As I wait for the afternoon meeting today at work:

Oh the anticipation!

As of a week ago today, finding out that the IA's (instructional aides-I am one technically) jobs are at risk and possibly other specialty teachers:

Oh the anticipation, and worries!

As we found out that all schools across Utah need to cut their budget and that our own school plans to cut four IA's:

Oh the anticipation, worries, and sorrows!

I sit and wait for a week to find out if I'm the one to loose my job and freak and look for another...

Oh the anticipation, worry, sorrow, and stress!

There are no jobs around, ahhh what do I do. I pray! Friends and family pray in my behalf. I'm worried and stressed and overwhelmed. Not only do I worry for myself, but for others whose only support comes from themselves and for those who have more than one person to support:


Oh the sorrow and anticipation!


Thank goodness the news is out-
there are some who sacrifice their hours and pay so we all still have our jobs! Thank goodness I work for a place that is mostly religious and believes that everyone plays a part!


Oh the relief and satisfaction!

As another year goes by and I grow a year older, I still find that I go through trials. Wouldn't life be so much easier if your trials and tribulations lessen as you get older?...

But then I think to myself, how could you have better memories than those that have a trial attached with them? This is very unlike the typical saying you here at church, "trials make you a stronger and a better person."

So here in my "ring out the old and ring in the new" passage, I want to list off my memories of 2008. This list contains some of my favorite memories that stuck out to me the most, yet it also highlights some trials and difficult moments that surprisingly are memorable as well.

If you get a chance check out Matt's documentary he edited, translated, filmed some, and put together the website www.balancingthecosmos.com

He has worked on it for the last five years and it is finally completed. Thank goodness!

It as about the Mayan people in Guatemala and how they keep their traditions in modern time.