courtney rebecca

Aw man, I do this EVERY year. I missed my anniversary again. Most of you reading this have known me for years, so you know the story. Six years ago, right around March 24, 2005, I was diagnosed with a blood disorder. The doctors told me that they had never seen someone my age (19 at the time) with platelets that low who was still alive. I believe it is by the grace and faithfulness of God that I did not die from my blood disorder before the doctors figured it out. When I realized I'd missed my anniversary again, I ran into the office to tell Jason. As I was leaving again, I said "Six extra years." He looked at me kinda funny, but that's how I feel about the time. The six years that I wasn't guaranteed were a gift from God. Six extra years. And I still pray that God will use these years He's given me to His glory.

Well, we almost made it to Spring Break without any vomit in the library. But a Kinder student broke the no-vomit streak today. Thankfully, there were many other adults around to handle the nasty, and she didn't puke on the laptop she was using! Oh man, I can't even imagine what I would've done if that had happened... *shudder* Oh, elementary school, you are such an interesting place. In other school news, I've been teaching a SmartBoard class for the last THREE MONTHS and today was finally the last class! It has been really fun teaching my teachers about using SmartBoards in their classrooms, but I will be glad to not have an after school commitment every Monday. Also, I just added a new widget to the right side of my blog. I use Goodreads.com to track the books I read, and this year I used their challenge feature to track the number of books I read in 2011. My progress will show up in the widget! I think I'm going to have to up my goal though... I'm thinking 1...

Well, I haven't blogged in a while because I've been a bit down. Logically, I should have come here and been positive, but I was making huge efforts in "real life" to be positive, so I didn't even feel like I had the energy. My job is up in the air again. There's no guarantee for employment next year, especially in my current position. I'm really bummed about it. Things will work out and I'll find another job if I need to, but it's not fun. Everyone around me has been so wonderful though. With so many of my coworkers that I've never even had spiritual conversations before, I've had conversations that have all ended in the other person telling me that they'll pray for me. It's awesome to see God show up like that in conversations. So we'll see. I'm trying to stay hopeful and positive, but I have my days. Like Tuesday when I just went for it and had ice cream for dinner. And Wednesday when I almost cried at our staff meeting b...

Huzzah! I'm still employed. ;) Our district announced $40 mil in budget cuts yesterday, and my position did, in fact, get cut to half time. However, my principal said they expect enough retirements (from librarians) that I will be able to be half time at my current school and half time at another school. Not an ideal situation, as I'll basically be doing two jobs instead of one during the same amount of time, but given the whole district situation, it's a relief! Praise God!

I'm reading a book called Hold Me Closer, Necromancer just because the title made me laugh. The title also made me think of my friend Katelyn and my dad simultaneously. Both due to their love of Tiny Dancer and/or Elton John. The book is pretty good too. ;)

No one get too excited/anxious. We aren't planning on having kids for another couple of years, but I found this video on Vlogbrothers about how to name your baby properly. Hank basically sums up EXACTLY how I feel about names. And I get to have an opinion about naming kids because I work in the public school system, and kids have some freaking ridiculous names. Parents of the future? Please take notes.

It was perfect drive-with-your-windows-down weather on the way home from work today. I read Dr. Seuss's I Can Read With My Eyes Shut to a second grade class today. When we finished, they immediately said, all wide-eyed... "Can we read another one??" Why yes, kids, we can! We read Horton Hears a Who next. I then got to read Green Eggs and Ham to a Kindergarten class. I love Read Across America Day. ;) I also realized that I must've read Dr. Seuss's ABC book a million time as a kid. I had such a strange feeling of deja vu as I was reading it today. Thanks for reading it to me as many times as I probably asked, Mom & Dad.