Catching up a bit...

I am enjoying a storm of various types today: windy, then rain and wind, and now just pouring rain. I have had the patio door open all day to sense it all, smell the freshness, take it the flotsam and jetsam whirling around...and just enjoying the natural sound of rain. It's almost like the roaring ocean offshore in a beach home.

Now I just finished up some easy solitaire (difficult towards the end), to clear my head before prepping for a midterm in "Bible as Literature." This quiz is defined as a 15-minute short quiz=like assessment with a full study guide sheet with 99 items on it, plus the assurance that there may also be items in the test that are not on the study guide. Oh well, we are all in it together--as amazed as we were are all in class.

I am starting to apply for teaching jobs along a slice of the coast--Florence (central) to Astoria (the uppermost north districts). Then I have a slice about 20 miles in that is not right on the coast, but not far away.

Will and Sarah are doing fairly well. As Kurt, Sarah's husband, is preparing for the Art Institute in Graphic Design, Sarah is still working the human services brokerage as well as teaching horse riding lessons and even small seminars on Saturdays.

Will and I are studying together in my living room which brings accountable to both of us, plus proximity is nice without talking a lot--except for really fascination psychology point from his textbook, or mine from the Bible.

That's it for now. Your thoughts and prayers for my new teaching position--on the Coast if at all possible--and for Will as he continues through school, works out his major, and learns more and more study skills, budgeting.... He is really doing great.

JD (JoAnn)