Happy Thanksgiving

I am looking forward to being a few hours away from the holiday weekend. Colin got home last night from Bluffton and Rebekah is driving home now. I am looking forward to seeing both of them this weekend. We will be adding someone else to our family Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow too with Chris being brave enough to spend time with the whole family!

Seth also has lots of family in town this weekend. Both the Yoder's and the Stopher's are around for a few days. It is going to be a busy weekend with lots of family stuff going on. We will see the Yoder's tomorrow around lunch time and the Stopher's on Sunday to celebrate Christmas. I am hoping for a chance to sit back and relax too!

I could easily get used to 3 day work weeks and 4 day weekends!

Not much is going on in our lives. Joel is out of town this week for Thanksgiving so Seth has been working long hours at the shop. I started my first correspondance class two nights ago and realized that I have gotten out of the habit of reading textbooks and thinking. I need to kick my brain back into gear.

I seem to keep hearing about babies everywhere. Brian and Cheryl are expecting another baby in June and we also found out that Jon and Gretchen are having a baby. Dad will have to come up with a new name for the Mast children when they add a 3rd. Twin Terrors won't apply anymore! Mom never liked that name anyways!

It looks like winter might finally be coming. Yesterday I went home after work and jogged around the block in shorts and a t-shirt. Tonight and tomorrow they are calling for 1-4 inches of lake effect snow. It might actually be time to put away the short sleeves and pull out the sweaters. The first snow is always fun though!

I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving weekend!

Sarah

Back to full time!

Well it was an early morning today. We had a full faculty meeting at Bethany at 6:30a.m. Needless to say I did not do my usual morning workout today. That would have meant getting up at 4:45 and I just didn't feel like it this morning. I might take Sophie for a jog this afternoon when I get home. The only good thing about morning faculty meetings is that I get to head home a little earlier than usual

This has been my first week week back on a full time schedule. It has meant getting up an hour earlier in the morning and staying a few hours later. So far it hasn't been too bad. It helps when I have plenty to keep me busy.

Earlier this week I registered for a correspondance class through Indiana University(don't tell Dad! Purdue didn't have all the options that IU did!). I am taking Introduction to Sociology (I'm sure Rebekah is excited about this since!). I am pretty excited to get started. Each year I am given professional development money to take classes with and this is my first one. My plan is to take classes I would need to take for my secondary education social studies teaching liscense. I need 21 credits in subject area courses and 12 credits in education classes. My goal is to get two classes done this school year and possibly 2 more over the summer. Once I get my subject area classes done I can finish my education classses through Goshen College's transition to teaching program. I don't know 100% that this is what I want to do, but I am anxious to see how I feel about taking classes and if it gets me excited about possibly teaching. I know for sure I am ready for something new and I want a challenge. I think teaching would be a huge challenge and something really rewarding. We'll see what happens.

under armour running pants!

I figured since Seth never updates this, I can change the background to something I like, but he wouldn't be thrilled about! I had to put my winter running pants on this morning for my jog with Sophie. It was 32 degrees and she was in heaven because she loves the cold weather, but is was pretty shocking to my system. I guess winter really is coming.

I am settling in for my second to last 3 day weekend of this school year. I start back to full time at Bethany in two weeks and really am not looking forward to it. The good news is that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Christmas is just a few weeks after that. Still, it is always a tough adjustment for me to go back to full time.

Not much on the itinerary for this weekend. I want to rent a carpet cleaner and do our carpets, I am keeping books at the Bethany girls basketball game on Saturday, and I am meeting Sue for lunch tomorrow at Applebees. I have been working on my albums for my 3 graduating seniors at Goshen College, which is always a fun little project. We are having our banquet in a few weeks and I always give a memory album to the seniors. Hopefully I'll get a nap in sometime too!

Have a good weekend,
Sarah