Life is sweet

I finally have my satelite connected and my dsl on. I am settling in. Its funny I can live without a cell phone. I have even lived without any kind of phone before. I can little for awhile without a tv. But I cannot live without my laptop and internet. I did not realize how addicted I have become to keeping in touch through the internet. I have been dealing with a very dim signal on wify but it was difficult to do anything. It took so long for me to blog or check my email and respond. I would startup my computer, click my e icon and go get myself some dinner. Then I would check my email and eat my dinner while I waited for it to down load. Then I would wait some more and wait and wait and wait then maybe I could get on facebook and maybe not and it took forever to send an email and don't get me started on trying to pay any bills or change service online. It was a nightmare.

But life is sweet now becuase God has provided me with a some of lifes little pleasures. So here I sit. In one of my two chairs in my cute little living room. I was up till midnight working on planning next weeks lessons with my teacher mentor. God bless her heart for staying up so late to help me. But I am staying up late tonight to celebrate my simple pleasures by watching movies and playing on the internet. Oh God is soo good. And I have taught for three weeks already. Amazing.

Oh and to top it off it is raining today. I am a native Oregonian and the rain is soo sweet to this dried out transplant. It feels soo good. The air is crisp and cool and the rain is light. I am hoping for a thunderstorm. There was one in the middle of the week and it was bright and loud. The thunder rolled and it shook the house when it cracked. The lightning lit up the sky and my room and danced across my room walls. The storm seemed to hover over my house. It was so awesome to see, hear and feel God's power and might and to feel safe in his arms as the storm raged around me.

Today when I came home from school my birdfeeder had been knocked down and my bird bath was tipped over. I think it was a porcupine. The dog next door tangled with one last night and had a couple of quills in her side. I saw a porcupine along the side of the road and it was very large. I could not believe how large they were. Wow.