It is finished

Well, life has been crazy stressful lately. I have known that the school where I work would be losing students and teacher to a new school that is being built. I learned in January that my position as an ESL teacher at my school would be going away (not officially but through deduction). I have been sitting on pins and needles for 3 months. I hoped and prayed that I could go to the new school and teach. The majority of my students would be going to the new school and many of my teacher friends would be going there as well. The added bonus is that I have heard great things about the new school's principal. Plus, as a new school it will have all the latest technology.

I was at a conference yesterday. One of my friends there received a text saying that one of our friends learned her fate for next year. I knew that meant that people were starting to be informed. After the conference was over, I decided to go to school to find out who was going to the new school and who go to stay at our school. I learned that many of my friends are going to the new school. My teaching assistant friends do not yet know their fate. I continue to pray for them. As an ESL teacher I did not yet know my fate, since the principal had to decide about the core subject teachers before he could think about the other subjects. I figured I would hear something next week. As I was leaving the building, my principal caught me. With a smile she told me that I got the job at the new school. While I am sad to leave my friends at my current school, I am excited to begin at the new school next year. I continue to pray for my friends that still await their fates. I hope they do not have to wait long and that they will be happy in their new jobs. Most of all I praise God that he has yet again taken care of me through troubles and taken care of my future.

P.S. On the weekend of March 20th we got several inches of snow. Someone told me, "You know it has snowed too much in TX when you drive down the snow-filled street and you do not see a single snowman." What a bizarre year for weather in TX.

From Snow to Flowers!

 

Can you believe not quite a month ago I posted pictures of snow?

I can't tell you how happy it made me to feel the sunshine on my face and soil in my hands!

I think the blue flowers are beautiful!

This spiky petaled Gerbera grabbed my attention.

 Isn't this lovely?

Jesse and I are making plans to build a pergola over our porch in the back. Unfortunately that will eat up most of our gardening budget. Doing stonework around our front flowerbeds will eat up the rest of our budget. I had steeled myself to this fact until today.

While out running errands, we saw a Callaways. On a bright sunny, warm afternoon, we had to go in. I saw the flowers and my resolve crumbled like dry clumps of dirt. We'll just have to go into debt. : )