I have no title for the post because I'm not even sure what to call it. What a day!

Recently the Lord has been teaching me how much I try to do things on my own without His help. Through JD's sermon on Sunday, my Bible study on Monday, and the love ones in my life I really feel like the Lord has been telling me that the reason I feel so burdened is that I don't come to Him. I haven't been praying and when I do pray it's almost like asking a genie to grant my wishes. I haven't cast my burdens on Him and ask for His strength, wisdom, or guidance.

This being said, I am trying to apply what I have been learning and the Lord gave me a real test today. This morning, our whole team had a meeting so they got subs to cover our classes. I pick my kids up from lunch and they are already wound up and arguing with one another. Great, I think to myself. The day continues to go downhill from there as the kids are unmotivated to work, being disrespectful to me and their peers, and super talkative. By 2, when my worse student returned from a specialist, I was already in foul mood. This student came in loud and obnxious, not liking what I had to say, yelled and threw a book at the wall. I then hit my breaking point. All the frustration with this group finally came to a head. As I was giving them, a "be respectful" lecture, the tears were starting to form. My assistant happened to walk by room as this point and I walked out in tears. I walked down to the principal's office and just broke down. I ended up staying in there for 45 minutes trying to come up with strategies with her. She did call that student down and chewed him out for being disrespectful to me constantly and told him the next time she had to talk to him he would be suspended. (He should have been long time ago but that's another story.)

I listened to her suggestions and will try to apply them but I guess I'm just so frustrated. Will you please pray for me? Also please pray for Jeremy and I are traveling to Charlotte this weekend for an interview with a church. Pray that the Lord would give us direction and wisdom.

The Answer

Congrats to Mr. Woodward for getting the right answer first! The answer was 10,990. If you need an explanation, leave me a comment and I'll show you how to work the problem.

Thanks for playing everyone!

Can you solve this?

A friend of mine sent me this riddle and I thought it looked easy enough so I tried to solve it. It's trickier than it looks though... see what you can do.

There are 7 girls on a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat there are 7 little cats.
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

This is a genuine math problem not a trick or a riddle. Just calculate it exactly as written. Don’t make assumptions like including a bus driver or anything like that. Have fun!!!

(Post your answer to see if you're correct. Maybe the first correct answer will win a prize. )

"She should find another profession"

A parent actually said this about me this week to my principal. This parent was extremely fired up when the assistant principal called to tell her that her son was once again in the office. Her son was ridicuously rude to me and another teacher and then went into a fit of rage. He was throwing things, hiding in a corner, and yelling. When he finally calmed down, he refused to any work and draw. At my wits end, I finally got a parent to watch my class so I could write him up.

The assistant principal retrieved him from class and interviewed him while his mom was on the phone. This mom hates our school already thinking that everyone is against her child and in her words "our administration is the rudiest, most condensending woman I've ever met and I have asked that they not talk to my child without me present." Funny thing is, I would probably describe her and her child that way. She then questioned the way I handled the situation and said that if I can't handle her son then I should find another profession. As you can probably tell, I was hot! I cooled off and then called her back giving her my spill and she finally retreated her meaness. She didn't realize how much of a tyrant he was being and she confessed that she didn't know what to do with him. Hello there is the problem!

But on that same note, I was trying to find another position. I heard I was a good candidate for the job so I was getting exciting. Today I found out though that I didn't have the required amount of teaching years to even be considered. BOO! Why do I need one more year of service to be more qualified? I have taught in this county for almost 4 years...doesn't that experience matter? Sorry I'm venting... I just REALLY wanted this position.

In other news, Jeremy has been asked to come interview at a church for a graphic artist job. We'll travel to Charlotte in February for that. I'm a little nervous about it honestly. Most of the time Jeremy does job interviews by himself and I hear about them later. This time around, I'm on display as well. Any suggestions from those of you who have done it before? I would love your advice.

Ok enough for now...report cards are calling...a teacher's work is never done.

New Things on the Horizons

My blog entries have gotten fewer and farther between these days. Life has been pretty mundane with nothing to report until now...

Jeremy has started the job hunt and thanks to friend there might be a possible lead. Also there could be a new job on the horizon for me. A co-worker heard of a position on the county level that she thought I would be great at so she recommended me for the position. I've sent my resume in and hope to hear something soon. I'm trying not to get my hopes up really but the prospect of something new is exciting!

In other news, Dad turns 52 today. We celebrated Thursday by attending the Carolina Hurricanes game and having dessert at the Cheesecake Factory. Happy Birthday Dad! :)

Back into the Swing of Things

Happy 2008! We rang the new year in with one of our couple friends, Josh and Monica. Josh got Guitar Hero for Christmas and we had fun trying to play. Jeremy and Josh were much better than I was. I took a picture but I can't seem to find it.

So life has gotten back to normal...school is back in and Jeremy will start his J term class on Monday. Only in seminary world, do you have assignments due before you ever get to class. Therefore Jeremy is back upstairs every night doing work. Only one more semester!!


My vow this new year is stop bring home work. I need a balance in my life so I thought I needed to reserve the night hours for family and personal time. So far I've stuck to it. Since Jeremy is studying, I've used the time to use my Christmas presents.


One of my favorite gifts was the first 3 seasons of the Gilmore Girls on DVD.



I love this show and sadly is not on the air anymore. But I continue to watch the reruns on tv each day and now I can watch them anytime I like! I have been obsessed with watching these esp. since nothing new is on tv right now. I really need to stop and read, workout, or do something. Ok I'm going to go do something more productive. Have a great weekend!