*update*

so i now have another job possibility for murfreesboro...possibly at sylvan learning centers working as a "teaching assistant" it would be an amazing job, it could even last through a school year and even further on and for years to come...ill update when i know something!

"oh my doodness!"

so first of all this is a quote from drew's niece, anna, from over a year ago, she's the cutest thing...anyways, back to the whole point of this blog....i am asking for prayers, lots and lots of prayers...i have an interview next wednesday for a summer job in nashville. it would be working at a day camp at a school in the city. and i am hoping to possibly have a teaching job interview for a school in murfreesboro...pray, cross fingers, do whatever you do so that i might just possibly impress someone just enough to get #1 this summer job, and then hopefully #2 a teaching job...

i'll update later, oh and i only have 2 days left at JCT....

walking through the fire

really the title has nothing to do with the blog, it's just the first song that came up on itunes and i made it be my title for my bulleted blog...so anyways.

*it has been a LONG LONG LONG week...i only have 4 more days at my placement and i am soooo happy about this. friday was the first day EVER that i have actually said that i am not sure i want to teach, but then i calm down, and i see that this is just an experience, these aren't my kids, they aren't my rules, etc. i just can't wait to get my own classroom where i can have classroom management be my way, and hopefully have some administrative help.

*went to memphis last night to hang out with the rents while drew and josh went to a concert in midtown...that was good, got dinner out of it, got music fest tickets finally-the boys couldn't decide if they wanted to go or not so by the time they decided the ticket prices went back up, stupid boys. watched some tv with mom and just to hang out, it was really nice.

*my e-portfolio is due on monday...AHHHH MY EPORTFOLIO IS DUE ON MONDAY!!!!

*amanda is throwing tootie and i an "alpha gam bridal shower" this evening and i am kind-of excited about it, the apartment is actually clean, she's got stuff planned and food prepared, i am excited!!!

*i have applied at several different places in the middle tn area and i am waiting to see what happens, hopefully on monday i will be able to make some contacts and hopefully try to secure a job for this summer so i can start building back up my savings account...i really need to. i want to figure out what i am doing in may, we have to be out of the apartment by may 31st, so i have to figure out where i am going to go then, if i have a job for the summer then i can hopefully move up to middle tn and then work a little bit harder at finding a teaching job, hopefully open up some contacts and make connections...keep the prayers flowing and fingers crossed!!

*i am going to go clean my room and bathroom for the shower tonight, have a great saturday!!!!

"let all you do be done in love"

long weekend/short weekend

so this weekend has been both very long and very short...and to explain, this blog will probably end up being a b.b., so just be prepared.

*first of all on friday i took my 1 free day from student teaching to get my stuff ready for saturday--which i will explain next. so i woke up, went to school, helped out with tcaps and left school by like 10:15...wish i hadn't had to take the day off, but i really needed it...
*now for why i took the day off, i went to the rutherford county school teacher fair thing in murfreesboro yesterday and that was an experience. i got there about 20 minutes early and there were already probably close to 200 people there to fight over talking to principals of the schools in the rutherford county school system. i got to talk to a few, wasn't as promising as i had hoped but a few schools were going to call to set up interviews within the next week, so that is still an open door, just not as open as i had hoped.
*found this AMAZING used book store in nashville that will become my new favorite place to shop-taking the place of goodwill...i got sooo many teacher books as well as children's books for less than 7 bucks a piece, and some for only 50 cents!!! it was a fabulous find in nashville and i plan on heading back!!
*then formal last night...my last agd formal as a college student, full of drama of course, but entertaining.
*now today...i have sooo much work to do, so i will leave this here and go work on that, hope you all have a great week!

"let all you do be done in love"

i am an AWFUL fiance...

so it just occurred to me that i never wished drewby a happy birthday on here...his birthday was on the 11th and i never wished him a happy birthday...so...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DREWBY!!!!!!

so i just read the summer staff list for the 2009 summer...and i have mixed feelings, happy for those that were given the honor, praying for those who were turned away, and ready to see what God has in store.
as i was creeping on someone's facebook page, actually the new puf's facebook page it really hit me, my time as an activity staffer is over, my time as puf is over, that part of my life is done and it's time for someone else to take it over, it's time for someone else to enjoy the perks of the job and suffer through the pain of the tough parts.
i sit here and try to compose myself and get myself comfortable with the fact that my time as program utilities facilitator is over with...whoo much harder than i thought. i have been pretty ok with today, until now. it's not that i don't think she will do a good job, because i think she will, there was something in her that they see-just like they saw in me...and that's good enough for me...

this chapter in my life is officially closed, and soon another chapter will be closing and it's just hard today to really face this and be happy and confident in what is to come. please keep me in your prayers as well as all the newly hired staff people so that they may see you and work for you this summer, and nothing else.

good morning!

so this will be short because #1 my breakfast is almost ready and #2 i have to leave soon...but i just needed to write. interviews are this saturday, and ill be up there on friday to goto mrs patsy's funeral and it's just starting to hit my that i am not going back this summer. i know that i have to grow up and that my role at camp has changed-camp isn't gone for good, my time isn't completely over, things are just changing-i apparently just don't deal with change very well. i get the opportunity to dean a watersports with my favorite person in the world and future husband, i will get the chance to just "pop in and visit" my time isn't over, it's just changing.
please pray for all the interviewees as well as the interview team-there are a whole bunch of people who applied so saturday will be a tough day!
pray that the right choices are made, people feel confident in those choices and that this summer staff will be able to provide the best summer camp experience ever!

have a great day!

"let all you do be done with love"

Mrs. Patsy

1952-2009

Loved Lakeshore Kitchen Lady

so earlier this week i got the sad news that mrs patsy had gone on to heaven. i worked with her the 2006, 2007 and part of the 2008 summer. she was always so excited to see me and loved her job and her kids. her funeral will be friday...good friday and it's fitting, a true woman with a true faith will be buried on the day that we celebrate the fact that jesus died for us. she is in heaven, with NO pain and with the loving arms of God wrapped around her!
Mrs Patsy, i love you...and i miss you. camp will not be the same without you and the next puf will never know how amazing you really are. Love you and see you when I get to heaven!

b.b.

*so this past week was an interesting one...my teacher was gone 4 out of 5 days, so this left me to be the real teacher...interesting. i had one of my students go to iss, then come back and earn another trip to iss. i am teaching everything starting tomorrow so this should be good, i am kind of excited, but then again, just ready for this placement to be over with

*ER officially ended on thursday...15 seasons of amazing real-life addicting shows ended. the final episode was kind of disappointing, but the before show, the wrap up show was really good and of course i balled my eyes out but it will all be ok, i will live, and maybe this will free up some of my time, 1 less show to follow, which i guess is good. the end of the show is kind of what's going on in my life right now. soon to be another thing ending-my college career, this summer i won't be on staff-my role for camp is changing, i will officially be an alpha gam alum, and i will have to start being a big girl and hopefully will be getting a job soon--so many things ending, but so many more opening.

*my mom was initiated on saturday morning--such a cool experience to finally be able to share with her the inner workings of alpha gam. and now she is a life-time member with me. it also makes me happy because i can not only call her my mom, but also my sister. it was a good morning.

*saturday afternoon was spent at a choo-choo-train party for george...he is such a mess!!! tres and brittney are so blessed with their 2 beautiful kids and i can only hope and pray that drewby and i will be as blessed when we start our family.

*i went to bed at 8:45 last night--yes i know how much of an old woman that makes me, but i needed the sleep sooo bad!! and i didn't wake up until 10:30 this morning...pure bliss!!

my plans for this week include, finishing my resume, deep cleaning my room/my part of craftopia/my bathroom, getting ready for easter weekend-drew and i are going to memphis for good friday and saturday morning, and then on to dburg saturday evening and sunday, planning some "fun" activities for tcap week, and also working on my portfolio a whole bunch this week!!
updates will hopefully happen more often, but no guarantees due to the business and jam packed schedule that makes up my next week...

love you all.
mo.

"let all you do be done in love"

so this is totally a random update, and maybe if i have some time later, i will do a real update...but here goes the random one.

so i am getting so tired of this coach cal drama. yes he left memphis after 9 years to go coach at UK...yes i am a little saddened by this...but i am starting to get really really annoyed. for days all the news channels were reporting on was "is he really leaving" or "why would coach cal do this" or "has he signed anything" or "will all the recruits go with him, or just not sign with memphis" and so on...it's getting old. there are more pressing issues in this city and area to deal with...yes he was a GREAT addition to the memphis community 9 years ago, yes his family was a great addition to the church i attend, yes this and yes that, but in the long run, coaching is a business and coaching is the business that cal is in. he saw another opportunity, he saw a way to further his career and to improve his resume and he took it-wouldn't you? now dont' get me wrong i absolutely hated how he handled it, no words to the school, the city, to anyone...we found out from the news and rumors and players who "decided to talk" and so on...i think the least he should have done is at least let the school and the city know. but you know what, it's his job, it's his families future, it's his passion and if a person was going to leave his job, would he let the whole city know?

in the long run it will all work out, the program may struggle, but what program-of any kind-doesn't struggle??

back to my favorite phrase..."you can't have a rainbow without the rain".

cal, good luck at UK-but good riddance!