Remember? They went something like this...
New black heels: $79.00
Fabulous haircut: $49.00
Martini: $9.00
Seeing your ex at a bar while wearing your new black dress? Priceless.
Nothing like that ever happens. But... That's how I'm going to recap.
5 days of working to open the new store: Awesome paycheck tomorrow.
5 hours in a car to and from Raleigh with 3 youth: An awesome TEC meeting/Lock-in
3 days at the elementary school: Kara will be very tired after proctoring for EOG testing
Closing every night this week after proctoring: another great paycheck
Spring semester at UNCP... 3.8 GPA....: PRICELESS! :)
In other words, I did fantastic with school... and I'm actually looking forward to summer school starting because of the classes that I'm taking...
The store is OPEN!!! FIFI downtown is fabulous and I'm loving the girls I'm working with and loving the fact that I actually have a JOB!
I'm proctoring for the EOG (End Of Grade tests) this week for my wonderful 3rd graders at Wrightsboro Elementary... Not thrilled about standing around for that long of a time period... but I'll manage. (although something tells me I should be in bed at this moment and not typing this... good thing I have a late shift at work tomorrow...)
First TEC meeting for TEC #42 was this past Friday/Saturday... Lock-in style... Got to drive up to Raleigh with three of my amazing youth that I taught Sunday school to when they were in 7th grade.
Now one is a Junior in high school, the other two are sophomores. When did I get old?????
These youth for this team are so amazing. I just know that God is going to guide them in the right direction for serving. And it makes me so, SO proud to have seen them grow into such awesome people. (And to think that perhaps my awesome skills as their Sunday school teacher had some kind of affect on them......maybe?) I'm VERY excited to be in the conference room for this TEC! Back at "home" in a way... although I had an AMAZING wheat room last go around....and the youth wheat director was perfect. (Brandon will shoot me if I don't say something...)
Conference is where I am most comfortable. :)
Anyway, I'm off to bed. :) A very early morning for Kara is coming shortly.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
A Strange Feeling
Let me start by saying that on August 18th, 2010 I went to UNCP for my first classes without knowing a soul. While I was very happy that everything had worked out and I was actually IN school, I was a little lonely. I live by myself and didn't know anyone. Luckily, a few weeks later, I met Mary Watson.
Mary and I had all of our EPC (educational professional courses... aka ridiculousness) together and soon became great friends. We got lunch, did homework, complained and share stories together all the time and I finally felt like I was getting here. I even sent Cameron a text message that said "I made a friend at school today! Her name is Mary!" To which he replied, "I'm proud of you! Congratulations!"
Like a two year old. :) But I was proud of myself, because anyone that knows me, knows that I'm super comfortable with the circle of friends that I already have. I've been friends with these people for years, and they know me, my history and have been there through the good, bad and extremely bad. So adding to this circle has always been hard for me. Not to mention having to tell my story over and over, it gets old and I don't like it. BUT, Mary and I just had so much in common... despite our 5 year age difference. I just felt comfortable with her.
In January, spring semester started and I was in all new classes, 5 out of 6 were with Mary and I only had to battle one without her. I had made a few other friends within my class in the fall, so there were a few familiar faces in the crowd.
What was about to happen, would change me, and my life. Forever.
I made more friends than I had in high school. And not just the friends that you say hey to in the hallway and talk about crazy assignments and who actually had their paper done in class.
I mean that I met people that actually cared about me, and wanted to get to know me. Thanks to Literacy and Language I, Differentiated Instruction, and Math and Science I, I was able to meet people that I hope to be friends with for the rest of my life.
Kelsey, Whitney, Bridget, Lauren, Mary, Reilley, Aaron, Shruti, and Amanda have all come to be people that I consider friends. And I can't thank God enough for putting them into my life.
The fact that everyone's status on Facebook is a complaint about not seeing everybody in the curriculum lab since classes are over ... and sending messages back and forth wanting to know when we can get together again is a sign of how much fun we all had through out this semester.
So, I'm thankful that classes are over until May 25th when summer school begins...
But I'm more thankful for those people that have come into my life this semester. And I can not WAIT until I get to see them again!!! :-D
Mary and I had all of our EPC (educational professional courses... aka ridiculousness) together and soon became great friends. We got lunch, did homework, complained and share stories together all the time and I finally felt like I was getting here. I even sent Cameron a text message that said "I made a friend at school today! Her name is Mary!" To which he replied, "I'm proud of you! Congratulations!"
Like a two year old. :) But I was proud of myself, because anyone that knows me, knows that I'm super comfortable with the circle of friends that I already have. I've been friends with these people for years, and they know me, my history and have been there through the good, bad and extremely bad. So adding to this circle has always been hard for me. Not to mention having to tell my story over and over, it gets old and I don't like it. BUT, Mary and I just had so much in common... despite our 5 year age difference. I just felt comfortable with her.
In January, spring semester started and I was in all new classes, 5 out of 6 were with Mary and I only had to battle one without her. I had made a few other friends within my class in the fall, so there were a few familiar faces in the crowd.
What was about to happen, would change me, and my life. Forever.
I made more friends than I had in high school. And not just the friends that you say hey to in the hallway and talk about crazy assignments and who actually had their paper done in class.
I mean that I met people that actually cared about me, and wanted to get to know me. Thanks to Literacy and Language I, Differentiated Instruction, and Math and Science I, I was able to meet people that I hope to be friends with for the rest of my life.
Kelsey, Whitney, Bridget, Lauren, Mary, Reilley, Aaron, Shruti, and Amanda have all come to be people that I consider friends. And I can't thank God enough for putting them into my life.
The fact that everyone's status on Facebook is a complaint about not seeing everybody in the curriculum lab since classes are over ... and sending messages back and forth wanting to know when we can get together again is a sign of how much fun we all had through out this semester.
So, I'm thankful that classes are over until May 25th when summer school begins...
But I'm more thankful for those people that have come into my life this semester. And I can not WAIT until I get to see them again!!! :-D
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