General Update

It is 9am on Saturday morning. My husband is still asleep recovering from his first week back teaching, and I am sipping my coffee thinking about how we are going to escape the triple digit heat yet again this summer. I know I have given you bits and pieces of what is going on, but I thought you might like a more comprehensive update on the happenings of the Newelywed Norvells.

As noted, Dave finished his first full week back at school of his second year of teaching. He is very pleased with his class again. He says they are quite mellow and even tempered, which he likes. One challenge for him this year is an Autistic student. While Dave only has him in the classroom maybe a total of 3 hours a day, it is something new for him that he is anxious to succeed at. If he continues to do like he has in the past, he will have no problem being an effective teacher even to this child. Now that he has a year under his belt, he is anxious to bring in a little more creativity to his classroom. We spent a small portion of an evening last week looking up children's songs that he might play on his guitar as part of a lesson. I continue to be so proud of him that my heart bursts!

I am officially starting my job Monday Aug 21. That week I will have a two day training session to attend and some other meetings as well. While I have had work sporadically during the summer, I am finally at the point where I have a little to do each day. I planned out a nice daily routine for myself yesterday that I can carry on into the school year so that I can keep up with my job and my school work. I had a training class last Monday, and I am again so excited to dig into this job and succeed. I really feel like this is something that I can do very well at. My one obstacle will be learning all the techie teacher and school talk that I don't know. Hopefully I can use context clues and keep myself from having to ask too many questions.

I also had a wonderful meeting with my graduate school advisor on Monday, Dr. Allison. He gave me all the advice and guidance and direction I needed to register and begin this next huge phase in my life. If all goes according to plan, I will have two classes, one on Monday nights from 6-9 and one on Tuesdays at the same time. That is a perfect schedule for someone who will always need to be available during school hours to take phone calls and visit teachers. Our Lord is so good...He even works out our schedules perfectly! Now all I have to do is wait for my info packet in the mail and I can register.

Thanks again for all the prayers and support from my family and friends. We will be sure to keep you updated on all the progress. Love to you all!