Pinch Me...

Well, today was a wonderful first day back from vacay! I was a little nervous because today was also my first Official Full Day on the job. So, after having beach brain for a week, it took a little time for everything to come back. But, it turned out well. My certifications are not over yet (CareerBuilder is all about education!), so today was spent working on two projects to prepare me for 2/5 Certifications. Two this week, one next week and two the following week and I'm done with tests for a while! (Granted I make 90% or higher on each!) I love love love that I stay busy here. I'm the type of person that has to always have something to do and I think previously I looked at every internet site that I could access. I felt useless and would pray every morning that God would help the day go by quickly. What kind of a selfish prayer is that?! And it's not that I was lazy; I had just completed and even created all that I could. So, needless to say I'm grateful to be at a faster pace here.

Today was also the unofficial Score Reporting for the GACE. For you non-teachers, it's the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators. I took the French tests in August. What a miserable day. I drove to Athens...in the rain...felt like I totally bombed it...and was exhausted. So, I wasn't super excited to see the results today after having had a good day at work on the first day back from vacation. So, I had completely forgotten about it until I got home and opened my inbox. There it was..."GACE Unofficial Reporting." I didn't even blink or take a deep breath before opening it. There it was, plain to see................................ French Test I: PASSED I blinked then. I thought surely I had misread it or I had received the wrong e-mail. This was the test with the Oral Expression that I completely froze on!!!!! No way. So, I opened the second e-mail. French Test II: PASSED. Ok, now I'm thanking the Lord for blessing me in this endeavor because I completely put this in His hands. He truly did work through me.

So, yeah. What started out to be a not-so-promising day turned out to be more than I can express in words.

God never ceases to amaze me!