Hail Rebekah the goddess of Massage!

This post is entirely devoted to my cousin Rebekah who not only gave me a fabulous back-altering massage, but also spoke words of hope and encouragement to me (yes, I'm the queen!).

I don't know what I would do without you Rebekah! I am so blessed by God to have such a wonderful friend and cousin. Our bond goes beyond friendship. We are bound by blood. I am amazed at how we do the same things without even knowing the other has done them. Months later we are awed at the syncromism of our lives. I imageine this must be a taste of what twin siblings experience.

We are a support to each other in our darkest moments. I'll never forget your tear filled call when life crumbled around you and I rushed to your side. Now when I am surrounded by fear and insecurity as I face my own obstacle, you have been there for me. Your words yesterday have encouraged me more than you will know.

Whether we make it in life, or fail. We will always be.

Ouch! My Back!

My back has been hurting the last few days. It feels like I might have a pinched nerve or something. When I look down sharply and a little to the side I can feel a nerve pull all the way down my back. It's very uncomfortable! I had my mom give me a massage last night, but it didn't help much. I'm hoping my cousin can fit me in her schedule and massage out some of the knots and loosen up my nerves.

My back pack is so heavy, and I realized that I hunch my shoulders up to hold the weight. I think this might be part of the problem. There's not a whole lot I can do about it though.

I added some links to some of my friends sites. They are very COOL, so be sure to check them out!

To Carve a Virtual Pumpkin click HERE

Tutoring 101

Tutoring is going well. I am having them read Nate the Great and Sideways stories from Wayside School. Edward loves Nate the Great books. He read Nate's handwritten note to his mom in the story. These notes are always written in cursive. He really struggled to get through it and wasn't giving up. When he finished he was so excited because that was the first time he had ever read in cursive. He was so proud of himself. I had to tell his teacher and write a note to his mom about it.

Michael is another story. He's not as interested and doesn't try very hard. I let him choose which of the two books he wanted to read today, so he was a little more excited and he wanted to write about the Wayside stories. I gave them both a little present today: pencils, stickers, and gummy lizards. They both liked them.

I'm Stuck!

Yup, I'm stuck at Grand Valley. Math was cancelled, So I'm here 'till I tutor at 11:30, then wait again 'till 3pm for my next class. This kind of grates on my nerves. It's kind of like chewing a mouthful of gravel, or at least having gritty sand grinding in my teeth.

STRESS! I was so stressed out last night I wanted to smash my head into the wall just so I couldn't feel it any more. I was tessalating a shape for my math class. My shape wouldn't tessalate. I tried Four other shapes. Finally one worked. Tutoring was stressful yesterday. Katie stressed out because she didn't have a math sheet she was supposed to do. That stressed me out (although, I am proud to say, I didn't show it). I was up late last night writing a paper.

Thankfully sleep took me rather quickly after I finished.

Screeching, scraping metal! That would be the sound effect to go along with the grating, grinding, grity gravel.

La-Dee-Da

I tutored for the first time today. It went ok. I didn't have much time to prepare and I could tell. I could have done some things differently. Tomorrow I'm going to see each boy separately for a half hour each.

I have a lot of homework today. Two math papers, and a movie review. I need to email my diversity prof. my late observation paper! I got my muffler fixed for free the other day though. Now I just need to go to the dentist and the doctor and those nagging voices of unfinished obligations can stop. For a (short) time that is.



Just walkin' along, enjoying life.

Hurricane, Hurricane!

I just made a five-day lesson plan on hurricanes using The Magic School Bus: Inside A Hurricane as my Literature. I also found hurricane simulation on the National Geographic website. It's very cool!

Click HERE to create your own Hurricane!

Fall Is Here!!!

It's Fall! I saw some of the coolest trees today while driving. One was bright, blazing Orange on one side and dark bare Brown stretching up to the sky on the other side. It was the perfect picture of fall. My Diversity class was cancelled today, but I have to wait around for my next class at 6pm. Bummer.

I failed my math test! I got a 59.9%. I don't feel too bad because the girl next to me got a 60.8%, and the girl across from me wouldn't even tell me what she got. It is also only 13% of our grade, so hopefully I will make up the points elsewhere. I have a C in the class right now.

I will be tutoring every day this week! I observed for the last time today. I have to get 12 more hours in befor the end of the semester. I'm a little bummed though because I will be driving 60 miles for an hour worth of work on T and R:(

Today on the way to Grand Valley I decided to pray in my car. I have been really frusterated and angry the past few days about a number of things. I just started out thanking God and declaring His truth even though I totally did not feel it, or see it. As I was doing this, I hit every red light light and had one car roar around me even though I was doing the speed limit. I had every opportunity to slip back into anger, frusteration, and complaining. After about 10 minutes of praying and worshipping, I began to feel the presence of the Lord ministering to me. When I finished, I just drove along in my car without any music or any real thinking. I felt just a restful peace. The entire atmosphere around me had changed! It had been a sacrafice, but the spiritual realm was affected.

Okay, I think I have now used all the colors of fall.

Happy October!

Strange Signs

Have you ever been out driving and seen a billboard or road sign that made no sense, or had a humorous hidden meaning? How about vanity plates? I have found a website that is devoted entirely to this phenomenon. I have added a link to the Strange signs website to my links list. I would also like you to check out a particularly funny sign entitled "speed bump". I hope this site makes you laugh today. It sure made me laugh.

What Hairstyle are You?

Dirty (Messy) Bun

You're the type of person that is kind and
innocent, but you're also very funny and
outgoing. No one can always predict what you're
going to do or say, which is why so many people
like you! You like keeping yourself busy, you
just hate doing nothing! You always make sure
to have a smile on your face--it's your
trademark after all!


What hairstyle suits your personality? (For girls! And with pics!)
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LOST.COM News Flash

For anyone who is as obsessed with the LOST series as I am, I found a site that gives some mysterious revelations including picture links. I hope you enjoy it.
LOST.COM News Flash