What's going on.

Here we go again...Tomorrow, my almost month of Winter Break is over...I had not a clue what to teach in my art class up until the wee hours of this morning. It happens that way sometime. So now I am about to prepare for my three-dimensional unit, beginning with simple relief projects using yarn, then homemade playdough, then paper mache, then maybe we'll work more with clay...unless I get a fresh batch of students. Then, I'll begin with drawing instruction. I would *love* to get my single subject credential to teach JUST art...but that means more school. I have enough on my educational plate of goodness: I am moving on to the second course of student teaching and have dished up a healthy spoonful of MA classes...I don't have room for dessert at this time.

So I have seven more weeks of student teaching and I will finally have my credentials in hand. If all goes as planned, I will graduate with my Masters in Education May 2008! That pushes back Japan, even moving out of the area at all for the next year. It does not, however, push back moving out into my own place. Wouldn't that be nice.

I've been doing a lot of reflection about my life, my dreams, my goals, and the things that are holding me back. I'm too old to worry about certain things. So many of these dreams I have are there because they are God's dreams for me. I guess it's just hit me, wow. I'm an adult. Every year begins as...this is the year...and ends as...another year it was put off. Perhaps only I know what I'm talking about. That's okay. I just don't want to be eighty and have regrets. I want to know that the time I spent on earth was productive as me being a vessel for carrying out the dreams of God.