Psalm 7:17 Friday VI

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

-Psalm 7:17

Things I am Thankful for This Week

-Joshua Radin concerts with two of my favorite people ever

-Finding new records

-Seeing old friends in random places

-Friends who I can share life with

-Going to the movies on a weeknight

-New episodes of Glee

-Lazy afternoons at Barnes and Noble with a friend

-My new book, Reading the OED, and all the new words I'm learning

-Students who like learning my new words and go home, use them, and can't wait to tell me about it the next day

-Laughing in the middle of class

-Watching students work really hard on projects, finally get it, and produce something amazing

-8th grade students who get really excited to see me if I'm down the 8th grade hall in the mornings.

-Chaperoning dances and channeling my inner middle schooler (it helps that the dances are in the very same cafeteria I went to middle school dances in).

-I'm still friends with my best friend from middle school, so I can text her from the middle school dances when they start playing a song that we used to dance to (like "Barbie Girl" or "Macarena").

-Hanging out with the student council kids at their lock-in until 1:30 in the morning on a Friday night

-Working with people who have become some of my dearest friends

-Working for a principal who dresses up like Cupid and dances at school dances

-All the things I can honestly say I love about my job--after a really hard year last year

-How teaching shows me so much of my sin AND how it helps me see how great God is and how much He cares for me

-Jesus and how He loved me when I was totally unlovable--how I can love because He first loved me