Work in Progress...

No pics. Forgot the camera, but it's getting there!

Crossroads

Whew! This week has been crrrazy. I haven't totally digested it yet, actually. But, in a nutshell--

• I got an email last Friday that led to a "meeting" Monday at another school.
• The "meeting" (I'm quotationing it because it wasn't supposedly a formal interview) led to an interview on Tuesday.
• The interview on Tuesday (which I started crying in the middle of) led to a second interview on Tuesday (during which I continued to cry, and cry, and cry...seriously, it was ridiculous, but that's a long story...).
  
• The second interview led to a job offer.
• The job offer led to my having to call my current principal and superintendent to discuss said job offer.
  
• Discussion led to a shared conclusion that leaving my current spot would be BAD (semi-long story).
• That conclusion led to my declining the spot on Wednesday and digging back into my other new position at CL.
• My other new position (which I am very excited about, woohoo!) led to my moving about 20 loads of stuff from my old classroom to my new classroom today/night...I'm zonked! (And still not finished...)
• Then, once everything's finally relocated, that will lead to some MAJOR organizing. I'll take a picture of my "project" tomorrow and post it.

Seriously, crrrraziness! But I'm so very thankful. I've actually even experienced a shift in paradigm this week. Spiritually, I've always existed by the idea that when at a crossroads, either one way or the other is God's intended purpose. However, in speaking with my principal she told me about a sermon she thinks about often where God reveals to a man that "neither way is right" because "they both are right". Wow. Imagine that. This idea has rocked my world...like I said, I haven't totally digested it yet, but I'm thinking that here's where free will enters in...whatever we do, we do for God. Therefore, it does not matter sometimes which direction we go as long as we keep God in the center and work for His glory.

Hmmm...I'll be thinking more on this, and I can't wait for church tomorrow. Our God is an awesome God!

Psalm 23:1

"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want..."

--giving us unencumbered freedom to obey. (Ed Saucier, pastor)

Ahhhh! Ponies!!!

I just need a moment to vent. I am going to go pony psycho...

Me-Tori, what do you want to be when you grow up?

Tori-A pony.

Me-Tori, what book do you want to read?

Tori-Let's read a book with no words with these characters. (AKA tell a story about the three ponies she has in her arms).

Me-Tori, what reward do you want for finishing the next part of your workbook?

Tori-So soft crawling Pinkie Pie.

Me-Tori, what movie do you want to watch?

Tori-Horseland. (An animated pony series she discovered on Netflix online).

Me-"Old McDonald had a farm...and on this farm he had a..."

Tori-PONY! With a nayhayhayhay here and a nayhayhay there...

Me-Tori, blah blah blah blah...

Tori-Ponies!

Me-Tori, blee blah blah blee blah....

Tori-Ponies!

Seriously, she's been stuck on ponies for about three years now. I don't know how much more I can stand before I break into a psychotic episode! Heh heh....my little pony, my little pony...la la la la la la la...

Happy Birthday...

...Nonna!
















...Bad Dad!





















...America!