Well, after that news came great news. A month ago I took my Praxis test for teaching. I had had a terrible night's sleep and had to be to the testing center at 7:30am. When I got there, right on time, I realized I had forgotten my calculator. Well, I knew for a fact that behind some of those locked doors were stacks of calculators. Was I allowed to use one? No. Panic!! I am AWFUL at math and I forgot the stinking calculator. Well, if I left the center I wouldn't be admitted back in so I had no choice but to go it alone. When it was my turn to be checked in, The Witch decided it was me she would torture. She asked if I had a cell phone with me. I said yes and it's turned off. She said get rid of it. Where am I supposed to put my phone? She doesn't care, just get rid of it. I go hide my phone behind a garbage can. I come back. She checks my purse. She then tells me I don't look like the picture on my driver's license. What would you like me to do about it? Nothing, she supposes. I'm sure you get the idea...she consistently picked on me like this until the test started at which point in time she sat down right next to me and stayed there the entire two hours. Well, I felt horrible after the test. I was exhausted, calculatorless, and being watched like a hawk. Since that point, I was been in a bad mood waiting to get my test scores and was positive that I would have to pay to take it all over again. Friday night when I checked the mail there was a big, stiff envelope from the Praxis people. I was too terrified to open it so Mr. Mitchell did. Inside was a big folder with EXCELLENT written across it. I received a certificate for scoring in the top 15% of anyone who has taken the Praxis. WOOOOOOOO!!!!!! What a relief! ... ... ...I'm still upset I forgot my calculator.
The goodness continued when Mr. Mitchell began the Valentine's celebrations on Saturday afternoon. He was pretty cute about it. He brought home a couple of items and claimed they were non-Valentine's gifts, but I knew better. He didn't want to give in to the commercialism but he wanted me to know that I was worth it. What a sweetie! We also got a Valentine's package from my parents.
(Yes, there is a garlic press with our Valentine's goodies. If you want to know why, ask Mr. Mitchell.)
On Sunday we were having dinner with friends when I received news from my mom that my cousin had been killed in a car accident and that my uncle was handling the news very poorly. He wasn't talking to anybody and my parents didn't know much so I tried to find more information online about the accident. I found it upsetting that they never got her age right (as in they printed a different age in every article) in any of the articles I found online. (It doesn't really matter in this case, but what other information do they print incorrectly?)
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51240123-76/car-ravine-driver-holdaway.html.csp
If you believe in prayer, please pray for my uncle.
On Monday things picked up with a wonderful Valentine's Day for Mr. Mitchell and me complete with Olive Garden. On Tuesday my nephew had his heart surgery and is now doing awesome.
I know this post was really wordy, if you read all of it I hope that you can see in there that Mr. Mitchell and I are happy and doing well and are thankful for Heavenly Father's love.
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