a sorely needed update

i'm not pregnant. there. now that that's out of the way, you can concentrate on the rest of this blog.

i have a job at gray road christian school. it's over full time, and pays decent for a small broke christian school (the janitors at IPS make more than me...)

i teach the three year olds on tuesdays and thursdays.
the three year olds that come mondays wednesdays and fridays (because of working parents or whatnot) go to 'clubhouse' which is a relaxed, fun, educational half-day thing - i do that too.
so that's monday - friday with three year olds from 8:00 til 11:15.
from 12:30 till 3:15 i am in the combined 4/5th grade classroom where i teach 5th grade reading and help out as an aide for science, which taught to all of them at once.
then from 3:15 til 5:30 i supervise 'aftercare' (for those who's mom's can't pick them up til whenever). we have fun making up games that we think should be in the next olympics. if you see the lacrosse longthrow or volleyball doublebounce in the 2008 olympics, that's all me baby.

so M-F, 7:30-5:30. whatever pays off those expensive private christian university bills. which, by the way... i'm supposed to tell them i moved, aren't i. crap.

let's see what else is new.

our apartment is all set up and very homey already. we were able to actually screw things into the walls so we could put up a bunch of stuff that just sat in our closets in briarwood (they have a strict nail-size policy). josh finished the fishtankstandholderthingy and it's gorgeiouas. i chose the stain and it doesn't match any other piece of furniture we own. so it fits in perfectly.

well, i'm spent.

by the way, we only have free dial up, and everytime we connect, it takes one of our 45 local calls a month (we broke, so we have the cheapest phone plan possible), so we try to only connect once a day. there. that should be a good enough excuse for now.

love you all and PRAISE GOD for everything that fell into place in my life. (think: "to Him who is able to keep you from falling...") i've got the benidiction thing goin on here.

good night!!

beth

(name the passage that benediction came from and you get a prize)

satellite widow

so i find myself home alone a lot lately. josh goes into work at 8 and comes home for lunch and dinner and to sleep .. and well, last night that was one in the morning. i think i just described the term 'satellite widow' correctly, no? i am more married to my television set than my own husband right now. i'm trying not to wallow in self-pity, but at least self-pity keeps good company.

what a spoiled little child i am

God has been so good to us this summer, and i don't deserve it at all. i whine,i complain, i eat too much, i worry, and worst of all, i sit around all day and waste 24 hours of God-given opportunity to get to know Him more.

and what has God done for me lately, anyway....
1) got josh into a great grad school
2) gave josh an assistantship that
a) takes care of any tuition costs and
b) pays a $13,000 stipend
3) gave me this past week off to work on my job search
4) given me a wonderful, supportive, understanding husband who makes life soo much easier
5) helped us to find an amazing apartment that we can afford that is in a good neighborhood that isn't ridiculously far from IUPUI (and all they had left were two bedrooms, just what i wanted!!!)
6) AND NOW... i just got a call 15 minutes ago from a small Christian school in Indy that's going through some changes and therefore will most likely be hiring this late in the summer! (no i don't have the job yet, they're sending me an application and want me to call to set up an interview...)
7) as if that wasn't enough, after i hung up with them, i held my breath while maquesting the distance from our new apartment to Gray Road Christian School. see, our apartment, though i LOVE it, is on the southside, almost out of indy completely. all the bigger christian schools are on the north side. so i was expecting a 30 minutes drive at least. BUT NO. God loves me and i have no clue why. this school is 7 miles from our new apartment. 7 MILES.

SO. i don't have the job yet, but i definately have something to pray for. and if you don't mind, could you pray for me too?

by the way, what has God done for you lately? :-D

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