An EXCITING week ahead!

This week could be a huge week. But regardless of that it will be exciting! And not only this week, next as well. Tonight we are heading over to Dana and Cody's for supper. Dana was one of my bridesmaids and recently got married herself. Wednesday I have an interview (eek) for which I will find out the results later in the day. Thursday is Steve's birthday which we are celebrating Wednesday night because on Thursday Steve is heading to Kansas for his cousin's wedding. Thursday I will be going to the airport to welcome home someone who cannot be named at this point (it is a surprise for someone). Saturday I welcome home Monique who is home for a week from Vancouver and we'll spend the day together. On Sunday, Monique and I as well as her friend who is here as well from Vancouver will head out to Mennville to spend the day with Grandma as well as our aunt and cousin who are in from Alaska. Fast forward a little bit and my Graduation and grad party are on Thursday the 29th and then family camping with the Reimer's out in Hecla. Oh and in there somewhere I will be getting my first paycheck! Hopefully I'll be subbing some more... And if I get the job we could be making some movement on housing. I may be getting a little too excited and a little ahead of myself but can you blame me?

Cheers!

The Sicko is Coming Home

Chad called my parents today to say that he's on his way home. Being sick and trying to plant just wasn't working for him. That's all I really know for now. I know no one responded initially so I don't know if anyone actually read about it but thanks if you did.

Cheers!

Pray for Chad

My youngest brother Chad (also referred to as Stinky- although he does not) is tree planting in the bushes of Ontario as of this week. Which I suppose would be fine, except that before he left he got pneumonia. (Well really he was sick for a while, ignored it and finally found out before he left that it was pneumonia) And it's not the better kind to have because the antibiotics have not helped him. Tonight he called home and talked to Dad. He is not feeling any better, and he is having a really hard time planting trees because of it. Which means he's barely planting enough to pay for room and board and really not making any money at this point. Pray that he would feel better and that his pneumonia would clear up, or have the courage to come home to recover. I don't think he wants to come home and follow in my footsteps of abandoning ship.

What I'm referring to is the summer after high school graduation when I moved to Banff and became a housekeeper at a hotel there. I hated it! I was sick and I knew no one, plus the people I lived with didn't speak English. The scenery and great shops that I couldn't buy anything in were not enough. So after three weeks, I had broken even with my room and board and plane ticket and my seven month adventure got significantly cut down as I took the bus back home. I came home, went to camp for the rest of the summer and then got my Boston Pizza job. So who knows what would have happened had I stayed in Banff.

But back to Chad. Please pray for him! I know he would really appreciate it.

Cheers!

Much Better

Today was a completely different day with the same kids. They weren't quiet but they were much better and I kept them very busy and so we all survived. I was very pleased, and then I got a message on my answering machine that I got very excited about. I can't tell you quite yet but I will eventually. Thanks for the prayers!

So tired

Student teaching was somewhat tiring, but substitute teaching is absolutely exhausting. The class I had today and tomorrow is more then a handful. They are great kids deep down (I saw a little bit of it in flashes today), but behaviour management is more then one person alone can handle. Thank goodness I do have an EA in there, as well as a floating sub for some of the day. Even so, I left school in an absolute frazzled mess today and at the end of the day the principal came in and asked if I could come in tomorrow and I said yes. I can't turn down work. On my way home I stopped for a fistful of cookies at my parents (conveniently it was snacktime). However, when I got home I could barely function and I haven't done much this evening. Pray for me tomorrow! Pray that I have a swarm of angels hovering around the children keeping them learning and quiet.

Stepping Back in Time

This week has been interesting. On Monday I didn't get a sub call, but I did get a strawberry call. So I headed off to LaSalle Valley Berry Farm where I planted strawberries for the afternoon with my brother. I even got to drive the tractor for a bit- I was very excited!

On Monday I got a call from the principal at the elementary school I went to. She wanted me to come in to substitute for the resource person, so I agreed. Once I got there she asked if I was free Wednesday and Thursday and I said of course.

As the resource person this week I have been supporting teachers by coming in for a little bit to help out with different lessons and activities. And it's been crazy. The school is so much smaller now, less kids and part of the building including the portables are completely gone. However, what has stayed is everything else. Same desks, desk bins, and I even caught sight of our old textbooks. The teachers are all different but it was a huge sense of deja vu when I walked into the Grade 2 class where I had that same grade. It's also been very interesting to be in other teacher's classrooms and to see how they teach. It has made my own beliefs clearer and definitely more concise.

So tomorrow I'm there and then I'm back to waiting for the phone to ring on Friday.

Cheers!

Yay for Pay

Today I got my first call to substitute teach! I looked at my alarm clock at around 7:45 this morning and figured I wasn't going to get a call because it was too late. Nope! A minute later my phone rang and for some reason the lady at the other end asked for Steve because he wanted him to sub.... I said, hey I'm the sub! I don't know how they got Steve's name.

So I get my call at 7:45 and was asked to work in Blumenort for the morning and Niverville for the afternoon. That's a big yikes because it was 7:45 the school day in Hanover starts at 9am but as a teacher you have to be there at least 10 minutes early and Blumenort is about 40 minutes away. And I was still in bed. No problem for Super Teacher- I showered, got dressed and packed my lunch like a maniac. Sped down to Blumenort very scared out of my pants- I've never taught by myself before but it was AWESOME. Such great kids in both schools, which just makes the day!

Now I have to wait till the end of the month but I am finally getting paid for what I've been training to do. Success!