Little Steps

Meet Danny. He's my latest edition to the menagerie of wildlife that have congregated around my home. I don't see him much during the week as I leave the house before the sun really hits the front porch. But, for two weekends in a row I have caught him bathing in the stifling late morning sun. I haven't quite figured out where in the yard he is living, but I look forward watching him grow.

In other news, today was not a great day in class. Everyday, we are put into groups of four and unfortunately I was placed next to the "obnoxious know-it-all". He is rather infamous, at least in my eyes, for immediately pouncing on anyone's mistake. Quickly he will point out how wrong you are. He is very socially awkward however, when he is not correcting you and I imagine this is why he decided to become a teacher. It, and the ministry, are some of the only professions where you can command a certain amount of respect even in the most insignificant of positions. Anyway, I guess he had his eye on me today, because I gave a wrong answer in my group and he made it very clear not only was I wrong, I was so wrong. To my own horror, while this was going on I could feel my whole face turning red in shame. Then I was just mad. Mad that I had let this gap-toothed oaf make me feel embarrassed. Just proof that there are awful people everywhere. The only thing you can do is take a breath and keep moving forward. Despite my own doubts about my future, I have to remember that my doubts wont help me get where I want to go.