I can't believe graduation has come and gone. I can't believe life has really begun. Color me scared! But I know that God is going to be there every step of the way! Pray for me as I pray for you!

Love Y'all

Me

P.S.-I wrote a really long post but I need to finish it.

And Seventeen Days Later

You would think I would post more often. Right...

I've started posts at least 5 times, but never finished them. I have to run from here to there, have to do this and that, and it's just not possible to take a break. I literally passed out in my dad's chair Monday afternoon from exhaustion. I knew teaching would be complicated, but I didn't realize how much time, energy, resources, patience and heart it takes to press through every single day.

But I love it. Some days I want to switch my major (imagine that, Graduation in, good grief, 3 weeks from Saturday and I want to switch my major), but it's the better days that change my heart and mind. God knows exactly what we need when we need it. And my cat jumped in my arms...he's cute.

I'm going to the lake now to pray. I haven't spent much alone time with God, and I haven't spent anywhere near enough time devoted to studying His Word. So I'm gonna spend some time praying and reading, maybe finding answers to the questions in my heart. I'm at that crossroads where something fantastic could happen,  or something could keep my heart and mind waiting for an answer. So I need His guidance.

Well, it being 4:40pm and I wanting to go to the lake before church tonight, I should hit the road.

Love y'all. And I mean that!

Alex

PS- I made my cooperating teacher laugh really hard yesterday over something I said about Grayson...yes nathan, I made a Grayson joke!

No one reads Xanga anymore...it's quite sad...

Or maybe it's the fact that I never post!

Fifth Grade is fantastic!

God is so good to me!

I'm sick.

That's about it!

Love y'all

Me

Fifth Grade...Here I Come!

It's been a journey...both phyiscally, mentally, and spiritually...

But

I'm done with Kindergarten!!!

It was so inspiring to work with Mrs. Lycans and to learn about how Kindergarteners function. Or, how they don't function. The best part, though, was working with Mrs. Lycans. I learned so much from her: how to do certain things, how not to do things, and most importantly...to love them regardless of what they do and how they act. There's a sermon in that!

I have enjoyed so much this semester. I've gotten to know people that I didn't expect to (yeah Apt 108). I've learned to love even more those friends that I have now (I miss y'all that are gone from Grayson). I've watched the rise and fall of many ideas, I've caused the rise and fall of many ideas. All in all, it's been a good first half of the semester.

I've wondered a lot about where and when I'll teach. I've kinda been offered a job...but that's if a retirement comes into play. But I know that my future lies in the hands of Almighty God, so worrying is a bit futile.

I just pray I've completed everything I'm supposed to do (ha ha...minus the lesson plans).

Well, I'm going to Morehead tomorrow for Regional Academics...so it should be exciting.

I love y'all!

ME

I love the smell of campfire...it brings back the memory of summer evenings, singing as the sun sets and talking till the sun came up.

I dream of "fireside chats" again. Aren't they fun?! The gentle, cool breeze that sends a chill up your back, the warmth of the embers surrendering their last glimmer of life to the night sky. Then, of course, sitting there with a friend, a family member, or even a "special someone" and talking about everything and nothing at the same time. I can't wait for early/late summer .

In other news, this next week is my final week in Kindergarten. Fifth grade, here I come!!!

I miss everyone...

Love y'all

ME