Magical Things

I'm sitting in my kitchen/dining room area at about 2:20 am (don't ask. I'm just good at staying up late) (ok, fine- I beat Portal 2 and then had one thing to do on the compy before I went to bed and I just got distracted... yes, distracted by my blog.)

Ahem, I'm sitting here listening to Of Monsters and Men and I began to think about how that's how my last blog post started too. They were introduced to me by a friend who is much more into the music scene than I and generally has good taste. I originally only knew one or two songs, but after acquiring the entire album recently I've just been swept away. Whatever my mood is it seems like they hit the spot.

Another story and then to tie them together.

Awhile back we had a shin-dig for something (new years, I think) and a friend brought over his X-box so we could "Just Dance!" the year to it's close (and we did! and then we sang Auld Lang Syne in the street, barefoot, with bottles of sparkling cider like we were wasted. This was followed by a ridiculously long game of uno, then sleep. Who could ask for a better start to the new year?)

Ahem, so he brought over his X-box then forgot/neglected to take it home. Not just once, but a few times. Eventually I told him if he wanted to forget a few other games, besides Just Dance!, at our house to go with it we'd sure be ok with that. Well, the other day he brought over FIFA soccer and then Portal 2 (when he found out I'd played the original Portal) and then left them for us. I said something about this online and got a comment back amazed at how we end up with quite a few cool things being left at our house for a while- e.g. a giant love sac. My reply to this comment: it must be some sort of magic.

This post is just to say, magic is totally real. It's what happens when a band has a song for every situation. It's what happens when friends are extraordinarily nice to you. It's what happens when it snows that really dry sparkly snow and it's a full moon so the world looks like a fake Christmas village.

Like tender mercies, magic is a matter of observation. I'm sure God is bestowing blessings on us left and right and we only notice a small portion of them each day. In the same way, I'm sure our lives are full of magic and we just don't take the time to take notice. So, need a little magic in your life? Just.. Look Around You. (another magical thing. Bonus points if you know why I capitalized that.)

Last Day Thoughts

Well, it's all done. I'm sitting here in (was used to be) my classroom at the seminary, listening to Of Monsters and Men, looking at empty desks, and typing. I've cleaned up all the things I put around the room, thrown away all the papers no one needs anymore. I just need to go do the same to my office upstairs and I'll all be done and ready to give back my keys. It's a sad feeling, but I'm not really sad. (if that made sense...) I've loved working here and with all the other teachers and students. I almost feel like LHS is my school after 2 student teaching jobs here. However- honestly, I've been pretty sure I'd only do one semester. (there was a moment there I was afraid I wouldn't even get to finish out the semester...) So it's not really surprising, and I've had a very long time to come to grips with it. I was kinda hoping for a while there that I'd get to do the whole year, but this is probably for the best. I'm glad I got this chance though. It's funny, the thing that was always the hardest was when I would tell people I was teaching seminary they would almost always say such nice things about how lucky the kids were, how good I was going to do, how they're so glad because they always need more female seminary teachers... But as they were saying these things I knew in my heart it wasn't going to work out. It's hard disappointing people.  It's hard to not be a good at something as everyone thinks you will be, everyone including yourself. But, as I said, I'm glad I did it. I've learned a lot and hopefully I was able to help a few kids along the way understand the scriptures better.

So, now the question- what's next. I only wish I knew. I applied for grad school at USU at the urging of a professor I knew during my undergrad time. It's all done and "Ready for Review", and just sitting there since Tuesday. How many other applications for this semester can they have to look at? Really? I mean, school started monday? I doubt there are very many people wanting to start late... So what that means is I don't know what I'm doing Monday. I guess that just means the opportunities are limitless! There's a line from a song I really like that says "You can't get to where you're going till you say goodbye to where you've been" So- Goodbye where I am! Future- Here I come. I don't know exactly what's in store but like Marriner (my bro-in-law) said, maybe there's a reason for all of my not settling into a job and everything yet. Time will tell. Ooh, maybe it will bring a lot of exciting changes. That would be fun...