HAHA. I just realized that I have no idea how to use this page to post blogs and stuff... It's definitely been a long time if I can't even remember that... To recap my entire year would be positively atrocious at this hour... so I leave you with the following thoughts on the year that I just went through...
I started teaching; I loved being in the classroom... I loved having the 5 classes... I hated the 2 buildings. It was so hard traveling and making sure all my bases were covered with each... Honestly, one of the hardest things was all the paperwork for both locations... It was like college all over again; only about 10 times worse. One of my department chairs was psycho; the other was getting her divorce finalized (and it's still an ongoing battle)... Gosh, this past year of my life was horrifyingly challenging BUT I walked away being secure in my teaching ability, loving my classes, prepared to try out new techniques when I get back into the classroom after this one-year hiatus, and with a passion for teaching that I didn't realize I still had after this year... I quit my job at the end of the year to pursue a Master's degree in TESOL, one that I will be finishing within a year with a scholarship(!) and an opportunity to work at my former place of employment with co-workers that I still love... God put me through one of the most challenging years of my life and still managed to surprise me with the scholarship and the grad school opportunity... He is amazingly good.
I finally started dating a wonderful, caring man... hahaha
He really is. Let's just say that God finally said "ok" and confirmed both of our plans in the weirdest way possible but one that was totally original... We have at least 3 separate anniversaries, among others that could just be our "quasi-dating" period... March 20th, May 21st and July 4th... We just passed our Anniversary #3... And I'm still amazed at how God brought us together but for Him to do it in such a way that left me speechless, you know that's definitely God... I asked God to provide 3 different things when I finally realized my own tendencies for emotional dating relationships. I asked that God would provide a man who would be straightforward and honest with me, a man who would keep God in the relationship, and a man who would be willing to wait for God's confirmation. Ironically enough, this all happened rather oddly by my standards and completely normal on God's... So in April of 2007, I attended a sister's baptism and her dinner. At that dinner, I bumped into a friend of mine who I hadn't seen in a while. Well, after this dinner, we started talking again and getting reacquainted... During this time, I happened to be involved in an emotional dating relationship that God was going to rupture. God broke all of that up in a really heartbreaking, gut-wrenching experience but ultimately, one that He redeemed beautifully... Well, this friend of at least 7-8 years at the time started IMing me more and more and I found myself liking him again... Now, mind you, I liked this person since the day I met him in around 2000 but it was a little difficult at the time to consider relationships... Regardless, we would chat about a variety of different things and lo and behold, our friendship grew deeper while my heart was in its healing process. Fast forward to Feb of 2009 (a couple days after his 29th bday), he IMed me while I'm sick and DTRed with me... We both agreed we would stay friends, get to know each other better and pray for God's confirmation despite our own feelings. And I'm now in an amazing relationship with this man... He knows me unbelievably well and purposely does things to push my buttons... My parents like him and approve... My nieces and nephews love and adore him... My sister and brother-in-law both approve... Our friends approve... What more could I need? To show evidence of that love...
My niece Chi Chi woke me up yesterday and said...
Ferfer! Where's Uncle Kevin? Can you go drive him here? I want to play with him! Please, ferfer, will you do it?
...and upon his arrival at my house...
My nephew CS sees him and says so nonchalantly...
Hi Kev! [and runs to greet him with a hug]
This one, I'm not surprised by. He will learn to call my bf "Uncle Kevin" in due time. He hasn't mastered the difficult two-syllable words... though he does talk a bit more now. He's turning 3 in Dec.
I'm amazingly blessed in more ways than one.
And with that recap... I'm off to bed. I'm beyond beat [in a tired sort of way] from my long day...
...i need to rest up for there's more work for me to do tomorrow...
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