Sunday was good. I played the tamborine with the youth choir at the early service and had a few minutes of peace and quiet (what's that, you ask?) before the first and second graders came in for rehearsal. We wound up combining with the older choir, and were working on a really neat piece. I spent the afternoon addressing graduation announcements (Yay! Only 18 days left!) and doing laundry. Oh, and I found out the my walk-the-stage ceremony is at five-thirty instead of four-thirty. Good to know. David was helping his friend Josh move, he came over afterwards. We watched Something's Got to Give. A very cute movie! I was sleeping through the Divas concert on VH1, when David said my phone was ringing. Well, it was my good friend Becky, who is up at O.U. She is getting her Bachelor's in Education and Choral Performance the same day I graduate. I'm a little bummed that it is the same day, so we can't go to each other's ceremony, but we will be there in spirit with each other. Becky and I have been friends since I was in seventh grade and she was in eighth grade at Griffin Middle School in The Colony. The percussion section stood behind the French horn section, so that's how we became friends. We had lost touch after I graduated from high school, until my friend Ian went up to O.U. He plays French horn also, and they wound up in the same ensemble. His case still had his The Colony High School tag on it, so somehow they found out that they both knew me, and she got my phone number and we've been in touch ever since. That's really cool!

Monday was Monday. I wanted to stay home and sleep. Instead, I did my normal Monday routine. Dance lesson was frustrating last night. I couldn't seem to do anything right! Our instructor was very encouraging, though, and by the end of the lesson, I felt okay. Today, I had one patient show up, the other not. (Which is why I have the time to type this post.) The session went really well, I surprised myself by coming up with a really creative way to get at one of her issues. I'm really excited about tonight's event. David and I are going to listen to Dr. Maya Angelou give a lecture up at UNT! I am really, really excited about this. I don't know what she is speaking about, she could be standing there reading the phone book for all I know. I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as a teenager and have admired her wit and intellect ever since. Can you tell I'm excited?

Well, kids, that's a wrap. I need to head up to Denton now.

Yesterday I had an interview with Birdville ISD. It went really well, and we had a great talk. However, I found out this evening, that they decided to go with someone else. Lovely. She was very nice and I was disappointed that I did not get the position. Guess it's time to send out more resumes and e-mails to school districts. If all else fails, I can get another (un-paid) treatment practicum a couple of days a week for the fall, and then keep working at Behavioral Innovations. It wouldn't be as much money, but at least it'd be something.

I'm in a mopey mood, so that's all I'm going to say tonight.

David brought up an excellent point. He told me that Jesus would have done the same thing even if I were the only person on the planet. I think this is true. He was on that cross because of me, of my sins! That was very, very humbling for me. I still just want to sit and think about it some more.

I have other things to report about, but the movie is the only thing on my mind, so be patient!

I also received a phone call from Billy at Behavioral Innovations. He and I chatted for awhile, and it turns out they wanted to offer me a job! I'm going to start a week from today, and I'll be doing a little bit of everything. Administrative work, talking with parents, working with the supervisors and doing therapy! He said they didn't really have a title for what I'll be doing, and they created the position just for me! Yay!! So I'll be making money! I'll come in on Thursdays until the semester is over, then I'll come in more. I'm really, really excited about this! Yay!!!!!!