Sometimes Things Just Fall Into Place

I'm going to honest - this summer wasn't easy. We spent the first half sweating through late hours at a job plus six hours a day in class and the second half trying to figure out how to survive without going to school the rest of the summer. It was a long second half and we are still figuring things out, but a lot of stuff seems to be lining up the right way.

First was the job situation. I applied at the BYU Math Lab back in December before landing a job at the BYU Bookstore. I thought they weren't interested in me or that my test scores had sucked miserably. Nope. They just had a different sense of timing. A few weeks ago they emailed me and asked if I could come in for an interview. I did and they gave me a job. Not only that, but they gave me the hours I wanted and it increases my current pay by $0.75 (not a lot unless you're a poor student like me) with another increase once I finish my current math class and teach higher math in the lab.

On top of the new job and pay, I will be reviewing and teaching the math I need to know fluently for three hours a day every weekday. According to research you retain around 90% of what you teach,
so I'll finally master calculus. Gotta love that.

Then, I will be able to get my tutor certification through them which is great because I already have one pupil and am taking on a second one this semester. I picked up the second one from a friend of my boss at work. So really, I will be spending around 30+ hours a week on math not including homework (but including class time). That is good for a Math Education Major.

I am excited for the semester to begin on Monday. I know we still have challenges to face (bills are never resolved around here like we'd hope), but with some obvious divine approval in my choice of careers, I feel that the rest will work out one way or another. We just have to maintain an attitude of faith and believe that God is at the helm. We'll make our choices and trust in him for the rest.