simply complicated

Hopefully you caught the Mean Girls reference in the title...love that movie! Anyway, the reason I say that is for 2 reasons.

1. God always amazes me that He has no limits! Especially with His love & will for our lives.

2. I love math {limits are a math reference, in case you didn't know} & teaching. Thus I have accepted a teaching job for next school year! YAY! That is what my degree is in {Junior High Math Education} & when Nathan & I moved to Georgia from Texas, I just wrote off the idea of me being able to teach here. I was fine with that, but at the same time I have missed it so much. I love teaching & I really feel like God has blessed me with a gift of being able to teach.

So you are probably wondering what I will be specifically teaching? And where? {at least this is the number 1 question asked so far}

I will be teaching at the private school in our area {don't want to specifically say for all the stalkers out there ;)} 7th & 8th grade pre-algebra, 9th & 10th grade geometry, & 12th grade algebra 3. I know, it seems like a lot, but right now that is what I got. I could not be more excited! When I graduated from college a couple of years ago, I got a ton of classroom/teaching items & they have all been locked away in a closet. It was like Christmas pulling everything out & going through it all. Am I nervous? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. Do I feel like this is God's will for my life? Without a doubt.

I'd like a little feed back from the audience...after I start my new job, I am thinking about doing some periodic blog posts on "kids say the darnest things" & tell you about some of the funny things that kids say to their teachers. What do y'all think about that idea? 

This past couple of weeks you may {or may not} have noticed that I was M.I.A. Well, I have a good reason...promise.

1. I got a new job! {y a y ! more on that later in the week}
2. I was at the beach this past week with my husband for some good old fashion relaxation. We had the amazing opportunity to go to Destin, FL for the week & since it had been 2 years since our last vacation, we ran! {only jokes...we actually drove. we aren't that active ;)} While there we had a few days of good fun in the sun {by fun I mean, I didn't  move in the beach chair other than to take a drink or turn over} & we also had several days of rainy cold weather. Nonetheless, I read... A L O T. Nathan makes fun of how fast I read. I really don't mean to & didn't even realize I was a fast reader till about 4 years ago on our honeymoon. We had both just gotten Kindle's {they were BIG & new on the market at the time} & were laying out in the sun in Mexico & I clicked to the next page at least once {usually twice} before Nathan did. At first he didn't believe I could read that fast, but I guess it's true? Anyway...I read a few books this past week & I thought I'd share.

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I actually reallllly enjoyed this book. I had tried to read it a couple months ago & couldn't seem to get into it for some reason. It was fast moving {which I love} & a murder mystery. I don't want to say too much, but if you read it then hopefully you agree about the ending. Meh.....


2. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks. I know, I know...sappy girl book. I tend to lean toward reading those. I don't know why. Just a mindless good book with lots of happy & sad parts. I really liked this book. Kind of predictable {collective..duh} but still really good to read out on the beach.