stress with the new semester

back to the regular routine of school! AS I take on a new semester of classes I have also encountered some new problems with my health insurance. Normally this wouldn't be such a huge issue but I was supposed to have my spinal injections for pain which I now can't get, as well as go to get the rest of my suspicious mole removed before it turns into something more. I found out that Medicaid has moved me to Medicare and so now I need to find a separate plan for that. Not being able to get these injections means that I am able to walk less and less. for instance, today I stood and walked around while I baked a batch of banana bread and I was sore enough to sit in my wheelchair for the rest of the evening. On a positive note, I am super excited for this semester because I finally get to start student teaching. I am so excited! I am loving all of my classes so far and I think they are giving me a better understanding of my educational process as far as IEP and that sort of thing go. I'm still trying to find a good balance between schoolwork and my personal life but I am just putting it all in God's hand. Also I think that since I am enjoying these classes a lot more I will have more motivation for the semester. The constant prayers and words of encouragement from my stairwell girls and friends are a great help to me! especially when I am having a rough day, which I seem to a lot lately. I am using these times of hardship to grow closer to God. Since being in a lot of pain lately I have been laying around and taking it easy. Spending a lot of time alone means that I have had more time to spend with God in prayer and meditation. As I talked to my mother this evening she encouraged me that God wouldn't give me my problems if I couldn't take it.