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Detour

Well, who knew that Denver is on the way to Minnesota! I took a little detour today on my way to my next set of intensives for my seminary program. I left Billings this afternoon headed for MSP via a layover in Denver... what was supposed to be a 2 hour layover, turned into an overnight stay!!! A free nights stay in the hotel, $ for dinner/breakfast and a free round trip ticket... sure I miss the first couple of hours of class in the morning, but it should be worth it -- although heading to the airport @ 4 am may change my mind :) I'm supposed to land @ 9:30 am and hope to be in class by 10:30!!! Hopefully all goes well in the morning.

Star

Sometime the Lord shows you something in a new way. I have been learning quite a bit about different historical parts of the Bible. One of the ones that I looked at was the star of Bethlehem. I was amazed by the research done and all the historical documents that work with external historical facts. The mathematics etc that are involved in mapping the night sky. Anyway, the DVD about this is amazing. If you are interested in watching the DVD or looking into the scientific process check out The Bethlehem Star. Beware that you will be amazed!

ROCK CHALK Jayhawks

Wow, I cannot believe in. After 2 games in 3 days the provided the most exciting and nerve-wrecking basketball KU won the NCAA Tournament! Every year at the center of the page on my March Madness Bracket you'll find KANSAS! This year was no different and with Kansas pulling out a thrilling comeback, today I anxiously await my DQ milkshake for having won the office pool - is the okay to do in a church? :-)

I'm still a bit in shock. As Chalmers hit the huge three at the end of regulation, the text messages on my phone started rolling in!

Now, I have to put the excitement of last night behind me (somewhat!) and get ready for the conclusion of our purity series at Junior High Youth group tonight. It's the night that all the parents are invited to come and join, support, and encourage their kids as they step up and make a covenant to live a life of Purity. Hopefully tonights celebration surpasses even that of the Rock Chalk Championship!

Great Weekend

Weekends always go fast. (especially when you are trying to fix the grades you erased!!) It was packed with lots to do and finish up. Yesterday Paul worked all day on The Core stuff. It was great to have it here again. Paul is also very excited that Kansas is in the top two. (I was excited too, I was so excited in fact, that I broke a glass at City Brew...I flung my arm up when the final score was shown and the glass went flying...oops! ) :) Anyway, that's my day! :)

Pulling out my hair

Okay, so all has been going well until this week. I could tell I was stressed because my right eye was twitching for 9 hours straight yesterday. (I also broke out like a 13 yr. old) . I was so frustrated with the testing my students had to take. They really struggled with the reading, and it is very hard not being able to help them out. I had a huge headache. (I definitely like being able to teach). Anyway, we finished up the testing and had our big, huge science fair this afternoon. My fourth graders have first grade buddies that they worked on these science projects with. It took a long time, but the projects were awesome. So, I finished up the day and went to go finish up the grades that are due next week. I had all the specialists in the grade book except for Music. So I went to get help and while I was there I accidentally threw away MY grade book instead of her old one!! I was in shock!! Yes, I permanently erased ALL my grades for this year. It was awful!! I couldn't believe that I could be so hasty. I really didn't think that I had done it...and yep I sure did. One good thing was that I did back up my grades and I only lost an entire month. But still...one month!!! I was sick. Some of my kids really lucked out, because they just got issued a higher grade. Anyway, I am at home typing away and filling in the missing links. Such is life some times. :) ( I think that I gained 15 lbs., 13 gray hairs and new wrinkles on my face in one day!!)