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.

Mental Slump

I'm not sure if it's the extremely cold weather, or the break in my internship schedule, but I am having a very hard time staying focused and on task. I still need to find an elementary school to do an internship at, but am not having luck as there aren't that many possible sites and there are a lot of us looking for them. So I have three days a week that are now open. I should be using that time to finish the research for my final masters paper, and should be starting to write it soon, but I am not motivated. Maybe next week will be better for me.

Due to the cold weather, I am also having a problem with my kitchen sink, as the pipes are frozen. I've had a space heater on them for the last 24 hours, but they are still not warm enough for the water to begin flowing. At least the pipes in the rest of the house are still working - I just hope I won't have to do the dishes in the bathtub!

Awesome Experience

I just had a really awesome thing happen to me at my high school internship (DeLaSalle) this morning. Today is my last day here after completing my 300 internship hours, and the choir came into the guidance office and sang a few songs in my honor. It was a very moving experience - it's nice to know I made an impact!

The Sixth Picture

I was recently tagged by my friend Heidi, where I was assigned to find the sixth folder of pictures, and then the sixth picture in that folder, and to post it. I had quite a few pictures in that folder, so I've posted a handful of them. They are from my church's missions trip to Waveland, Mississippi to help rebuild after hurricane Katrina. To keep the "chain" going, I am tagging some other people and assigning them the task of posting the sixth picture in their sixth folder of photos, with some info about the pic. The tagged people are: Lisa, Eric, Abs, and Jamie. Happy posting!