a la verboom

One of the things I enjoy most about my job is how I get to teach in various classrooms and learn about different ages of kids. I've established that my favourite classrooms are the baby room and the senior room...those kids have really grown on me!! On friday it was the last day of a boy who was one of my favourites...it was quite a bit harder than I thought it would be!! Yeesh, what these kids are doing to my heart. :) It's also really neat though because I am confident that their experience at our centre has prepared them adequately for "big school". Anywho, as part of my flexibility in being a summer student and doing whatever they ask me to, this week I have the privilege of filling in for our cook who is on vacation! Just call me Chef Nicky I guess, avec une accent francais, of course (so I guess that would be more like Chef NikEE). Today I was kind of thrown into it and, while initially overwhelmed, I quickly got the hang of it and found my way around the plethora of tupperware and milk bags (our kids drink a lot of milk.). I really love cooking, so it's neat to be able to do it in a large group setting...never before have I prepared food for 40 people! I'm learning that I have a really poor judgement of food quantities and that, when it comes to children, having too much is better than not enough. On the menu today was vegetarian lasagna, which apparently was a success since the toddlers asked for thirds! Good times working the Betty Crocker skills!
Another realization that I've come to over the past week or so since Veronika and I have moved in is the large amount of respect I have for mothers, and especially working mothers. After working full time (7:30-5:30) all day, I'm rarely in the mood to prepare anything to eat...and I'm having a hard time managing one room, let alone an entire house! It takes a special person to work all day and then come home and continue to serve others, I wonder where the time comes from to journal, read, relax.....blog (kidding:).......! Thanks to all you moms who work overtime on life. This month is going to be an excellent exercise of life skills and prioritizing!

Well, some of you avid blog-readers might be wondering about my bike....well....I fixed it!! by myself, nonetheless. It was a very exciting occasion, so exciting that I asked Veronika to photo-document the occasion, despite my attire. The feeling of success when I was finished was fantastic! I wrestled with it for a while, and it gave me a run for my money, but I overcome the heap of rubber and escaped with only grease-covered hands and a pedal in the eye.
Bike riding is going much better as well, I've started biking on the road with traffic, and the other day I even turned left in a major intersection (gasp!). I'm thankful that my commute to work is during relatively early hours when there are not many cars on the road.

My computer, unlike my bike, is giving me more trouble. I've discovered that the hard-drive has crashed and I need to send poor Tony away to get repaired. I sure do hope it can get fixed before school! Until then the lovely Veronika is allowing me to use hers.

....looking forward to coming home.....missing projectile peeps....having fun at work and planning for a camping extravaganza this upcoming weekend.......this is my life right now!

This past Sunday Veronika and I attended a different church than usual, Faith Tabernacle. During the singing time, we sang this song that has especially been in my head and on my heart since. I'll leave you with the lyrics....

Phillips Craig Dean - You Are God Alone

You are not a god
Created by human hands
You are not a god
Dependant on any mortal man
You are not a god
In need of anything we can give
By Your plan, that’s just the way it is

[chorus]
You are God alone
From before time began
You were on Your throne
Your are God alone
And right now
In the good times and bad
You are on Your throne
You are God alone

You’re the only God
Whose power none can contend
You’re the only God
Whose name and praise will never end
You’re the only God
Who’s worthy of everything we can give
You are God
And that’s just the way it is

[chorus]

[bridge]
Unchangeable
Unshakable
Unstoppable
That’s what You are

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[chorus]

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