It's the Weekend!

Praise God, it's Saturday! I know that I have ranted and raved about how much I love my students, and I do! BUT....they were awful yesterday. I wasn't the only one who felt that way so I know it wasn't just me. They were a little testy all week to be honest. The other teachers said it was a combination of the full moon, the weather, and the holiday on Monday. I was just relieved to know that it wasn't just me being naive in the first two weeks and then learning what the kids are REALLY like. I'm sure I (and they) will be back to normal on Monday. I just needed a break.

The funny thing was, after such a long Friday all the teachers went to Happy Hour at Serrano's! I didn't go with them, but I did go to a Happy Hour. Rachel, her roommate Ashley, and I went to a cute little place called Zocolo for Happy Hour and had our cute little Sangritas.

Now, I shall backtrack. This week was very eventful aside from the students. Monday was a holiday, and I must say that I was very productive! I went for a run, did a little shopping, wrote a lesson plan, made vegetable soup, visited my grandma, and watched The Bachelor with Rachel and Whitney. Wednesday we went to the basketball game ...which was unfortunately a huge butt whoopin'. We had fun anyway, however. Mark came into town for it and brought with him an adorable monogrammed bag for me! It's a perfect teacher bag. I LOVE IT. We had VIP passes to the game thanks to a guy Pat works with so we got to go into the Lone Star Club and have drinks before the game. Besides all of the burnt orange, it was pretty cool :) After the game, my friends were nice enough to go to the Pluckers by my house (which is WAY north of Austin) and drop me off at home. Totes worth it. Thursday we went to see Mercy Me in concert. They were just as awesome as I imagined they would be! The lead singer was hilarious and had a beautiful kind of joy about him...you could just really see God in him.

I hope to be productive today. The Ags play K. State at 1pm and the sips play Kansas at 3pm. I also need to go buy some skinny jeans. Theeeen we're going downtown tonight! Itsss gonna be a good day!

Chain Reaction

Two days in a row! Looks like I'm doing well!

I can't believe I forgot to include probably the biggest thing that's happened in my life in the past week. I've told some of my friends about this but there are a few updates. My grandma was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer a few years ago called Mastacytosis. It affects about 6 people in America and is sort of like Leukemia. She went into remission about 2 1/2 years ago and has been doing very well. After Christmas, however, she started getting sick again. Long story short, she ended up at Seton for a blood and platelet transfusion and found out that her cancer turned into Acute Leukemia. She started up on a different kind of chemo than what she was on and is still in the hospital now (she was admitted last Wednesday.) She has had a lot of visitors and has been in good spirits for the most part. Her chemo isn't making her sick but her low immune system is. We were told yesterday that she probably has about 6 months...I took that with a grain of salt because my grandpa was told that many times and kept going for many years! I will definitely try to make the most of my time with her and not take her for granted like I have so often in the past, but I will not let her use that "sentence" as a reason to give up.

We're working on getting her an account set up for the directed donor program. Luckily January is like National Blood Donor month or something so there are lots of blood drives! Hopefully it will work out for all of our friends to donate directly to her.

My mom is really going to need some prayers through all of this as well. My grandma lives next door to us so Mom usually ends up taking care of her. Of course my mom does this because she loves her, but it definitely takes a toll on her. Mom is an empty nester who is used to only worrying about herself and my dad now so this is kind of like handing her a new child to take care of. I hope none of that sounds callous! It's just that things like this tend to have a chain reaction.

All of that being said, I trust that God has a great plan for my grandma and for all of us. His plan for me right now is to finish up this post and review my lesson on prepositions that I will teach the kiddos tomorrow! It will probably involve me standing UNDER a chair, ON a chair, IN a chair, etc, etc. Can't wait!!! :)

New Life

I am obviously horrible at keeping up with my blog! Hopefully I can start posting more often than every two months :)

So...much has changed since my last post! I'm now in Austin living with my brother and sister-in-law and student teaching at Naumann Elementary School. I am so incredibly blessed right now because every single aspect of this new living/working arrangement is beyond wonderful. I've always been close with Pat and Allison so living with them has been a smooth transition and is very comfortable and very fun! My school is absolutely wonderful. I am in love with my 5th graders and I love learning new and better ways to teach them. I learn new things every day, either from my cooperating teacher or from the students. I tell you what, you don't realize how much you've forgotten until you try to teach it! I totally forgot what subject and object pronouns were until I had to TEACH them the other day....so yes, I am learning a lot. I also believe there is a good chance that I will get hired on either at this school or at a surrounding school. I'm in the process of researching duplexes a little south of here for next year in case I do get a job. It is very exciting!

As much as I know I will miss being in College Station this semester, I am so happy to be moving on a little early. I can't wait to explore Austin (I started exploring a little by accident yesterday!) and learn the ins and outs of this incredible city.

Since I don't have school tomorrow and I have been bumming the last two days, I plan on being very productive, beginning with going to Target and buying that leather jacket I can't stop thinking about, going for a run, writing lesson plans, making vegitable soup for dinner, and topping of the night with a Bachelor viewing party at Whitney and Rachel's house. It's going to be a great day!

mama effff.

I am so tired of writing lesson plans.

A little bit of wine-ing

Hello world! It's been a while. Lot's of things have happened since last week, most of them good...some of them not as much.

When I left you I was going to babysit the Schumanns- Luke, age 7, Danielle, age 4, and Levi who is 6 months. They were all angels! Levi was very hungry and only got fussy for a little while (because he was so hungry.) I love that family so much. Friday I went to La Grange to spend one last night in my friend, Kaytlyn's house. Her house was always our gathering place in intermediate and middle school and now her dad is selling it, so we had to have one last sleepover. It's always interesting to go back and hang out with high school friends when I've made so many friends at A&M who are so different. I do love my high school friends, but we're all at very different places in our lives. The night was a blast, all the same. I worked all day Saturday, all day Sunday, and Sunday night Amelia and I saw "Eat, Pray, Love". Let me tell you, that movie was phenomenal. I read the book and it changed my life, and the movie was definitely a great representation of the book. It really reaffirmed a lot of things for me - especially how much life there is to live before I settle down. Also, how much food there is to eat and how much WINE there is to drink! :)

On Monday I turned into Mrs. Clean. I cleaned this apartment like it's never been cleaned before! I mopped, vacuumed, dusted, washed sheets, rugs, wiped down the kitchen and bathroom, cleaned out the couch and febreezed the cushions and pillows....yeah, I did a lot. Totally worth it!

All I have left to say is this: I don't think I've ever met more beautiful, Godly women than I've met here in the past few years. I also don't think I've seen as many amazing women as I have here get hurt by men. I know there are reasons with everyone and I shouldn't be so quick to judge - I just want all of these beautiful women to know that there's nothing wrong with them.

Song lyrics - for all of my beautiful sisters, In Better Hands by Natalie Grant

I am strong all because of You
I stand in awe of every mountain that You move
For I am changed, yesterday is gone
I am safe from this moment on
There's no fear when the night comes round
I'm in better hands now

until next time :)
<3 Rebecca

Every day is filled with hope

I love learning more about people. Last night was so much fun - a legit girls night. Drinking wine, sharing "shady" pasts...definitely needed. As much as I love having so many guy friends, there really isn't anything like hanging out with a bunch of girls and being able to say anything and knowing that you're not getting judged.

I'm about to go babysit the Schumann kids (on my day off.) At least this will pay off my escapade in San Antonio last weekend!

Song lyrics for today? Happy ones!

You are everything that I live for
Everything that I can't believe is happening
You're standing right in front of me
With arms wide open all I know is
Everyday is filled with hope
You are everything that I breathe for
And I can't help but breathe you in and breathe again
Feeling all this life within
Every single beat of my heart

<3 Rebecca

Food for thought :)

What is lonely except a name that's clothed in emptiness and garbed in shame
What is sorrow except a game we play
What are lies except the truth, that we are broken from our childhood, that we are restless from our youth
Who is it that will be on a mission to bring hope to this empty soul?
Is it God? Is it you? Is it me? Is it a little bit of all three? I don't know, but I can tell you what I've heard
I've heard it takes something bigger, and that's free, and it's scarcely seen when you accept something like that
But when you do this lonely will suddenly mean nothing and nothing means everything
And what is God except everything and in everything just the same
And what is lonely except a word I made up for myself? What is lonely except a word?
What is lonely..except a name.
-Jonah Werner