So, as you can tell....I am an avid blogger.I can't let a day pass without writing something. I would write two posts if I had the time!
Okay, hold on, I guess that doesn't really describe me. I'm sorry! I'm a disgrace to the blogging world! However, it is a new day and a new year and I have more motivation to write more often. Can I do it? I'm not really sure, but I'll try. :)
I hope all of you have had a wonderful Christmas and that you are looking forward to the new year! 2012...can you believe it?? I have to admit that when the ball dropped for the 2nd time on TV on New Year's Eve I felt kind of strange. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about the new year. A lot of new and exciting things are in store for me (at least I hope so). However, even though I'm looking forward to 2012 I always get nervous when something new is approaching. I'm not a big fan of change. For example, the year I decided to cut my hair really short I deeply regretted it, I think I cried several times over it, and I still loathe the pictures from that era. Since then I can only handle getting a few centimeters cut off and even that makes me sad! Yes, pathetic I know.
Anyway, the idea of the new year is still growing on me. Maybe it is for you too. I hope that for both our sakes God will bless us with His peace as we endeavor to embrace the changes 2012 will bring.
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Before I sign off maybe you want a little update about me?? It has been 5 months right? Maybe I'm just being hopeful that anyone even cares. Anyway, I finished my first semester of education classes. Yes, I'm back in school preparing to become a English/Language Arts/ Reading teacher for 4th-8th grades. I completed 3 classes with all A's and a huge important standardized test with a passing grade! It was a pretty amazing semester. Starting the 17th I will be student teaching at a local middle school in 7th and 8th grade. I know nothing about this age of kids!! So I'm pretty nervous. Some may say "you were that age once", but really...was it the same? I don't know, I have a feeling that a public school 7th or 8th grade in 2012 has a lot more world knowledge than I did as a homeschooling 7th and 8th grader in whatever year it was back then. I do pray that God will give me a great love for every kid I come into contact with. I want His perfect love to spill out of me and pour onto all of them!
On top of that my Reading professor, from this past semester, wants me to consider continuing graduate school and work towards my master's as a Reading Specialist. Once again I feel like I'm at a crossroads, but this time there are amazing options available. Either I could teach my own class in the fall (if I am able to get a job) or I can teach my own class and take a graduate class or I could become this professor's graduate assistant and take a full load of classes. My head spins thinking about it.
As I welcome the new year I look forward to the new things I will experience. Although I'm nervous about change, I know that God has a plan and is preparing the way for me.
I hope you will join me as I look to our Heavenly Father for direction, understanding, and discernment. I'm so thankful that I don't have to figure it out on my own. He already has the answer. I just have to wait for it.
Happy New Year!
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