Crafts + Classes

This week I spent most of my time trying not to go crazy from boredom. I STILL have yet to hear back about training for the job I got at the beginning of the month, + so far I haven't had any luck with anywhere else in terms of job hunting. I'm trying not to get discouraged, but it is VERY discouraging at the moment!

The "adventure" that Jake + I had this week involved our bathroom plumbing. Our shower has been having issues for the past week or so, + we submitted a maintenance form to our management but hadn't heard anything back. So on Tuesday Jake went over to their office to ask them about it, + they insisted that we hadn't filled out a form, because they have "an organized system" to make sure nothing gets lost. Jake asked them to humor him + just check their logs, which they did...+ discovered our request. Organized, HA! The maintenance worker for our complex came by + snaked the drain, but that was all he did, so Jake + I had to figure the rest out on our own. We don't own any drain de-clogging stuff, + neither of us really had any ideas ourselves, so where did I turn? Pinterest, of course! I found several people who had all used the same DIY mixture of baking soda + vinegar, followed by a boiling pot of hot water. It seemed kinda nuts, but we gave it a shot anyways. + it worked! Since baking soda reacts with vinegar to make a "volcano-ish" explosion, it was cool doing that in the bathtub drain + watching it fizzle. So it was a science experiment + drain declogger all in one!

This week, I tried to stay busy by doing some more scrapbooking, + learning new techniques for page layouts. I even learned how to hand make some scrapbooking "accessories," since we don't have the extra money to buy them but I sure have the time to make them! I've also been doing some sewing + other craft-related things, so I've definitely been developing my crafting talents this week, if nothing else productive has come of the past few days.

On Friday morning, I had an appointment with an academic advisor to plan out my next semester. Based on what she could tell from my records, it looks like BYU-I has finally received my transcripts from Moorpark, but we won't know for sure until we can get ahold of the Records Office + have them check. Based on what the academic advisor told me I have another 3-4 semesters here, before my semester of student teaching. I'm hoping to shorten that by taking classes over the summer semester, but we'll see how things go.

This Week's Spiritual Thought

The past few weeks Jake + I have been reading in Alma, + I'm really finding a lot of verses that I love. This week my favorite would have to be Alma 36:27--"And I have been supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea, and in all manner of afflictions; yea, God has delivered me from prison, and from bonds, and from death; yea, and I do put my trust in him, and he will still deliver me." While this verse is Alma bearing his testimony of what happened to him + how God has strengthened + supported him, I definitely feel that this verse is something we can all apply to our own lives, because God has saved us in more ways than we can imagine or comprehend, + he will still deliver us now.