Rain and This Week

Springfield is currently having a loud thunderstorm and personally I am greatly enjoying it. The rain has brought the temperature in my apartment from 80 degrees down to almost 70. I had truly forgotten how humid it can be in Central and Southern Illinois in the spring. Right now a Minnesota spring sounds so much more comfortable. The week has gone well, I finished a mint green baby blanket and am now starting a pink, green and white one for a friend at work. I have had two doctor appointments and will have at least two more in the next few weeks. Once we get all the medications and specialists straightened out here I will be very happy. I am looking for gifts of God's grace and right now as frustrating as things can get at times, I have to say that this job is definitely one of God's gracious gifts to me. As hard as it has been to move away from my house, my church family and all of my friends in Minnesota, God has truly blessed me in this new job with wonderful students, great staff and an opportunity to really help the kids and families that I work with to develop more independence and make new gains all the time. Well it's time for a Cardinals ball game so off I go to work on the new baby blanket.