Job Interview

this coming up Monday.
8:45am
Hadley Elementary School

please pray i don't sound like a moron in my interview and that i don't need to know all this education lingo.

please pray that somehow [by God's grace] they will see me as someone who could be in one of their classrooms, working with their students.

i'm scared. nervous

oh brother.

Life in Amherst

[Writing to myself so that I acknowledge the good and fun going on in my life right now-
so i stop and take a moment to be thankful for the little joys of my life.]

• living life in Amherst this summer: new place, new bedroom, two bathrooms, decorating with Kait, sharing space with Jenn/Kait/Allie and Katy, chatting with Katy about guys, living so stinkin close to town, walking to church this morning
  
• crafts with Kait: putting new fabric on ottoman together, making key holder with Zarinah and Neri and feeling crafty because i made art, other projects to look forward to
• laughing from my room as Kait almost falls down the stairs yelling "woah, woah!!" as she tries to hold on and not actually tumble down. and then laughing for another minute straight as we talk about how funny that was
• laughing in general
• experiencing Amherst as this small and cute town! i mean, places like Revere and other cities back home do not have commons, to begin with. and do not have things like "The Taste of Amherst" on the common for every townie to go to and buy samples of food. where are you? in a movie or something?! how wonderful it was today. oh! and don't forget about the carnival you went to on the common back when school was still happening. seriously like a town in a movie
  
• hot summer weather
• strawberry picking with Melanie and her kids. you finally went strawberry picking!! that was on your summer 'to do' list for like 3 summers now. officially crossed off!
  
• meeting with Mary to talk about Hope and how hope comes from persevering through trials. and seeking the kind of hope that never disappoints- JESUS. surrender to hard times and see what God wants to do through them and what he wants to teach you instead of trying to fight them and constantly ask "but why?"
  
• getting to watch Macy and hang/laugh with her: playing candy land a bunch of times and her beating me almost every time, pushing her on the swing, seeing her chicks grow and how much she loves them
• the move: DO NOT FORGET about the move and all the people that helped you. you could have never done it w/o them. they worked almost a 12 hour day, working harder than you did and it was YOUR move. they did it joyfully. they served you in a way you have never seen service before. and then to top it off, they treated you guys to dinner! dinner! steak, fresh vegetables, cake, ice cream floats. who could have asked for a day like that? God, you were too kind to us, truly.

things i look forward to happening:

• FINDING A JOBBB
• going home so that my bro can teach me to ride his stand up jet ski. what?! he's really going to teach me? what has gotten into him? -- i won't complain though. i love spending time with him
• more strawberry picking
• did i mention finding a JOB??
• making lemonade and drinking it on our front porch
• more walks into town
• boat rides with my entire family
• going to the stinkin beach - there are no beaches near Amherst
• swimming in general. at puffers
• getting to know Jesus more. just spending time with him and seeing what he does- where he takes me
• more laughing

and probably a lot more that i can't think of right now.