Patience is a virtue...Isn't it?

I am patiently waiting for a teaching job. I am going on 4 weeks of having my information turned into the education office and they still have not called me for orientation. Apparently they wait until there are enough people to do orientation... I applied to teach at a Christian school as well, and am waiting for them to process my application (which was 4 pages long) and receive my references. In the meantime I am not working much and boredom is settling in. I am doing my best stay busy. Not being a big shopper, I have invited my 82 year-old great-aunt to lunch with me on Wednesday and I have embarked on the journey of re-reading all Jane Austin novels. I forgot how great they are!

I am also on the seemingly constant pursuit of weight loss. Yes, I'm dieting. I work out constantly and am very active. I could eat lettuce for a month and gain weight. While sharing this lament with my doctor the other day, she shared the news that birth control pills (mine in particular) make you hungrier and therefore weight gain is inevitable. Oh boy! However, I have been making South Beach Diet recipes which I started after my bout with the stomach flu and lo and behold I have lost 7 lbs.! I have come to the conclusion that eating healthy starches and eliminating sugars or foods that your body turns into sugars really is a great way to shed some pounds in a healthy way. Oh, and snacking all day is not a bad thing :)

Jake and I are great. I'm really excited about teaching, and I'm off to a yoga class tonight.

I know I can't just post lyrics to songs all the time... But as I listen to these songs they speak to my soul and I just love them. We sang this song in our wedding... I love it... and it brings me to tears every time I hear it.

In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My comforter, my all in all—
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev'ry sin on Him was laid—
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day,
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory,
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me;
For I am His and He is mine—
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death—
This is the pow'r of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home—
Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand.

Where oh where can the SUNSHINE be?

Jake is taking me downtown for an overnight, a nice dinner, and we are going to see WICKED tomorrow. Super excited! I will let you know if we make it there and back alive since the high temp. tomorrow is 5 freaking degrees. Anyone who is an advocate for global warming has obviously NEVER lived in Chicago where the frigid temperatures are evidence enough that there is NO global warming.