The Adventures of Kinky Reggae: A Vagabond for Beauty

All anyone wants to talk about is how much 2016 sucked, and I'm just over here like, "This has been the best year ever." It's been a rough year for our country, but in my personal life, I feel like "everything's coming up Erin." I left a comfortable life for the unknown, and it has paid off. I didn't think I was unhappy in Phoenix, but I didn't realize I could be *this* happy. Everything fell into place so easily with this move. I can't believe I signed a two year lease just a few weeks before moving without even seeing the apartment, and I love my place. I love going to work every day. I have one class with some jerks in it, but my other classes more than make up for it. My kids make me laugh, and they are growing as readers, and I am surrounded by professionals who go above and beyond for their students. I'm never asked to sub during my prep, class sizes are reasonable, and I am given money to spend on my classroom. I never want

Thursday was fun times with Kris! He took me out to dinner, and then we went to Temple Lights. The lights weren't that great, but it was still just fun to listen to Christmas music and hang out. I kinda like spending time with him. 😊 I did like the Nativity scene: We tried to get a cute picture with the lights... I wanted the whole world to see my "high status man candy." The craziest conversation happened at dinner. He asked me if I'd heard of Science Mike. Yes... what a coincidence! Science Mike and The Liturgists came to my church last year. I wasn't too surprised that Kris had heard of him, though, because he listens to tons of podcasts and likes science. But then he asked me if I know who Rob Bell is. There was a moment of silence because I was like, he did NOT just ask me that. I used to be REALLY into Rob Bell. Like, I've read all his books, listened to his sermons, read everything he put on the internet, blogged about him many times (