Random Stuff

I met my new roommate the other night! After Grace got married and moved out, we weren't sure what was going to happen. We knew that she was responsible for the room unless she handed it off to someone new, but she was having trouble finding someone to replace her. When I got back from break, Courtney informed me that KimKim was going to be moving into the big empty room sometime in January. She's been moving in slowly and she's always been there when I haven't been, go figure. So, she came down to my room to see if I was there this time, and I was! I was super excited to finally meet her.

KimKim is very sweet. She works at Grace and is also working on her Masters, so she's just as busy as we are. She loves clean bathrooms (YAY!) and to cook (and share her cooking!). We talked for more than twenty minutes about life, getting to know each other a little bit. She moved in for good last night and has spent the day trying to figure out how she wants to set up her new room :)

I've had to experiment with me and Mom's "Hot 'n' Spicy Chocolate Tea". We don't have chocolate syrup in the house, but I do have chocolate soy from my morning smoothie ingredients...but I must say, I like it better the original way. It's not bad like this, but I think I prefer the original. Even Dad likes it, so you know it's gotta be good. I've been missing the Pecan coffee creamer too. So I'll need to see if I can find some. I really hope they didn't stop making it after the holidays.

I'm trying to be holy here and listen to worship music on Pandora and our neighbors are blasting some crazy bass beat. Sounds like a club. What the heck! Haha!

I went to a women's Bible study with Bethany Michalski this morning. This group of ladies is composed of primarily younger teachers and they meet every other Saturday morning at 9:00. After today, I feel like it could be a really good fit for me. They're all older than me, but I feel like it could be the place I was looking for. Thank you for your prayers in that. I need a group setting that keeps me accountable to do my part and come prepared. This will hopefully keep me in the Word like I should be. It's difficult to explain the draw of this. I need to have a structure. Just opening the Bible and starting is always my hang up. I can't do that, I hate the feeling of having no direction. Having a structured study with goals and chapters and a specific focus from session to session I believe will be what I need to spur me forward until I feel like I can do it on my own. It helps that Michalski will be there too. She's someone I truly respect and look up to.

I don't have many other random things to announce, besides that I was asked out by a sixth grader on Thursday. That was interesting. I have to work with this kid a couple times a day too, so I'm going to have to get over this feeling of violation. I don't want him staring at me. I'm there to instruct him and develop him academically. The kid can't read to save his life, that should be his concern.

Anyway. That's me right now. I'm excited to get to know KimKim better and I'm very happy with how the assistant job has been reformatted. I hope that I will be able to meet these kids where they need to be met and impact them positively. Middle school is going to be really hard for them and I want to help prepare them as best I can.