Life is craaaaaazy

So much has happened in the last 2 weeks.  SO MUCH.

My dear friend Coleen was here and we shared many moments like this:

We laughed SO DANG MUCH when she was here and it got me thinking, "Why don't I do this more often?"  I guess there are friends you can just be silly with, but it left me deeply missing her and her husband (two awesome peeps!), and praying for more silliness in my life and people I can share life with in general. 

It was also ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!  And Coleen (along with the lovely Village) helped me throw a first-rate St. Paddy's Day partay (and in case you're wondering if I spelled "Paddy" wrong - check this out).  It was an absolute blast!  But of course we still had to hit up the Dubliner for some Guinness and Irish stew...mmmmmm.....

  

 Then here's just some random amusements from the past week:

My students made little paper people at lunch - so cute

Ice formed on the roof of my school - ICE!!! It got to 34 degrees one morning last week, and the high yesterday was 88. Tucson, you're so weird.

I went to my students' Spring Concert where various bands and the choir performed. Here are two of my students who I spend a lot of time with, through lunch and astronomy club, doing trumpet solos in their jazz band - they were so good! Way to go Albert and Jorge!

Sadly the stupid auto flash went off when I was taking this, and by the time I turned it off, they were done...so - crappy picture quality but you get the idea...

And now, I am officially on Spring Break - WOOHOO!

 

SCHOOL IS STARTING!!!

((And just cuz this post felt a little wordy and picture-less, here's a link to some of our church's awesome tunage.  Play while reading!))

AHHHH!!!!  School starts TOMORROW!  But I think I'm feeling prepared (possible?) and here's why::

More details to come on the lovely evening I had and the plans God gave me for the year (which was so dear and wonderful of him), but I wanted to jump start everything by detailing the gifts that were oh-so-lovely today:

-I am down to one dog again.  REJOICE.  But Lizzie took one last nap with me on my bed this morning while I read...

-Persuasion.  The book I was reading while the dog was having twitch-provoking dreams...by Jane Austen (of course!) and it was...there's no better word than LOVELY.  It was a morning of REST.  Staying in my pajamas, drinking an Americano, eating tortillas - all on my fluffy, wonderful bed.  It was just such a LOVELY morning.

-The Village.  My church is such an amazing place.  If you've never gone you should - Sunday nights at 5 PM.  Rod's message was awesome, and it makes me think how grateful I am that we can all be our true selves there.  

-The Auld Dubliner. God has been telling me all week to go sit there and spend time with him.  I have been disobedient for the sake of economy.  And he told me tonight that he will take care of me if I spend $15 on a date with him.  So, I went!  It was so encouraging and yet very random (more to come).

Hope your Sabbath, your DAY OF REST, was just as wonderful - realizing yet again how GOOD and GIVING Jesus is...and that you were able to rest in him being GOD and you being HUMAN.