as most of you know, I love taking long, hot baths. That wasn't happening because I could only get about a fourth of the tub full. Well, I'm stoked because they went in today and put a new hot water heater in my apartment. Hot shower tomorrow, here I come. Then tomorrow night I get the luxury of the hot bath, just in time to pamper myself for my interview.

Being called "The Wonderful Miss Jenkins" by one of my students.

Incorporating exercise into my lessons (picture me jumping up and down with 6 students). I just took on teaching a 5th grade written language class. I have 6 students who struggle with spelling. Being the gym teacher that I once was I decided we were going to add a little activity into our lesson. Also, I was inspired by the movie "Akelah and the Bee" and how she used the jump rope to help her with her spelling. I had the kids jumping without the rope and saying a letter each time. Of course I joined them and we had quite a bit of fun. I was pretty glad they took to it so well, minus any complaints or groaning.

Mama had a spot on her face that when they did a biopsy they found it was cancerous. They removed it and said they got all of it. She said it's the most curable form of cancer and that she is watching closely so they can catch it sooner if it recurs.

God is so good in both good times and bad! He has repeatedly taken care of myself and my family. So many blessings:
~He's given me an amazing family that I wouldn't give up for anything.
~Awesome friends who are there for me no matter what and still have no problem telling me to bug off or that I am being annoying. They also let me see their true selves and don't feel the need to hide their quirks (let's face it we all have our quirks).
~A roof over my head that keeps me warm and dry (even if the roof shakes from the neighbors feet stomping above me). It reminds me that I have a place in life and have pictures of friends and family. The funny part is when the pictures shake it draws my attention to them so I look at them more than I normally would.
~I get to live in a place that is absolutely beautiful no matter what season. Each day I get to see God's breath of life in the hills around me. He paints the trees, the skies, and the mountains with so many rich colors that just couldn't be duplicated by Crayola. There is no way to describe the true brilliance that He has designed.