High Five for Friday

Happy Friday everyone!

1.  First on the list this week is some SUPER good news for us to share with you. It should have it's own post, but for the sake of time (and preventing me from rambling) the update on Jesse's job status is in: they did NOT ask him to move to a site. He is here to stay in Birmingham for at least a few more years.  This did come with news that he is moving out of his now, temporary, position into another position, which means more training, etc, but we are definitely praising the One Most High for working things out for us.

2.  One of our exams this week was offered on two separate days (rare), and I chose to take it on the earlier day, leaving me with Thursday and Friday pretty much free from school.  It was nice to wake up later, enjoy my coffee, and relax, without the next thing to study looming overhead.  Which freed me up for number 3.

3.  Jesus Culture with Kim Walker-Smith came to Birmingham last night! As soon as I heard the news on the radio we immediately decided to go.  They have become a favorite band of ours. Their music is simple but they are so talented, especially Kim's voice. It was it Boutwell Auditorium, which is a bowl-shaped arena with a stage at one end. It took me back to the days of church group youth conferences. And it felt so good to be worshiping with a room of thousands of other believers. We did realize however, that we don't know many of their newer songs, but they were beautiful as usual.  If you're not familiar (or even if you are) take a listen here , here, and here to some of my favorites.

4.  Today we got to meet the incoming first year optometry students with a nice lunch and picnic dinner. They looked so young and innocent.  They just don't know what they are about to get themselves into.  But it was only a short time ago that I was there too. All of this hard work will pay off one day!

5.  I did a Pinterest spoof a few weeks ago, but we finally found a spot for it this week and hung it on the wall. It is at the end of the hall and is a nice reminder which can be seen as we walk in the door.