School
I moved back to Bethel at the end of August for my final semester in college (if I'm not mistaken I have less than 80 days left...I'm not wishing it away, numbers just interest me). This semester I am student teaching and I love it! I have one placement for 14 weeks in a 3rd grade classroom. My teacher rocks, the grade level team I am with is incredible, and my students have stolen my heart. There have been several challenges and my busiest weeks are still coming, but it has been wonderful thus far. I have learned so much and very much look forward to what else I will learn. I am currently teaching about 3/4 of the time and am adding more each week.
I am also taking a night class this semester called Family Interactions. This class is very interesting. It focuses a lot on the importance of communication within families and to show this, my professor has divided the class into four family groups where we each have specific roles. For example, my family consists of a working mother, a stay-at-home dad, twin middle schoolers, and myself as a pregnant teenager (so much for surviving teen pregnancy :)) Each week we get together in our family groups and are given a scenario and have to interact and communicate within our roles for 30-45 minutes. Needless to say, it is very interesting.
Wedding Planning
Honestly, this is kind of at a standstill right now. We have pretty much all the big things figured out, it's mostly just the details that are left and we have lists for these. I would really like to work on this some more, but with my schedule and Michael's schedule currently it is hard to find time, and often difficult to find motivation when we just want to relax.
We are doing two things for it not this weekend but the next one. We will be taking engagement pictures (still no idea what we are wearing yet...) and hopefully tasting a cake! Definitely excited about BOTH of those things :)
Oh, and we have also started our marriage counseling. So good and so very excited for more of it!
Other General Details...
- I am loving living near Michael again! It is such a blessing to have him in the same building as me and to get to see him every day!
- I had a wonderful last weekend when my cousin Jess came to visit and we drove to Wisconsin to see Jordan and his girlfriend who was visiting. What a fun and blessed weekend that was.
- I miss home. I've been homesick for a few weeks now and can hardly wait the last 9 or so days...I'm so excited to see my parents and my siblings...ah how I miss them! (I especially missed my mom last night when I got sick-sick for the first time in a long time and had to clean up after myself all alone :( )
- I have an exam this Saturday morning for my teacher's license that I am kind of nervous about. I would appreciate prayer if you think of it. I took a different one two weeks ago and I don't think it went terribly well.
As always, I am forever thankful for God's grace and love and I am thankful to be a new creation through Christ.
