Day 59...Grateful for the Day to be OVER...

Today was long..
Today was emotional...
Today was long..
Today was hard...
Oh man...but I will still be teaching at Vines next year.

5:30... Boot Camp
7:30... Quiet Time
8:15... Leave for School
8:45...Drama in Athletics
9:50...Bell for 2nd period...but still dealing with drama
12:00...Realize how hard the next 9 weeks will be
5:15...Training for Head for the Cure Volunteer Coordinator (what??? something else...)
6:30...Perspectives (amazing!)
9:30..Back at home...

Long day.
And all I can say at the end of the day is praise the Lord. I have a job tomorrow. I have a job next year. No matter how hard it is...I know that's where the Lord wants me for now.
So...I'm grateful the day is OVER!!!

Day 58...Grateful to be Drama Free...

Today I had heard rumbling among the freshmen girls in athletics that a bunch of them didn't like another girl. Well, I walked right into the middle of it today after school and talked about it with the one they are "ganging up on"....who was in tears.

I'm so grateful to be past the "mean girls" stage and to not have to go into it again! Why are high school girls so mean??? Ugh...so hard! I remember how BIG and ALL ENCOMPASSING the things like this are when you are 14 but....

I'm SO grateful to be drama free! :)

Day 57...Grateful...

I'm grateful for my job!
I'm grateful to my athletic director for asking me to start coaching 4 years ago!
I'm grateful that I'm not a principal that had to tell 9 people that they were losing their jobs today!

How great is the Lord and how great is the Lord's timing...(remind me of that next time I'm wishing I wasn't still single and waiting)...

I knew that we didn't have enough students to fill all of my classes, but I knew that coaching should help me keep a job...I just thought I would have to teach a couple of random classes next year. My department head had been causing me to feel like I could be losing my job. Unfortunately, she is the one that ended up losing her job. It all came down to other duties...which would be coaching. So...4 years ago when my athletic director asked me if I wanted to coach (instead of do cheerleading), I'm so thankful for the prodding and timing of the Lord to take him up on it!

I'm just very grateful today!

Day 56...Grateful for a Lot...

There are quite a few things I'm grateful for today...

1.  I randomly picked up a book at Mardel's on Saturday. I'm trying to be very healthy and strict for the rest of the school year (9 weeks...surely I can make it) and this book caught my eye. It's really great! One tip (out of the 5 chapters I've read) was to replace a craving with prayer. Well...I've been wanting to improve my prayer life...and that will definitely do that! I had a bunch of little arrow prayers as my stomach growled periodically. :) 

2. I went to boot camp...and I'm grateful for this number...the number of calories burned!! (that's during the hour of class and thirty minutes after) Love it!

3. I love the crock pot...or slow cooker. I love coming home and my whole apartment smells like yummy food!

4. Finally...I love the coffee singles. It's kind of cold here right now and I was cold when I got home and I love relaxing with a cup of coffee...and the singles are great and so easy!

Day 55...Grateful to be Pampered...

So Mary Grace and I have started periodically getting pedicures together...pretty much whenever one of us tells the other how gross our feet have become. It's just always more fun to go with a friend...and it's great talk and hang out time with her! So...today was the day!

I love it! Granted...it's too cold to wear flip flops right now...but soon enough we'll get to show them off!

I know a pedicure is a luxury...and I'm grateful that the special splurges can be spent with a friend and occur just often enough.

Grateful to be pampered!

Day 54...Grateful for Sleep...

So Saturday morning the alarm went off to head to Boot Camp...but I was exhausted! So I turned it off....

Here is when I finally woke up...

I think I was a little tired! Grateful for sleep!

Day 53...Grateful for Rachel...

So, tonight (Friday) I didn't really have any plans. I was going to lunch with a friend to carb load (for her) before her half marathon on Sunday. She had something tonight so we were going to do an early dinner. And then Rachel called. They needed a sub for her softball team.

I drove down and played with her and her husband's team...then she and I went to Sonic. Then we (me, Rachel, and Chris) went to her house. I love getting to talk to her, I love talking about the Bible and God and what we are learning (all while Kentucky is beating Ohio State which totally saves my bracket is on in the background)....Rachel is a blessing. I always enjoy getting to see her and catch up.

Great to see you Rachel...grateful for you!