Wow! My cup runneth over. That about sums up how I feel about the out pouring of generosity at my new home church. Last week while I was at home nursing a back injury, the deacon had placed my list of odds and end materials in the church bulletin. This week my truck was filled with items.

I am now the owner of 2 aquariums. I'm thinking one will become our terrarium and the other one will actually house some fish. That is two living objects in our classroom that we can record progress about for science projects. The older man who sits with me at church actually donated one of the aquariums. I was so surprised. I think he's taken me under his wing.

I don't think I'll be needing any containers any time soon. I'm now overflowing with coffee cans and some ice cream containers. And the shoe boxes! I really never expected to get very many. I now have enough to make two or three art projects. I also have a few paper towel holders that I can make literary props with. I feel mighty blessed.

Magazines were an item I knew I'd get. But I expected ladies' magazines. I hit pay dirt. My sponsor gave me issues of Popular Science which had a ton of things for the conversation cards I've been making. Today I received Missouri Conservationist. I have several years worth of back issues. They are full of animals and plants. I was blessed.

Some wonderful person even rounded me up some marbles, which was one of the last things on my list I expected to receive. With a few more paper towel holders I think we can make a science project with those to show motion and kinestetic energy. I'm so pleased.

Creative juices are beginning to flow again. This may be what I needed. Something to keep me occupied and busy. When pay day rolls around I'm going to go check out the teacher center at the college. I know there are some things in there that I can run off for my file games. There might also be some ideas for more learning centers.

I took my medication for the first time this morning. I did have the side effect of a mild headache like the doctor said I would but hopefully the anxiety he spoke of will not be one of my side effects.

I went by my classroom after mass. This makes two days I've worked in my room. I wasn't the only one working at the school today. The one person I never thought I'd make friends with stopped by my room to let me know that she was in the building, too. I'm not sure I deactivated the alarm properly. I kept hearing a beeping noise after the other teacher came in but maybe that was due to something she was doing. I did tell her about the police riding through right before she got there. She said they had come through last Sunday, too. There have been some problems with the alarm. Made me a little nervous, so I came home a little earlier than I had expected to.

Hopefully I'll get my ID this week so that I can use it for the upcoming foot ball game. Teachers get in free. That's a good thing because I don't get paid until next Monday. I'll probably go by myself. I'm getting used to my own company. My brother would probably go with me if I were to ask him but he'd have to pay his own way in.