Cinderella Loves the Bible

I just have to write and tell you about our highly spiritual dog. She so loves God's Word that she proceeded to devour it in just over nine hours while I was gone at work. Growing up in a Christian home, I learned never to treat a Bible disrespectfully. I never sat a water glass on top of one or put it in a place it could be damaged. Today, as I picked up peices of Job's flesh and what I believe may have been the thorn in Paul's side, I begged God's forgiveness at my lack of respect. Of course, I had little idea when I put my well-loved chronological Bible in a Year on the arm of the chair this morning that Cindy was a Christian, let alone a hungry, Bible-eating one. Oh, well. Life goes on, and I think I can still read September through November. There's a large chunk out of November (Paul's thorn, you see), so I may have to purchase a new one then. Alas... God still loves me, and Cindy may make it to Heaven yet.

As for other ventures in life, I adore my new job. I hate orientation, simply because it's humbling to know so little, but that is good for me. The people I work with are fantastic, welcoming, and good at their jobs, and the population here is wonderful. There are so many Spanish-speaking only women, so I'm trying to catch on as I go. I did say, "Ten minutes, more or less" today without any help, and the poor prego senora actually understood me! These women are so gracious and never seem to be frustrated by my lack of ability to understand them. I just adore their sweet natures. For now, I'm working Monday through Friday 7-3:30. I'm really looking forward to getting back to my three 12s, but I'm not sure when that will happen in the orientation process. It's really hard to get up at 5:30 every morning after my fairly lazy summer off.

Kate seems to be blending in here really well. She's making lots of friends at school and still likes her teacher most days. She's started daycare in the mornings since I'm going to work so early. (Thanks for getting up at the butt crack of dawn for us, Deena!) Kate has also started getting to sleep easier, which I attribute to getting her up so early every morning.

Den will be here in TWO WEEKS!!!! We are so excited. It's gone a lot faster than I thought it would so far, so I hope these last couple of weeks don't drag on and on. Plus, I learned there are a few things I can handle around the house, which honestly, I never thought possible. For those of you who don't know, my mom has NEVER pumped her own gasoline, so I come by my spoiled nature honestly. Men are just supposed to do those things, and I'm supposed to clean the house and make babies. The National Feminist Association is currently plotting my assasination.

Alright, I'm off to bed, which currently has clean sheets. YEA!!