Graveyard Fields

I know that my blogging has slowed down some. Please, let me give you some reasons why:
1. We currently do not have internet at our apartment, which means that I can't go on my blog at any random point of the day and blog when I feel like it.
2. In order to blog, I have to walk down to the 'Click Cafe' and use their internet, and I don't always feel like doing that.
3. I haven't done too much lately that is blog worthy :(

This week I did have an answer to prayer, though! I had TWO interviews!! I was getting very discouraged on Tuesday because I was hoping that this school with a first grade position would call me for an interview. I had talked to the principal on Monday and she said that 175 people had applied for this ONE job! As the hours passed by on Tuesday, I was beginning to get really discouraged. It has been really difficult because I felt that I had applied to soo many jobs, probably up to the 80's or near 100 now, and I had not heard back from one person! I just kept praying and asking the Lord for something to open up. I really knew that it was all in His hands and that He is the only one who can open up the job for me. On Tuesday, Justin and I went for our run and on the car ride home (about 5:00 pm) I got a call from a principal!!! Praise the Lord!! On Wednesday morning, I received another call from a principal asking me to come in and interview. So on Thursday, I went on my first two interviews!! The positions for both of these jobs are 4th grade. This makes me really nervous because I was ideally hoping for first or second [maybe third] grade. But, a job is a job! The interviews went really well! I am waiting to see if I get offered any of the positions. I am really just praying for the Lord to open the right door. If I am suppose to teach 4th grade, that He will just open that door and give me peace about it. I will keep you all posted!

Today, Justin and I went hiking at Graveyard Fields. It a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway that has two waterfalls. We were planning on going yesterday but I hurt my knee from Zumba earlier in the week [Yes, you heard that right-Zumba. Only I could hurt myself doing dance aerobics!] so I wasn't able to go yesterday. We had a beautiful day to hike today and we had a great time. Graveyard fields has two waterfalls that you can check out and cool off in. The first one, lower falls, is about a .3 mile walk to get to. The second one, upper falls, is a 1.6 mile hike. We went to the Upper Falls first and then checked out the Lower Falls. Overall, we hiked around 4 miles. Not too bad with a hurting knee!

Upper Falls

He was adventurous and climbed higher.

Lower Falls.

Swimming area at the bottom.

One thing that I love about Asheville is that there are all these fun hikes to go on. It is fun to walk through the mountains and see people cooling off in the waterfalls and swimming holes. Although, I am sure these Ashevillians think that I am this chick from the city. Today I carried my camera in my Vera Bradley wristlet. All of the people we passed in their river shoes/sandals and dogs are thinking who is this girl from the city with French manicured nails and Vera Bradley ;) I might need to get a new back-pack or something!

On our car ride home, we encountered 3 black bears crossing the road! There was a mama bear and two cubs. It was so cool- probably the highlight of my day! This is the best picture that I could get of one of the cubs.

See the bear's face in the middle of the pic?!?

If you would like some other light reading, Justin stared a blog about things to do in Asheville. He is hoping to turn it into a website someday! He has a list of about 60+ things there is to do in Asheville, so we go out and do them and he blogs about them! Check it out!
Asheville To Do