umm life is crazy?

That is my excuse for not blogging. I honestly don't have time... this semester is ridiculous for me. Between 13 credit hours of school, teaching seminary everyday, my church calling, my dating life, and going running at 7am I am pooped!

Teaching is quite possibly the most challenging task I've ever been given. Everyday it's a roller coaster. One class is totally quiet and I can't get them to talk or read or smile. The other class is TOO talkative and I can rarely get them to talk about the gospel. I have found that a lesson that is successful for one class is not always successful for the other :) Oh seminary teaching! I have been in tears many days (never in class) because I get so worked up about it.. IT CAN BE SO OVERWHELMING! Tomorrow we're killing Goliath.. I'm excited about it and hope that the kids like what I have planned!!

School is ridiculous and I find myself not having adequate time to prepare my lessons and do my school work.. so both suffer. I need more prep time and more homework time, but there really aren't enough hours in the day. I am learning time management skills this semester :/

I got an iPhone! Holler. It's cute and I love it.

WOW.. what a great picture of me before I go to bed.. no make up, and a retainer.. and bug eyes.. definitely my best look haha

Dating Life. OH BOY(s). If you would like to set me up on a blind date.. today is the day! I don't know what is in the water but it's "Kaylen+January=Blind date central" Just in the last 36 hours I have been approached about being set up four times. Once by my roommate, Once by a fellow seminary teacher who wants to set me up with a past student, once by a student who is adamant that I date her older brother (not gonna happen) and last by a friend from home who want me to go out with his friend from school... I have little faith in blind dates seeing as I've been on at least 20 of them in the last year and none of them have yielded any "good fruit" but maybe one day I will marry a blind date :)... maybe.

Well that's pretty much the whole story of my life. school, prep, teach, homework, repeat. But I love the Gospel and I am grateful for the chance I have to bear my testimony every day. It's a beautiful thing.

The Plan for 2012

1-

STUDENT TEACHING! and hopefully discovering gems and treasures in the Old Testament

2-

Going to AZ to visit the cutest little niece in the whole wide world.

3-

Running another 13.1 mile race.. May 2012. Kill me now! :)

4-

Internship to England/Wales in June! The whole thing is still in the workings, but I will be hollering from the UK for 6 weeks this summer!

5-

STUDENT TEACHING! If they like what I do this semester then the Church will push me along in the program and I'll start student teaching again in the Fall.. New Testament style.

6-

GRADUATION!!!!!!! Hallelujah! If everything goes according to plan (which it hasn't so far because I was supposed to graduate in April) then I should be done with all my schooling in December! That means that I will be eligible for hire.. which mean that come next January I could be hired as a full time Seminary teacher :) How awesome would that be!

I won't lie I feel a little uneasy posting my expectations for the coming year because I might be jinxing myself, but it's always fun to see how off my predictions are :) Happy New Year!