June 22, 2009
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Finally!
It’s hard to believe, but today I have some regular house-hold chores and work this evening. Nothing else.
It seems like my whole week, no – my whole month just opened up for me.
Why? Because finally, after 2 years of looking, I am done looking for a job. No more resumes, cover letters, emails, checking job boards. I’m done.
What brought on this feeling of finality?
I GOT A TEACHING JOB!!!
Woot!
It’s a 5th grade position at a Catholic School. I will be the only 5th grade teacher. They have one class per grade. The principal and the two assistants were fantastic and I loved the school! The interview went SOOOO well. I was hoping against hope that they thought so too. Evidently they did because they offered me the position at the interview – even though they still had interviews scheduled for later. Then after the other interviews they called me and offered again officially. I’m so STOKED. You don’t know how relieved I am to finally have a REAL job. It means so much for us. It means that buying a house is no longer a dream – it’s a time line. It means regular shopping for needed clothes for me and the girls. It means new bedding and bath stuff for the house. New furniture. All of this is eventually, but it’s all stuff that has been attached to “when I get a job…”.
Know what else it means? That the boxes and boxes of curriculum and trade books and misc. educational items that I’ve been lugging around for the last 10 years are finally, FINALLY, going to be out of my storage shed, my garage and my house! That right there is enough to get any sane person totally revved up!
Friday after the interview I called hubby to tell him the news – he said it was the best Father’s Day gift I could have given him.
All week end I’ve been wandering around just smiling randomly. I keep thinking – I want to do this in my classroom… I need to get this out of storage… I can use this for that…. etc., etc.. Then I stop and think “I HAVE A JOB!” It’s awesome.
I was really starting to doubt myself. I thought maybe I wasn’t meant to be a teacher after all. I always thought it was my calling, but maybe I was wrong I thought. At the interview though I could see they appreciated all my gifts and talents. It was redeeming. I think God has been trying to guide me this direction all along, and I have been resisting. As usual I think I know what’s best for me, when the truth is getting out of the way is what’s best for me! LOL
OK – I have a LOT of cleaning and organizing to do. (I have to clean the garage first so I have someplace to bring out my teaching stuff and go through it – it’s a vicious cycle – )
I hope to be back on xanga more, now that I don’t have to spend all my free time looking for jobs.
Whew. You can’t imagine the relief and excitement I feel. It’s AWESOME.
I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!
Comments (9)
Congrats to you! :celebrate:
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!! This is wonderful. I’m glad you will finally be teaching again. How many students will you be teaching. Must be a very small school to have only one teacher per grade. At least you will not have over crowded rooms!
Congratulations to you! You will do such a great job and be such a blessing to those kids. It is wonderful when God lets you get paid to work where you have a passion. Serve Him well!
WOW!!! I am so happy for you! It’s been such a long haul trying to get to this point. It sounds like it has the potential to be a really terrific environment too. Tell me, did you quit your job at the hair place immmediately?
Hey, how’s your daughter? If I remember, you were concerned about her and she was going to Hawaii?
You must still be walking on cloud 9. What are you going to do with your first real paycheck?
That’s great news! :celebrate: :celebrate: :celebrate: I’m so happy to hear your news
Congratulations! What a wonderful, wonderful event!
@dtrask - my first real paycyheck, I’m not sure, there’s so much I’ve been putting off – new bedding for the girls, new bathroom stuff, new clothes, visits to the vet — the list seems endless. Probably buy new clothes (which has also been on the “hold” list – lol). I haven’t quit the hair salon yet, but plan to be gone by the first of august. Maybe sooner if they can find a replacement for me — I’m so excited!:dancingcow:
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@suzyQ_darnit - THANK you!! :birdie:
:so-cool: :celebrate: :dancingcow:
that is incredibly awesome girl! I’m so happy for you!!!
Where have you been? You must be busy getting ready for school to start, huh? Come back, I miss you.