courtney rebecca

This past week was fantastic. My fabulous parents came to visit for an entire week! Their timing was absolutely perfect, since we just got the keys to our new townhouse. They helped us paint almost every room in the house. And by almost, I mean all but ONE. And I'm going back over there today to finish the last one. Even though we worked all week, it was such a joy and blessing just to be around my parents. It's hard living far away, but it means we treasure our time together even more. It was such a blast to get to make our townhouse into a home with their help. And we got to listen to music and dance around the whole time. And of course, we had fun in the evenings when it got too dark to work anymore (no overhead lighting in the new place!). Dad was an excellent ceiling painter. And Mom was the roller queen for the walls! On Friday we took a day off from working on the townhouse to just spend the day together and have fun. We kicked off the day with a round of disc golf at Re...

Today I am thankful for amazing sweet parents, who sent me a DIY Easter basket. ;) Thank you mom & dad! I totally cried when I opened it. It was a nice pick-me-up today. And mom, I loved the Book Fair stuff. Mine starts next week! I'm also thankful for an encouraging email from our district library coordinator. All the librarians in our district are getting shuffled around (or laid off) and it's a stressful time for everyone. I found out that the librarian at RR got a full time position, but I still didn't know what that means for me. I emailed our library coordinator, with a couple of questions about timing and the likelihood of me having employment next year as a librarian. This is what she wrote: " Now that Cami has accepted the position at Peiffer, I think you have a great shot at the GG/RR pairing or a number of other jobs. ... Stay hopeful~ I believe in you! " There was other stuff in between, but you get the point. My hope is hanging in there! Not...