Work is going by day by day. One of my officemates commented today that I could start a countdown. Our last day is one month from today (July 25). It will go fast. I have two 3-day weeks coming up because of our Canyon trip over the Fourth. Then, we have two full weeks before we begin the trek home. It is crazy how fast a year can go. I am excited to get home, to put our house back together, and to reunite with people. However, I am having a hard time digesting that 2-1/2 weeks after I return, I will be starting back at Reynoldsburg. I learned (I am not sure I have posted this yet) that I will be teaching science to high school students in a pull-out setting. This means we are not included in the general education classroom, which means that I am entirely responsible for their science education. Do I know anything about science? Nope, not really. But I guess by the end of the year, I'll be an expert (well, to my students at least, probably not to anyone in the science department though). So, you can keep my worries about what is to come in your prayers. Keep Jeremy in your prayers as well; he is still trying to figure out his work situation and keep his trust in God that a job will be provided for him. It feels strange to know we are leaving in only a few weeks. Now that it is nice out, we can finally do hiking trips and enjoy the mountains. It makes it tempting to stay on for a few more months, just to eek out the beautiful summer temperatures. That is not possible with my teaching job, although Jeremy offered to stay by himself and venture out :)
Jeremy did get to go horseback riding yesterday. I didn't hear a lot of details or see the pictures, but I will get him to post sometime soon about it.
The official softball season started this week. We were in the pre-season tournament to place us in the correct league. With a 1-9 record, we were placed in - surprise! - the lowest level league. This is not a big deal because then we get to play teams on our level, who, like us, just want to play for fun. Monday night we had our first game against La Jara Trading Post; we lost to them once this season. Monday night at 8:30 we started the game under the lights for the ball park. It was a beautiful, cool night. Our team played pretty well until the bottom of the last inning. I am not sure exactly what happened, but I am glad we had a significant lead (21-8) which we watched be slowly eaten away to 21-18. The good news is it finally stopped and WE WON!!!! So, in the regular season we are 1-0. We will see if we can continue our winning streak tonight. (Yes, I do realize that one game is not really a "streak," but it could become one... always the optimist, right?)
That's it for now on life and work updates. I don't think we have any big plans for this weekend. We may go hiking if we are feeling up to it, or just chill out. Have a great Wednesday!
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