On a brighter note....

I have finally finished and submitted my essay for Italy. Yay! Now, I just have to wait and see if I'm selected for the grant to go over there this summer for 6 weeks to study Dante's La Commedia. (Yes, that's where I've been hiding. I haven't had to write anything "official" in about 5 years and it was not exactly what I would call "fun.") In any case, I should hopefully hear within the next couple of months whether or not I'm chosen for the trip. I'll keep you posted.
Last night we celebrated my friend Elaine's 30th year of working for her company. We went to a great little restaurant on the beach called The Wine Cellar and had a great time chatting with several of her other friends from work. (I'm the only one that doesn't work at that company--although my ex-husband did.) Great food--great service--outrageous prices! Yep, I'm REALLY glad I savored my midori margarita because it was about the price of my grocery bill each week.

After we left the rest of Elaine's friends, we decided to go to the Performing Arts Center and watch Mandy Patinkin's performance. He has a beautiful voice. Too bad I didn't recognize most of the "show-tunes" he sang. However, I did catch the "It's Not Easy Being Green" a la Kermit the Frog. Otherwise, it was nice to get out of the house.

Well, I have to go find a pink t-shirt. A group of my AP seniors are dressing as Power Rangers on Tuesday, and I've been nominated to be the Pink Power Ranger. (Don't ask--I'm not quite sure myself.) So, I think tomorrow they're going to decorate the shirts for the "meeting" on Tuesday.

THIS JUST IN.....

Please pray for my co-worker Mary. She just called to tell me that she fell yesterday evening and may have broken her wrist. She's up in Jacksonville right now and cannot drive herself back to Tampa because of the pain. She said she'll go to the clinic to get it check out--which had better be tonight--so I should have more of an update tomorrow after work. Please pray that it's just a bruise and not a break. If it is a break--please pray for a clean break and quick healing.

Thanks for your prayers! Have a great week!

The Power of Prayer

What a difference a week makes--especially when God's moving!

Wednesday afternoon, I arrived home to find a note on my door from my apartment managers letting me know that my apartment was going to be "inspected" the next day. Inspected?! So, I went to look around at the other apartment doors and NO ONE else had an inspection notice on their doors. So, trying to rationalize it, I decided that it was probably a yearly maintenance thing and that I would call the apartment people in the morning, since I was going to meet my Aunt for dinner the following evening and couldn't stop by the apartment office.

Thursday, I called the apartment office during my lunch break to find out what they were inspecting--after all, I have a list of things that need to be repaired if they need it. Deb said that it was really a financier (the bank) that was inspecting my apartment because they were considering buying it. (Excuse me!?) She said that I shouldn't worry because they generally buy a couple blocks of apartments at a time, and that unless they had someone specifically in mind to rent it to, or that wants to buy my specific apartment to live in, that I wouldn't have to move. (Tell that to my neighbors that used to live downstairs--they had to move out, and the girl that just moved in is the one that bought it out from under them.) Needless to say, I was a little upset at first, but this could actually be an answer to prayer. You see, I had been considering moving for awhile (I'll fill you in on this at a later time), and if someone buys my apartment, then I will not be breaking my lease. :) It works out for everyone!

During eighth period, I received a phone call from another Media Specialist in the area and she tells me that our Supervisor asked her to call me and let me know that her position may be opening up in December, and was I interested? (I had told me Supervisor awhile back that I was trying to move further North to be closer to my family and help them out. While this location is West, it's still closer than what I am now.) WAS I INTERESTED?! UM, YEA!

So, while I had dinner with my Aunt, I used her as a sounding board for all of these changes. My cousin actually went to this school, and it wasn't the best. It's been cleaned up some since it's a magnet school, but the location is still in the inner-city. My co-worker is a year and a half away from retirement and is a former shop teacher (Read: has no experience in the library). I would be a non-paid department head, which is gobbledy-gook for a lot of responsibility with no compensation, but I would be closer to my family, and I would be out of my current situation. (BIG SMILES!)

Although I must admit--I'm scared too death! After all, I'd be in charge (me, who can't make a decision to save her life!) and it would be MY library. (Yikes!) I keep telling myself that my Supervisor wouldn't even consider me if she didn't think I could do it. After all, I'd have to deal with someone with no experience in the field, as well as relearn how things are run in the school. It's a lot for someone to handle without experience, and she's chosen me! (That, or she's setting me up to fail--which is also niggling in the back of my head. But, I can't believe that. Why would she set someone up to fail? It's her job to see that things are running well, so she wouldn't be evil to me--would she?)

As you can see, I have a lot of indecision running through my brain, but I did tell my supervisor to go ahead and put my name in for a possible transfer if this happens. Of course now I'll be worrying until Christmas, but I've been praying that God slams this door shut if this is not His will, and if it is His will that He carries me through.

Thank you for your continued prayers. I'll keep you updated with any news I learn!