Philippians 4:6-7 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Last post, I updated all one million blog readers I have, that I got a job. 

Yay hurray! A "big girl" job! 

Well this past week I have had the chance to get in my dusty organized awesome class room & get started!

Now, lets just get this out in the open... I am by no means a classroom guru. However, I have prayed a BUNCH about how to go about setting up the room. I have prayed about everything from colors to use, to how I set up the student desks, and the room in general.

Day #1 #PanicCity (and yes, I did just use a # in my blog post)

I can tell you that I did not stress at all, all of the praying worked and I set my classroom up in ONE day; but that would be a huge lie & nobody likes liars... I started to stress A LOT. 

I have worked four thousand days; and here is how the timeline played out

Monday- Panic, stress, & A trip to walmart, staples, dollar tree, office max, AND office depot

Tuesday- More panic, stress, anxiety, & TWO trips to walmart, staples, & dollar tree in the same day.

Wednesday - less stress and panic, slowed down a bit, prayed a lot and just kept planning. 

Thursday - excited to go work, finally receive a teaching desk (who would have thought that might be a necessity), and walked out by lunch time un-panicked, 

Wednesday evening, worn, tired, and bogged down is when things all seemed to click. Things were falling into place. Things didn't happen immediately like I had wanted, or exactly how I wanted, but I got to see God working in me & in my room. He had worked all those annoying quick trips to a million a few stores, picking up super random things here and there, and the chaos all fell into place. 

I won't lie though, and I will tell you I did sort of expect things to just happen, on my time line, & the way I wanted. #howarrogant #selfish

(I am practicing my social media skills here people, since I am slowly crawling out of my pinterest & blog only hole and back into the facebook/twitter world) 

Things don't and won't ever work out like I expect, because my little brain can only see the right now & the current need want. 

I became so humbled at the fact God gave me a little peak at what He was doing. That whisper saying, "I have better, just wait.  Be patient" is the hardest thing to hear, but its stinkin awesome. 

It was a little reality check--

"ok Brooke. This isn't about you. This isn't about another teacher. This isn't about living up to that standard you set for yourself. This isn't about turning your room into a Pinterest factory. Trust me. It isn't about you. It's about Me. It's about the kids. Keep letting me work through you, but slow down & embrace the moment instead of just trying to race through. Stop worrying, keep close with me & I will give you peace and guidance." 

So, with my worship music playlist "turnt up"... Justice League hall & bathroom passes are in place. The teacher corner is set up. The desks are in rows & pods. Twitter board is ready to roll. Student data & "Growing Learner" board is working it's way up. Posters are working their way to the walls (AND sadly to the floor, more times than I would alike to allow. Thanks to every maker of puddy tape velcro & all that dadgum stuff that does NOT work for longer than, say... 10 minutes.. & is a big ole patience tester) & my word wall trees are going up Monday, Lord willing. 

Thankful for His guidance. Blessed & humbled that in a few short weeks I will be "teaching tweens in 128" and FINALLY getting paid to do so. 

Can't wait to see what God has in the works for me.

Here are some pictures of my beautiful 128 in progress! 

Humbled, excited, overjoyed, & almooost ready for my 6th graders! - B