School Tomorrow...

I went and bought ten dollars worth of paper and folders for school this afternoon. I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow. I don't care for math (although Finite Mathematics doesn't look like it should be more difficult than College Algebra...just the same formulas applied to real life). And the literature is going to be...well, I don't know what it's going to be. I can't find out anything about either teacher, so I'm in the dark on how much work they'll assign us. I'm fairly certain, however, that it won't be overwhelming because then their grading would overwhelm them, and they sure wouldn't want that to happen any more than it already will.

So instead of sleeping and already having lunch packed, I'm fooling around on Google, trying to help my brother find out more about a possible trumpet teacher. Because the guy's a graduate student (as in he already has a Master's in Music), Levi is concerned that the charges are going to be MUCH higher than what they paid their undergraduate-student teacher (considering that the latter didn't charge a whole lot, that really wouldn't be surprising). They would be content to stop lessons for now, if necessary, although of course I think it would be great if they continued. The name of the guy who could end up teaching them is going to be interesting to make sure they pronounce correctly: Mr. Althouse. Let's hope against hope that it's supposed to be something that doesn't rhyme with outhouse. Although...there's some faculty member at the community college who actually does have the last name Outhouse. Can you imagine the origin of such a name? I'm not sure I even want to guess...

So it's kinda hot, but not as hot as it's going to be. And to imagine that I need to prepare to acclimate to Hawaii.=\ The humidity may be high here, but we've always got the relief of air conditioning...not just in the grocery stores, but in our houses, in our churches, and in our cars. I almost never have to be hot for long here, but showers there may be inevitable (more frequent than might be convenient, that is...inconvenient because of the number of the people who will probably be there). Oh, well.

My silly brothers went outside just after midnight (a little while ago) and set off some firecrackers. They came in and I told them that they better not have had anything to do with the noise since it's past ten in the evening. They laughed and gave technically accurate, but intentionally obvious denials...finally stating that the law doesn't allow firecrackers until July 1-4, so they had to get it in now that it's July 1st. How's that for reasoning? Since it didn't last long, I doubt the neighbors will complain.

Okay, I need to get lunch. The last thing I need is to fall asleep in some class...=\But I have to be up early tomorrow to get to school at eight.

Well, dear friends...

Please pray that God would give me wisdom and discernment in job hunting. I am currently laid off, as I figured was coming...so no surprises. I prayed previously for God's direction on what to do, and felt that He was directing me to stay as long as I could, which I did. More recently, because I haven't been able to get many hours, I have prayed more about what to do, and I began applying for jobs at the school. I posted my "resume'" on the school web site Tuesday night and have not had any response to the one application that I submitted. I submitted more applications today. I'm not really sure how much to pursue this at this point because I'm in class four hours a day right now and at times that don't work well with a work schedule, especially not if I have to go out of this particular town. Classes will end in five weeks, when I'll have two weeks to prepare for my two-week trip to Hawaii, after which I'll have until October 15th to work anytime. Fall classes will be mostly Friday evening, Saturday morning and afternoon...and only for eight weeks. So I'm really going to have plenty of time, but I don't right now--at least not at the right times.

Meanwhile, I have seen how God has provided for all of my needs, and even my wants, and I'm sure He will continue to do so. I just want to make sure that I am fulfilling my responsibilities, so I'm looking for a job. But I don't want to be closed to any possibilities just because they don't seem like they would work, etc.

As for classes, they began today. My math teacher (the morning one) is a married lady with a southern accent. My literature teacher (the afternoon one) is a single lady from Los Angeles. She looks a little as if she's out of it, but she isn't really...however, her idea of people as social constructs is a little different from my perspective. LOL! I think this class is going to be interesting...I know it's a lot less writing than I had expected. We'll do three one-page papers (I hope those are single-spaced!), one three-page paper (that's our final project), and a journal on all the readings (we just have to spend twenty minutes a day on it, so that should be pretty easy). And she gives points for effort, so I'm thinking it will be an easy A. Of course, by easy A I do NOT mean to imply that I think it will be without work; I just think that my work will pay off easily without giving me a lot of stress.

Today's reading is...the Epic of Gilgamesh.=) And we watched "Superman" in class today. I hadn't ever seen it; very interesting portrayal of a hero...the story line and relationships seemed very much to mirror what the Bible says about God the Father and God the Son. Anyone know any background on that? It was weird to see all those parallels...what the teacher is looking for is hero-related (that's the theme of our class). She's wanting us to look at heroes as social constructs, both in the past and in the present. So even though we're studying literature up to 1650, we'll be comparing it to present representations of similar ideas.