new job

at 07/11/11 10:51AM

So I got a new summer job as a math tutor for a very well-to-do family in an extremely nice area of Nashville. So that's fun. I love math. I wish I would have known how much I would like math after working at Mathnasium. But I still do love history the best. My dream job would be to teach elementary math and social studies. Does someone want to hire me for that? Thanks.

For real though, I have got to figure out what my next major life move is going to be. I only have one more year at WKU (and I don't know where I'm living yet!), and after that I don't know where I am going. I can either
-apply to teach at a community college
-apply to teach at a private school that doesn't require teaching certification
-work on teaching certification and apply to teach at a public middle or high school
-apply to Teach for America, which I'm probably going to do regardless of the other options and just see if I make the cut
orrr
-apply to graduate programs to get my PhD in History and then teach college. WHAT?

orrr open a Mathnasium. Not really, but it is probably my favorite job ever. I just don't know anything about business or else I might seriously consider it. But the most likely thing is one of those history related teaching options above.

So, besides having all these totally confusing and out-of-my-hands (mostly) options swirling in my head, I have a lot of free time this summer. Should be reading for my thesis for the fall..I'll get on that. :) And in the meantime, I'm re-reading Lord of the Rings, hanging out with my few Hendersonville friends (lol), looking forward to the final Harry Potter movie, and traveling around. This summer, I've been to Fall Creek Falls, Tennessee; Mammoth Cave, Kentucky; Mt. LeConte/Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and Athens, Alabama. And this weekend, going to Daufuskie Island (near Hilton Head). So excited!

Also, been having a skype Bible study with a reformed (Calvinist) friend just about every week for the last few weeks, and that should continue. It's very interesting. I also had one Bible study with a Buddhist girl. That was interesting. I'm trying to think of something else to study with her besides the basic overview of the Bible we did. We'll see.

Have ya'll read any Francis Chan? I just read Erasing Hell. Solid. Not cheerful. But needed.

I'll leave you with this from 2 Cor 5:
Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

God's plan is amazing. Trusting in that for all that my uncertain future may bring.

Ph.D. in History - major field is U.S. history to 1877 - plan to find something Civil War related for a dissertation topic. In your options list, the conclusion to the one about applying to Ph.D. programs amuses me...because I still sort of feel that way. "I'm about to start working on my Ph.D.? SERIOUSLY???" Yeah. :-)

by engelishgentleman at 07/11/11 11:41AM
Hannah, I just love you! and I love that you have Skype bible studies with people of differing faiths! I would ask to join in on those, but I have no earthly idea how to "skype." Anyway, I'm still working on "Erasing Hell." It IS very sobering. I miss you and would love to join YOU on YOUR adventures some time! :)

by leahhallnoats at 07/11/11 12:53PM
Sorry to have missed you in Athens; hope you had a good visit!

by benb at 07/11/11 2:30PM
Hannah, good luck with all the decisions you have coming up! I'm such an indecisive person, I'm glad I didn't face that many options. I don't think I would have ever figured it all out! Sounds like you've had a busy summer.

by silly_nickel at 07/11/11 3:38PM
Yes, read Francis Chan -- Crazy Love. Lots of good thoughts and things to consider. We used it for a Men's Study here in B'ham. The most thought-provoking piece for me was when he discussed the Parable of the Sower......"never assume you're the good soil."

Give it a read and let us know what you think.

by shrtwscrybrows at 07/11/11 3:48PM
Jonathan-no kidding! Leah, we just use the chat feature of skype. It's like aim or fb chat. Ben, hope you had fun in TN! Nikki-thanks. Barry, I did read Crazy Love but I'd be glad to read it again :) I agree, that point was very powerful.

by hannahrunswithendurance at 07/11/11 10:48PM
It's good to have you back, pujnk. :) May God bless your decision-making process! (I know how you feel.) Thy God doth undertake to guide the future as He has the past. :)

by rundrummerrun at 07/12/11 12:16AM
Francis Chan. Wonderful. I'm about to read Erasing Hell, I've read Crazy Love and Forgotten God several times. He definitely has a way of being straightforward and honest that I really appreciate, even if I realize some of his views are too liberal for me. But I recommend Crazy Love to everyone I meet. So good.

by emmylou at 08/06/11 5:51PM

what up, 2011.

at 06/12/11 2:35PM *

Hi world!
Little update...it's been two and a half years since I've been on here. In that time, let me hit the high points:
got my A.A. at FC after my first year there
lived with Ju laurhianneah (figure that one out) ;) for two years on campus
started dating Josh after we went to Aaron and Emily Smith's wedding together
drove to Huntsville a lot ;)
was a member of North Terrace church for 3 years and also attended the Spanish-speaking congregation at Seffner on Sunday afternoons for the last year and a half that I was there
went to Disney World for the first time. and for the second time.
lived in an apartment my last year with Laura Bowles, Heidi Acuff, Charity Gibson--update--now Jalbert, and Leah Hall (at various points)
wrote a million papers (almost)
was a history SI leader (American History and Western Civ)
graduated with my B.A. in Liberal Studies from Florida College
drove to Birmingham a lot ;)
was in Julianne and Jady Copeland's wedding
went to New York City twice (loved it!)
started going to school at Western Kentucky University for a master's degree in history, where I am a graduate assistant and I work at Mathnasium.
lived with Bethany Hubartt and Rhianna Jenkins :)
have watched both the gi rls that graduated my year at Broadmoor find wonderful husbands.
and plenty of other weddings.

My little brother is getting his driver's license in September.
My sister is done with her freshman year at Western.
Life's a vapor...a good one though.
I have one more year until I have my master's, Lord willing. I've got a lot of free time this summer. That's always nice...but I'm not making money. Oh well. Can't take it with you.
So what's new with you?

Saw your post on Facebook! Yay Pleo! It just has a different feel than FB, less cluttered, and with more room for longer expressions of thought. Glad to see life is going well for you. Any particular sort of specialization to your history M.A.? Working on a thesis?

by engelishgentleman at 06/12/11 2:59PM
Yes Jonathan, I will begin writing a thesis on the Fisk University Jubilee Singers this fall if all goes as planned. So my specialization is "post-Civil War US history." Someone needs to come up with a better name for "post-Civil War." Postbellum? Haha...how are you doing? :)

by hannahrunswithendurance at 06/12/11 3:05PM
Good to have you back. Now I don't have to run through my list of names to find SO MANY of them NOT white :P

by smallgreenbug at 06/12/11 3:47PM
(Sarah (Gailey) Benson) in case you didn't already know ;)

by smallgreenbug at 06/12/11 3:48PM
Haha hey Sarah!! Hope things are going well with your sweet little family. Always good to hear from you. Maybe I really will keep this thing up :)

by hannahrunswithendurance at 06/12/11 3:54PM
I think of time since the Civil War as the second half of U.S. history. :-) Good luck with the thesis experience! It's...interesting. Let me know if you want to discuss thesis-writing with someone. :-) I'm moving to Fort Worth, Texas, in about two weeks. This fall I'll start the doctoral history program at TCU. Crazy. Last week I went to the FC Labor Camp and had a good time. Life is going fairly well, though it's challenging as always.

by engelishgentleman at 06/12/11 6:16PM
Welcome back! Even though I see you every week and am starting to feel like I'm stalking you because I just posted on your Facebook wall! Also, I really like your last post, from 2.5 years ago. It reminds me a LOT (aka ALOT) of your fun little stream-of-consciousness speech from yesterday morning.

by nerdosaurus_rex at 06/12/11 8:35PM
I haven't changed a bit, Allison. :) Good luck with that, Jonathan! I'm sure I will be consulting you as my research/writing process begins.

by hannahrunswithendurance at 06/13/11 12:39AM
Hi Hannah! Nice to get an update. I knew you'd do well, congratulations!

by textilet at 06/13/11 6:12AM
That's a lot! Got married 5 years ago and had two kids in three years. Love them bunches!

by sarai_31 at 06/13/11 12:03PM
KNJUP HANNAH PUJNK
There's my palindrome for the day. SO glad to see you back on Pleo (and to be back more-ish myself)! Weddings, weddings everywhere but not a drop to... uhhh... whatever. Miss you. Miss N Terrace. But blessed^max to be in VA! Don't be strange. Or a stranger.

by rundrummerrun at 06/13/11 3:02PM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! So you posted on my wall for the first time in...FOREVER, AND you posted on your own blog. That just made my day. :) I've been very glad to see you at various points through out all the time mentioned above. And I very much love you too. :)

by heidiw at 06/13/11 4:31PM
Have I told you we are the same person? I'm American History SI leader for next year and planning to do liberal studies with the intent to get my master's in History. That's the current plan at least, who knows what God has in store. But I'm glad you posted, I miss you and am so glad things are going well!

by emmylou at 06/13/11 6:22PM
Woooohoooo....you're back!

by anna6689 at 06/15/11 11:17AM
the only stinky thing about pleo is you can't "like" people's comments. everyone, i like your comments. thank you. Don't be strange. Or a stranger.

by hannahrunswithendurance at 06/16/11 12:40AM
Hola, Hannah! So I'm adding you to my friends list now that you've posted on here again :)

by august28rose at 06/17/11 8:00AM

the days have grown long; i sing the same song & i know...

at 12/13/08 12:00AM

hi everyone.
i'm at my house. i love it. i love hendersonville.
normal trees are amazing.
snow is amazing. frost. ice. snowflakes. especially when it's coming down while we're FLYING THROUGH IT!
planes are so fun.
planets too. especially venus and jupiter.
this semester is over. whooooooo
i had 6 finals. they were ... well, they're over.
i went to the beach wednesday. florida is bipolar. wonderful.
hockey tonight was fun. yeah commandos. not that i EVEN care about hhs anymore... :)
i love my friends.
i love my family.
i am so blessed.
i need to make new years resolutions because my life has a long way to go.
everyone, let me know how you're doing!!
♥ hannah

Good to know that you are doing well! I am doing good here in PA! :)

by kread at 12/13/08 11:44AM
I'm glad you're having a good break so far :) I flew for the first time since I was 10 and I loved it! haha

by sjbgurl at 12/13/08 12:06PM
::high 5,4,3,2,1:: Let's share resolutions sometime.

by rundrummerrun at 12/13/08 9:01PM
i haven't seen you in a long while!

by phoenixfire at 12/14/08 11:37PM
Haha. I just glanced at my Job notes and saw "Dinosaurs!" written in the margin. :) Happy winter break! I hope you're not frozen!

by jmetzger at 12/15/08 7:02PM
i miss you too! haha--normal trees. im never gonna forget when you gave me the leaves. it made my entire fall :) how was FC this year?

by mintifudge at 12/15/08 9:14PM
Yeah finals are rough. I just finished mine at WKU last week. Have a good christmas Hannah. :)

by bluegrass_boy at 12/15/08 9:38PM
thanks!!! you're the best too- miss seeing you- maybe I'll catch you before you head back to FL

by razz at 12/15/08 10:30PM
growing up i took "normal trees" for granted, being in FL and now in TX I miss them so much- hope ya have fun on your break

by barbershopboy05 at 12/15/08 11:12PM
yep she did! :)

by lionessofgod at 12/26/08 1:54PM
who is this??

by lol_smile456 at 12/28/08 8:49PM
oh, thanks :) i knew who you were at first and i never changed your name on my friends list and i was like "who's that"

by lol_smile456 at 01/07/09 9:44PM
I was so happy to hear that you are the Western Civ. SI. I will definitely be seeing you!!! lol Good luck this semester!

by sherbear at 01/08/09 8:53PM
Hah hah! You know what's pretty cool?
Dinosaurs!

They're pretty cool!

by rundrummerrun at 02/25/11 3:39PM

please vote! (if you can, you ought to.)

at 11/03/08 3:19PM

the future of our country depends on it.
the future of your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren depends on it.
their schools.
their rights.
their safety.
their opportunities.

OUR opportunities.

so vote!

John McCain & Sarah Palin
:)

GO McCAIN!!!! I can`t vote but if I could I`ve vote for him :-)

by tomboy_in_tennessee at 11/03/08 4:00PM
Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Vote. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray.

by rundrummerrun at 11/03/08 4:24PM
AMEN!!!!!!!!! lol. just one more day. Scary. Prayers in the air :)

by lionessofgod at 11/03/08 6:42PM
What Stephen said :)

by sjbgurl at 11/03/08 9:43PM
I agree! GO MCAIN PALIN! I sure hope they win. Its scary to think if Obama won.

by fiddle_girl994 at 11/04/08 9:39AM
What I would give to be able to vote in this election ...

by sr15min at 11/04/08 11:27AM
I voted McCain/Palin two weeks ago. :)

by vampyric_ky_girl at 11/04/08 4:22PM
We'll live through an Obama presidency. I don't particularly want to, but I wouldn't much rather live under McCain, either.

Baldwin/Castle 08.

by dr_corndog at 11/04/08 5:45PM
update!!! I miss you :(

by tabycat at 11/17/08 10:18AM
it's rachel! add me!

by lol_smile456 at 12/04/08 1:44PM

It's what you wanted!

at 07/19/08 3:55PM

I was just feelin' a post again. I'm getting pretty spontaneous these days.

So Holiday World is fun. Just don't let the little 16 year old boys who work the rides hit on you because it's awkward.

I miss people. Who would've thought I'd be saying I wanna go to school soooo bad? Well, not me. But whaddya know. Here I am saying it.

I loved seeing everybody at kamp last friday night.
Last night was Cookeville Bible study.. small but very good.
This friday night is Devo in the Boro.
Summer is flying by for sure.

Let me know how you're doing!!
2 Tim 1:7

I misssssssss you!!!!!!

by anna6689 at 07/19/08 4:31PM
Ah, my bro will be at D in the B, but I'll be in transit from AZ to VA. Which, this comment comes to you from just outside Phoenix, AZ! May the Lord continue to bless your efforts and keep you productive in His service!

by rundrummerrun at 07/19/08 6:01PM
Wait, who gets to work at Holiday World? I sure never did. How come you get cool jobs like that?

by dr_corndog at 07/19/08 7:05PM
i was thinking about that just the other day - this is the first time i can ever recall being so excited to go back to school! i miss everyone - including and especially you - sooo much!

by elby2007 at 07/20/08 12:05AM
Hannah! It's been forever, what're you majoring in?\

by stephen_hall at 07/20/08 12:10PM
if you think the 16 year olds hitting on you there is ackward... try working the weight floor with the 40ish guys... always wierd

by razz at 07/20/08 1:46PM
I get to see you soon :) Yay

by sjbgurl at 07/20/08 2:10PM
I haven't seen you since the lectures! It's good that you're getting spontaneous ... and posting.

by sr15min at 07/21/08 9:11AM
hey mom said i could borrow her car so you and sarah can both ride with me if she wants to go :-)

by razz at 07/21/08 11:20AM
when did you go to kamp kennessee? i saw your name in the group & sounded familiar somehow...

by tickets at 07/30/08 12:30AM
Hmm, did I go to the Cookville Bible study once?

by smileofdawn at 08/18/08 7:26PM
Is this Hannah Hudson??

by vannas at 08/26/08 10:28AM
you used to update us all the time...now I get nothin...how am I supposed to keep up with you??? :( Hope FC is goin great. love you.

by rica5219 at 09/24/08 11:39AM