The longest, best week

    I don't think I can even describe all that has happened this week. It really feels like it has been a month since Monday rather than a week. Last week at this time I was preparing for my interview for Blowing Rock and trying to get lots of sleep after coming home from a busy wedding/beach weekend.  My interview was at 10:10 the next morning and at about 3:00 that afternoon I was offered a year-long interim position as a 3rd grade teacher at Blowing Rock! Hallelujah!! What an amazing answer to prayer.
    God definitely knew what He was doing. I honestly had trouble believing I would be smart enough to teach 3rd graders but now I'm getting more and more excited about the upcoming year. It's still really scary but I know that I can do ALL things through Christ!!
    My husband also has a job at the same school as the middle school band and strings teacher and two more of my friends got jobs!! (Martha got 4th grade at Blowing Rock and my friend Danielle will be teaching either 3rd, 4th, or 6th in Jacksonville, NC)
    Since Monday I've spent as much time as possible in my own classroom rearranging and trying to get organized. I've also helped my friend Christi paint her kindergarten classroom, went to watch my dad play bluegrass at Carolina Barbeque, and went to the Dierks Bentley concert. Oh and did I mention that I worked almost 40 hours at Hound Ears on top of all that? I guess that explains my "month-long" week.
    This week I am looking forward to seeing my very-missed friend Kira Cardwell and getting in my classroom to do some more work. I'm so thankful for my teacher friends who have already given me ideas and are going to be helping me this week!  Can I just say "THANK YOU JESUS!!!" I'm so excited. :)

On a different note. I just have to say again how wonderful my husband is.  This has been an exhausting week for me and I haven't always been the most cheery person to be around. I'm so thankful that he still loves me and does his best to make things better when I'm feeling down or frustrated.  I came home tonight to clean laundry. That just about says it all.