Tender mercies

Glorious news!! First of all, I want to thank you all for your prayers, because a charitable soul did turn in my English 315 book!! I am so grateful for them, I hope they are blessed for their charity. Second of all, I changed my English 315 class to a different time, place, and teacher, all three of which are improvements! I am so grateful. The time is 10-12 instead of 2-4 (hooray for getting class over early in the day!!). The place is on the upper floor of the HFAC with windows looking out into a healthy green tree and blue skies rather than in the basement of the JFSB with fluorescent-lighting (hooray for natural lighting!). The teacher is a young, down-to-earth, pragmatic graduate student rather than an old, acrimonious, cocky professor. And she even brought up the cultural aspects of writing quite a few times in her lecture today, which just made me so happy. The time, place, and personality of the teacher of this new class are all tender mercies.

Today has just been such a better day than yesterday. I woke up with more energy, and I just feel more excited about this new term and more motivated to study for my classes. I felt happy with my improvement in dance this morning. And then my English 315 book was in the Lost and Found office! And you already have heard about how much I love my new English 315 class. And then on the way home I ran into one of my old London friends, Brandon, and we had a good half-hour chat in the sun. It was so good to talk with him again, I hadn't had a good conversation with him since London. And then Kari called me, who is getting married this Friday in the Mt. Timpanogos temple and I get to go to her reception!! I am so, so happy for that girl. Has this been a good day or what?

Jess, in your blog you mentioned the small things that make life wonderful. Here is a list of mine:
Clorox bleach
Comfortable couches
Visits with old friends
Sisters
Embracing uncertainty
Hope
Laughter
Cell phone messages
Children
Afghans
Summertime
Charitable souls who bring books they find in the DeJong Concert Hall to the Lost and Found Office
Long drives with people you adore
Okay, so I guess most of those things aren't so small, but they sure do make life wonderful!!