It has been a few weeks since my last post, so I have updates galore that follow no rhythm or pattern. :)
Life is going spectacularly! Yesterday, I actually found myself saying, "what have I done to deserve to get everything I want?" I believe this sums up what is happening in my life lately. I have the most amazing friends and family anyone could ask for. These people are with me through thick and thin and keep me grounded, Together, we share laughs and love that keep life fun and interesting. Jack has been an amazing blessing and addition to my life. He brings so much joy and comfort to my life and I could not imagine not having him around. Graduate school has taken some great leaps. I am currently working with a classmate to write and publish an article about the benefits of using cell phones in the classroom. This will be our first published work and we are so excited to be working on it. I am also working on a research project that is studying 8th-graders readiness for high school. I will work on this project until its completion sometime at the beginning of the spring semester. Also, I am 15 hours into my master's and have maintained my 4.0 GPR! :)
In addition to everything above, I have a GREAT job! I have already had the opportunity to talk with many of my mentors for next year and feel like I am completely in the right place. This job is not necessarily the one I wanted, but like my Aunt once told me, "what is best for us is not always what we want." I truly believe God has placed me in this school, with these kiddos for a reason. I'm ready to spend the next year figuring out those reasons. I am hoping to get into my classroom soon so I can start decorating and making it look like me! :) Finally, the school board just approved a pay raise, so I will be making a little bit more money than I initially anticipated. While money is obviously not the reason I am a teacher (teacher salaries are posted on school websites), I am thankful for the extra bit of money.
Finally, I found out yesterday that I get to continue my workouts with Brad. I need to change the days I go workout at his place and the days I requested were full, so there was a possibility I wasn't going to get to continue with this. However, God had another plan, and I will be able to continue working out! I need the motivation and encouragement that Brad offers and I always feel so good after I work out. This definitely needed to continue to be part of my life. I have begun decorating the house and am loving it! A friend gave me some nice kitchen stuff and candle holders, plus I've invested in a few wall decors. I am in love with everything in my house and like that it is starting to feel like MY home! :)
Finally, since my summer school courses have calmed down a little bit, I have been able to get some quality reading time in. I began the summer with a HUGE reading list that I hoped would be accomplished by the end of the summer. However, once I began my Summer I classes, I realized this was not going to happen. It wasn't until those classes were completed that I have been able to find time to read for my own fun again. Here is a list of what I have been able to read over the summer thus far.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collines
Stoner by John Williams
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
the Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Behind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. Williams
Beatrice and Virgil by Yahn Martel
My summer has been quite different from what I originally expected it to be, but nonetheless, it has been spectacular!
Tracey
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