Ev and I

Chillin' with Evelyn

Worship Moment

Well, after several months of trying to locate an elementary site for an internship, I finally have one lined up! There was a potential site in St. Paul that fell through, but I was given another lead this morning. After speaking with her, I will now be interning with the 2008 School Counselor of the Year, at Phalen Lake Elementary in St. Paul. I'll be there 2 days a week, starting next week (with one day a week still left to work on my thesis). It should be a great learning opportunity to work with her. Praise God for His direction!

Progress

Yesterday afternoon I sent in the first draft of my thesis to my chair for his review and suggestions. The draft was about 10 pages long. I am now going to begin writing the next draft, and will send it in once it reaches another 10 pages in length. Even though I still do not have an elementary internship lined up, I am doing my best to stay on track with my paper, and to use this time accordingly to work on it until I do get a site worked out. I thank God for the progress, and pray the paper continues to flow.

Relief

After having to wait through the night on Monday to hear the results of the data transfer on my MacBook, I heard yesterday afternoon that they got most everything off of the old hard drive! I spent most of the evening last night reinstalling applications and reorganizing my documents. My thesis is there, along with what appears to be most of my Masters papers! I bought a backup hard drive to be prepared in case this happens again in the future.

And as things tend to go, when it rains it pours. I had a check engine light come on in my car yesterday afternoon, and after speaking with the dealer I found out that it could either be affordable (several hundred dollars) or rather expensive (several thousand dollars). But after having it checked this morning I am happy to announce that it was only a minor fix needed, so I didn't have to break the bank in repairing it. That was another answer to my prayers!

Let's hope nothing else goes wrong, as my fragile psyche cannot handle any more right now!

Waiting...

I am typing this on my trusty old Apple G4 Cube, as I wait to hear the results of the data transfer and new hard drive installation on my MacBook. It never fails to amaze me that things seem to go wrong when I need them to actually go right. I planned on working on my thesis today at school, but my Mac crashed on me before I could get anything accomplished.

Here are a few of my thoughts recently:

I've been feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders,
I am unemployed and worry about money,
I am in the middle of a career switch, and worry what the job market holds in the Fall,
I sometimes doubt my abilities as a future School Counselor,
I have been extremely lonely, and am struggling with isolation,
I am in need of warmth and sunshine,
I feel that I might never get married and have a family of my own,
I am knee-deep in working on my Masters thesis and portfolio,
I am experiencing serious computer issues today,
I have been frustrated by the lack of hearing God's voice and not feeling His direction,
It is very hard to wait.