September

Whew! It's been such a long time since I have updated! Life has just been so busy, but thankfully I had a weekend off work so that I was able to catch up on rest and just take a break from it all! The first month of school has been great! UofL is so different than I thought that it would be, but that is a good thing! I love all my classes and professors, and I am really learning a lot. They seem like they can actually teach, and that is something that as a future teacher, I am very thankful for. Right now here is what my school schedule looks like!

MWF 12:00-12:50 Intro to Pan-African Studies
MWF 1:00-1:50 Intro to Creative Writing
MW 3:00-4:40 Math for Elementary Teachers I
TR 9:30-10:45 Human Growth & Development
TR 11:00-12:15 American Literature II

This is such a random assortment of classes, but they all go towards my gen. ed. requirements and towards my teaching major! I really really love UofL and just being there has taught me so much about myself, where I've been in life and the direction that I want to go. This transfer from Union was THE BEST thing that I could have possibly done, and I am so grateful that I did it. Yes, I miss Alex and all my friends, but I wouldn't have done a single thing different. I AM going to get to visit everyone on my fall break at the beginning of October, so I am looking forward to that! :)

I get to have 3 field experiences this semester. They are fairly small in the amount of hours that I have to visit each place, but I am excited about getting to go to schools in Louisville. My first field experience is at Farnsley Middle School. It is really random, but I am going to be observing in a middle school orchestra classroom. I think that once I get into my major I will get to see more of what I actually want to teach (that being elementary school and middle school English), but for now I am looking forward to spending some mornings and afternoons listening to music & seeing how that classroom operates!

My job is going well, and I am loving it. During the school year I work anywhere from 17-28 hours per week at the hotel. The people are so nice, and I am glad to be a part of the Homewood family! And every now and then I pick up a shift at Steak 'n Shake to just put a little cash in my pockets. :) Life is busy but so great!

Hmm... I am trying to think if anything interesting has happened since I last posted! I'll put a few pictures up from the Keith Urban concert on August 22nd. It was at the State Fair, and I loved spending that last weekend of summer with Alex. <3



Oh! I almost forgot! I just started volunteering as a Lift Group leader on Wednesday nights for a 6th grade girls group! I absolutely love it, and my girls are precious. We are going to be volunteering at one of the Boys & Girls Clubs in town on October 7th with our Purple Family! I am really looking forward to that, and I am looking for a service opportunity for us as a group later in the semester. I just remember how much my small group leaders and even the leaders that I didn't have one-on-one contact with made a huge difference in my life, and I just want God to use me in that same way. Pray for me & my girls as we meet this year. God is going to do great things, I just know it!

Hopefully I will be able to update a little more than I have been, but we'll see what life brings! :) Have a great beginning of Fall!!!

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