January 2009

This month has proved to be a great month and really has shown us how the Lord provides in ways that we least expect it. In the middle of December, right before Christmas break, I decided to resign from Moravian Falls Elementary School where I was teaching 4th and 5th grade reading. I found that the commute and the weather were proving to be very trying for me. After this we took off for the holiday vacation. We went to Alabama on the 19th and went to Mary Ann and Kevin's Christmas party and then stayed the night with Adam and Ashley. Then on the 20th we made the trek to Corinth, Mississippi to spend time with the McCluskey grandparents. We stayed there until the 26th. On the 26th we went to Asheville to celebrate Christmas and then stayed there until 29th. This whole time Lady was at the vet and on the 29th we went back to get her. She was glad to have her parents back. On the 31st we went to Greensboro for New Years and it was a fabulous beginning to a New Year indeed. We saw Breakfast Club play at Greene Street and saw many great friends. We stayed with Kevin and Myles and even Lady got to sleep on their couch with us. It was a LOT of fun! Now one would think that our travels were over but we set off on one more adventure before settling down for the semester. January 8-10 we went to Washington, DC for a conference called PBATS. Josh was the one attending the conference and I just hung out with my family that we were staying with. We stayed with Cameron and Monica. They are so wonderful. We got to eat food for free and have a free place to stay. The first day before the conference started we went to the National Zoo. It was so cool. We got to see all three pandas that are there. I had been to the zoo there before but the pandas weren't out then because the baby was about to be born and it was too hot outside for the Mom. Now back to the job story. After getting back from DC I went to town on the job hunt. I am going to be a More at Four teacher at a place called Merry Land Academy. I'll have 9 four year olds in my classroom and for that I'm very excited. I love the younger children and know that this is the place that I'm supposed to be. I am going to get my B-K add on certificate since I have my Masters and certificate in K-6. Get excited!