Just lie down.

One minute you find your world crashing around you... Then suddenly, from beneath the debris, you see a glimpse of light. Oh how I long for Christmas break and the sigh of relief that comes with it. School is really breaking my spirit right now, but I am determined to finish strong. At this point, any work I do just makes me bitter that I didn't work hard at the beginning of the semester. What was I thinking!?! Why didn't someone slap me and tell me to wake up! But I'm super thankful for forgiving professors and dear friends.

One of my sorority sisters has given me a job opportunity! I am thrilled. You see, I've been racking my brain to think of a job for next semester. I begin student teaching next Spring and I can't imagine driving to a mall after teaching! I will be exhausted. Thankfully, this wonderful girl mentioned that her boss is hiring! Want to know where she works? ... In a church nursery!!!! Isn't that awesome!?! I'll be paid to play with babies. I have been praying for a little relief during this horrible semester and my prayers are definitely being answered.

So, all of this relief has inspired me to create a list of things for which I am thankful. 30 days hath November... So I'll make a list of 30... Soon.

But before I go, I'll leave you with a quote that's helping me get through the week.

“Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.” - Natalie Goldberg