Life is a grab bag.

My life is pretty hilarious.
My friends and I used to say "Life is a grab bag."

So Tuesday Lehi Junior High calls me and tells me...Oops, budget cuts. You can't be an intern after all. So I'm shocked. I was so excited and someone pulled the rug out from under me. I emailed the lady who sets up all the interviews for BYU and she tells me there's one more junior high that needs an intern. I called the principal and set up yet another interview.This interview was basically a tour of the new school. It's AMAZING. SO gorgeous! I mean, my middle school had a gym and a little carpeted pit they called a "little theater." I think it sat about 40 and was PATHETIC. The only extra curriucular activities we had were choir or band so you could either be a geek or a geekier...This school has:
- a gym
- indoor track
- auditorium seating 700
- fitness center for students
- dance studio for students- metal shop
- art room
- sewing room
- 2 stories!
I can't even believe how amazingly nice it is; how much is offered to these students. We didn't even have second languages available to us in our middle school. So, walking through these vast, empty halls, all I could say was "amazing" and "so beautiful." The principal showed me where my classroom would be. We walked in it. It has an LCD projector, a sound system so I can use a mic, a white board, a window, and a built in teacher's desk. I could hardly breathe. We stood there in the empty room and he asked me questions. Interview questions. I answered them. And he told me, "Well, Natalie, the job is yours if you want it." I WANT IT!

God has this way with me...He is constantly throwing things my way that make me think and whine whyyyy. But then something else comes along and I say, Ohhh. That's why.

One day last summer when I was having a particularly hard time I prayed for a lot of things. I prayed for the things I thought I needed, for the things I knew I wanted and I prayed for a rainstorm so I could go outside and feel heavy. Just take my shoes off and walk through the puddles feeling the thunder. It started to rain and I ran outside. I kicked my shoes off and as soon as I took my first step outside, the rain let up. It drizzled and I felt so disappointed. Why couldn't I have anything I wanted!? I needed that rainstorm! So I walked around for a while in my bare feet, feeling completely confused and discouraged. And as I was walking, I heard a distinct voice in my mind say to me, "Natalie, be patient. This is all I can give you right now."

I realized I was asking too much, for things I wasn't ready for. He was telling me, hold out for something better. So I try to remember that when something off happens. Just be patient, God won't let me fall too far.

So now I have this internship at a school in Saratoga Springs. This brand new, amazingly beautiful school with a window and my own desk and I couldn't be happier.
And Robbie and Sarah came into town tonight and we're "running a marathon" tomorrow. Robbie signed himself and me up for the Salt Lake City half marathon which I have trained this much for.
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But, I just keep thinking. Hey, I keep telling myself I need to start exercising. What better way than to start by power walking 13 miles?...

Yay for Robbie and Sarah coming into town!
THEY'RE HAVING A BABY!