I HAVE A JOB!

God is so good to me!

After visiting Hesperia, and realizing that it wasn't the place for me, God had something bigger and better in store for me. Friday morning (after being home for a handful of hours) Mount Vernon called me, wondering if I would be willing to drive up there for an in person interview instead of having one over the phone. So, Mom and I headed up their Monday morning, and that night I had my interview. I felt that it went really well, and the principal even thought so too, which is always a good thing. Tuesday morning as Mom and I are getting ready to head back home, I get a phone call from MVCS asking me if I want a job! :) I am SO EXCITED!!!! I will be teaching 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies, Bible, maybe Language Arts, or some high school church history/Bible classes. The details are still being worked out.

I am looking forward to August now instead of dreading it. It is a huge relief to have a job and to know what I am doing with my life and my education. Right now, I need to find a place to live. Hopefully next month I'll be heading back up to Mount Vernon to look at some apartments or some condos to rent. So far I've found a few that seem affordable...now on to car insurance. :S yucky. Oh the joys of growing up! :)

So, if you're ever in the Seattle Area, give me a call, I would love to meet up with you!

Hesperia

Well, I'm still down in Hesperia, but I've already heard about whether or not I'll have a contract here. The board and the church after some prayer and discussion decided not to offer me a contract. I am okay with that...believe it or not! During the interview process I felt that the biggest mark against me was the fact that I am from a very strong Calvinistic background, and the church is dispensational. I am not bitter about not having a job offer, but I am thankful for the opportunity to know what it is like to fly out to a school, teach a few classes, and then have an interview with the board. I have another interview comming up with Mount Vernon, and hopefully it's God's will that I teach there. Otherwise, I'll stay at home and put my name on the subsitutes list and hopefully stay busy with that.
God has something in store for me this fall, and I just need to be patient and figure it out with Him. I am still looking forward to seeing what He has in store for me! :)

Done

Well, I'm offically finished with my undergraduate work. Seems weird. For the first time in my life, I'm done with school...I don't know what to do with myself. Graduation was on Friday, and I walked wearing my klompens. It was a blast! :) I had a lot of people comment on them...it made me feel good. I head back home to Washington tomorrow morning after dropping my parents off at the airport. It's kind of bittersweet heading home. I don't know what I'm doing with my life, and I hate this feeling. I fly out Tuesday morning to Hesperia for a job interview. I am hoping and praying that it goes well. I am very nervous about this interview because I have to teach three classes while I'm down there. It helps to know that I have a very strong support network that is praying for me. When I come back home on Thursday I am hoping to be able to unpack and catch up on some much needed sleep. On Friday, I am hopefully hearing back from MVCS about a middle school position. It would be cool to live in either Mount Vernon or Hesperia. I guess that I'll just have to wait and see where God takes me.
I would love to stay in contact with you all, so drop me a line or two every once in a while.

TGIF

I am SO thankful that today is FRIDAY! Today is also my last day of student teaching, which makes me happy and sad at the same time. I am going to miss some of my "kids." Graduation is 14 days away, this makes me nervous and excited at the same time.
I heard back from a school today, and I tenatively have an interview in Hesperia on the 16th of May!! Yeah baby! :) This makes me excited....a road trip to LA right after grad...sweetness. Talk about good times..a road trip with my little brother.
Anyway, Rosh still hasn't had her baby yet, and I wish that this little one would decide to make his/her appearance soon...we're all dying to see this kid before gradution.
Well, thats all of the news here.

My awful, horrible, rotten, no good day

So I classified today as a crappy day, just based on the events at school that happend before lunch.
First hour went wonderful! :) Second hour, different story. I had to send a student to the principals office for inappropriate use of a computre. Third hour I caught a student cheating on a test. I have to call this student's parents and inform them of what happend...grr. Then, before lunch I recieved an e-mail from MVCS informing me that the Board on Monday night decided to postpone their decision about the middle school position that I would like to have until the end of April. So, IF I am going to teach at MVCS, I won't know until the beginning of May....GRRR!!!!!!! Thankfully, I still have other schools that I am looking into. There is a school in NW Iowa that I need to write a cover letter and send in my resume. Hopefully I'll get an interview, and if I really like the school, a contract! :)
Okay, its late, and I need my beauty sleep.