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| Well... here it is folks: the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.
I've completed my degree (student teaching and all) and have moved on to life outside of school. How sweet it is!!
So, what have I learned so far:
1) never draw to an inside straight.
2) learn to say "no" every once and a while.
3) take time out for yourself.
4) if you're going to love, love with all your heart. It's more meaningful that way.
5) if you're going to love with all your heart, be prepared for if it breaks, because it will hurt a lot.
6) all good things come to an end. The only thing you don't know is when, so make the most of every moment.
7) there's nothing wrong with a little stubbornness.
8) master a new skill every year.
9) putting yourself in someone else's shoes will give you a better view of reality.
10) don't be afraid to be yourself (or selves). Even if everyone doesn't like you, the ones who do like you for who you are will be your closest friends.
11) forgiveness is the easiest way to keep yourself stress free.
12) YHWH brings everyone together for a reason. Even if you don't know why, your encounters are not happenstance.
Things have taken a strange turn the last few years, but I feel better after going through it all. It's the ideal time to let by-gones be by-gones and look to the future. :) (what a terrifying place the future can be!! AHHH!!)
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| Well, folks. For me it is the end of the world as we (or at least I) know it. Tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of this chapter of my life. Yes, that's right. I'm starting my student teaching tomorrow. How terrified am I?? VERY!!! It's not really the teaching that has me all wrapped around the axle. It's more the consultant criticism and the grading of my teaching ability that has me the most worried. This is, like, a 15 week exam! Everything that I've studied up until this point will come to a head starting tomorrow and I'm going to have to prove that I know everything that I've supposedly learned over the last four years. *sigh* I'm very scared. HOWEVER, I know that this is something that I have to do in order to fulfil God's calling in my life, so I know that I'm not going into it alone, and I know that he'll bring me through just like he's brought me through all the other hard times in my life. :) In about three months, I'm going to be out of here and starting a new chapter in my life. :) YAY!! In other news: I'm a completely boring person with no hobbies!! This I discovered this past week when I was sitting around doing nothing for about the whole week! Isn't that awesome?! It was really boring, actually. In other other news: I had my first mishap with my pocket knife yesterday. Don't worry, I still have all of my limbs. HOWEVER, I do have quite a chunk cut out of my right thumb. My knife completely closed on my finger while I was trying to open a gatorade. *sigh* So, now things are much harder to do. Oh well. I must go. I ran out of things to talk about. This is how boring my life is. Tah Tah! ><> Beth Dando <>< | | |
| A long time phrase has come to mind today: Hurt people hurt people. I would like to think that this doesn't apply to me, but alas, it does. It's definitely something I'm working on though.
This week has been the roughest week of my life. I've been hated out of the church that I used to attend and also had my heart handed to me on a tiki torch. People have lied to me, deceived me into thinking that they cared about me, and all-in-all been horribly cruel for seemingly no reason. It's all been because I am who I am.
I've always thought that when you're doing something right for God and in the spiritual realm, that the devil will try to thwart you. Some of you may or may not agree, and that's fine, this isn't a theological debate. For me, the only way that I can get through the trials that I've been through is to trust that the reason I'm going through these trials is because I'm doing something right. Something horribly right, apparently, because these trials are threatening to destroy me.
<>< Dando ><>
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| could someone try to explain this one to me??
"Does Anarchy = Prayer or Prayer = Anarchy?"
This confuses the ba-jeebers out of me!!
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| Okay... so... floating days, not so much, but CREEPING days maybe. It seems like the 4th of July is creeping up on everyone with a big, "BOO!" at the end (somewhere around July 3rd, when you realize that the next day is the 4th of July and you have no plans for a picnic or anything of the sort).
This came to me courtesy of a customer at the bookstore today looking for patriotic music. We didn't have any, and she mentioned that no one had any patriotic things around as decoration yet. I told her July 4th is a creeping day and most people aren't aware that it's coming until the 3rd of July. So, there it is. Don't let the 4th of July get you down! Beat the system, start celebrating today (or tomorrow if you prefer). ...... or don't celebrate at all and stick it to the man.
On another note: I found my military ID which had been missing and I was freaking out about it because I have to pick up my mom from the Naval base today and I didn't have my ID to get ON the base... but I found it. Crisis averted.
Note 2: Alcohol and concussions don't mix very well.
Note 3: If you think that Billy Blanks Boot Camp is hard.... you ain't seen nothing yet. I just got Jillian Michaels' "The Biggest Winner: shape up complete"..... I did 11 minutes of it and felt like I was going to die!!! It was AWESOME!! Billy Blanks cannot rightfully call his workouts boot camp when Jillian Michaels is out there really busting butts with hers. Billy Blanks workouts are SOOO easy compared to hers. It's AMAZING!!! I hurt in so many places today, I can't believe it!! I'm stoked!
Note 4: Ow... but in a good, non-lethal, non permanent way. 
<>< Dando ><>
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