Well, quite a lot has happened since I last posted...and I've finally got my December pictures posted. My favorites at least :-)
Break from school came not a minute too soon but was busy at the beginning trying to get things ready for Christmas. We had a nice little Christmas Eve service at Church and than a fabulous dinner with our friends the L'skis. Christmas was a nice day with my new monopod for picture taking--so much easier to steady the camera :-)--and an afternoon with some family. The day was absolutely gorgeous as you'll be able to tell from the sunset pictures.
Then I enjoyed the next week of freedom....but alas, I fell ill with a virus contracted from a student. It could have been worse, and the week wasn't nearly as sucky as for my friend W--the teacher pregnant with twins--but I wasn't up to do much just the same. The virus peaked right at New-Year's, just in time for me to go back to school.
I was ready to start back mentally--although after a couple of days I'm really beginning to consider different options in 2.5 years...wow, i'm halfway through my obligatory 5 years for loan forgivenes... but, God always provides those moments that remind me why He called me to the job. Hopefully those moments come soon.
Speaking of teaching and with my earlier mention to the sucky break for W, please keep her in your prayers still. You will remember I've mentioned that prayers were needed for the baby girls as there was a weight discrepancy, and than she had the kidney stone...well, W got another bad kidney stone--she was going to just bear the pain, but she started throwing up and then started having contractions (She is now 31 weeks) so off to the hospital she went. She's still on the anti-contraction medicine and is bummed because she's on bed rest for the moment. But the good news is that it looks as if the small baby's weight is catching up to the bigger one.
the other pregnant teacher who had troubles (the one who had the seizures of unknown cause) could also still use prayers as they keep trying to gauge her anti-seizure medicine (which makes her very tired) and now has the flu or something. She's also really bummed because she can't drive and is relying on her very supportive network to get her to school, get her to my campus (she teaches at 2 campuses) and pick her up, along with taking her to weekly ob-gyn appts and bi-weekly neuro appts.
Really, I don't look on being sick as all that bad. and I'm finally over the virus (food tastes so good again...)
Anyways, thanks always for the prayers for my friends. I hope everyone is blessed grandly this year and we look forward to visiting with more friends as they come to us or we go to them for different celebratory occasions.