Jobs...ho-hum!

Well....I heard from the Caldwell principal yesterday...another rejection. Which I was preparing myself for already after I saw the position was removed and I hadn't heard back from her since my interview. At least she called. There have been times I haven't even gotten that much. I wanted to ask her point blank what I needed to do to improve....but I ended up just saying "thanks, bye." instead. I have an interview tomorrow with another local charter school. To my knowledge they only have around 100 students in grades K-12. I asked the superintendent what position I would be interviewing for and she said it would be a Language Arts position for multiple grades ranging from 4-8. Boy, that not the ideal position! The development and needs of 4th graders are so much different than 8th graders. How would I be expected to "teach to the test" when I am dealing with 4 different grades. We shall see how the interview goes. I have a list of questions I am prepared to ask in the interview to find out if they are a possibility for me. I feel like they have to be an ideal match for me just like I have to be an ideal match for them. I don't feel like I should take a job if it will be a miserable situation.

I emailed my former principal today updating her on my situation and asking if she would be able to write me a letter of recommendation. She said she would be glad to! So these next couple of weeks I will be in the process of putting together a mini-porfolio with my info in it. I plan on taking the portfolio to any other interviews that I might receive. I'm currently trying to find out any information I can on what to include in the portfolio. I have found a couple of ideas, but some people say include this, while others say don't. So I am going to have to decide what is most important, and especially what is going to make me STAND OUT! I need to find a way to make it cute and creative without being over the top...and without spending a gazillion dollars.

Other than that, we are slowly but surely unpacking boxes and finding special places for things we don't need at the moment. Clay is finishing up his last 3 days of classes until his finals next week. I will be so glad when our nights aren't spent with me watching the Astros (alone) and Clay studying Biology and reading adolescent literature! Until next time...

Moving and such

Well, we are all moved in and in the midst of unpacking the items that are of necessity for the next 5 months. Friday and Saturday proved to be 2 of the longest days of my life, and I can probably speak for the rest of the crew by saying the same for them! We went through many bottles of water and took lots of breaks before the final piece of furniture was moved up 3 flights of stairs and into place! Friday some of the Video Lab crew came to help us with the heavy stuff and their help was soooooo appreciated! We could not have done it without them! Saturday my mom and I spent most of the day cleaning up our townhouse to rid it of dust, dirt, grime, and dog hair! There was entirely too much dog hair! We still didn't get it all clean, so Clay and I will have to go back over there sometime this week, before we turn our keys in, and sweep, mop, and clean the downstairs bathroom. We are still getting adjusted to living in an apartment again and hearing all the noises that go along with it...including these 4 year olds that live on the 1st floor and like to play outside right below our window at 7:30 in the morning! Hopefully we will find all the boxes there own space and we will actually be able to walk across the floor without dodging anything!

On another note...job hunting is still proving fruitless. My interview with the principal at Caldwell last week went really well, or so I thought. She told me she would call me about a second interview, which are supposed to be this week. I have not heard back from her. The job posting was taken off the website on Friday as well. Which could mean they don't want any more applications. But it just doesn't seem promising. I go from 3 interviews within a week to nothing real quick! There is still time, but it is just dwindling fast. It is just not easy to find teaching jobs in this area....which is proving to not be a fun experience. All I can do is continue to pray and ask for God's will to be done, and trust that it will...which is always the hard part.

This is Clay's last week of summer school! Yay! He will have his finals next week and then be done with summer school forever! Hopefully the fall semester flies by and graduation gets here quick! Until then we just wait...

It's been forever....

So it has officially been forever since I last posted. Literally, as you can see, years! I guess blogging took a backseat to school, wedding planning, graduation, and finally teaching. I will try as best as I can to update this as often as possible, but sometimes, frankly, things just get too crazy!

I am currently in the process of multi-tasking in a lot of different areas...First we are moving yet again to another apartment this weekend. It will only be for 5 months, which means we will move again in December. After much deliberation and calling every apartment complex in B/CS we found one that actually does short term leases. We thought this would be the best decision considering I do not have a job yet and at the moment we can only commit to being here until Clay graduates. So, my parents, and Jonathan are coming down this weekend to move us out of our townhome and into our new apartment. I'm sure it will be drastically hot, but hopefully we can survive the heat as well as moving furniture up 3 flights of stairs...yikes!!! Jonathan will also be moving in with us, since a short term lease was all he could commit to as well. It should be a very interesting 5 months to say the least!

Secondly, I will have my third interview in 5 business days tomorrow. My 1st one was last Thursday in Lockhart, my 2nd was yesterday in Navasota, and tomorrow's will be in Caldwell. I have yet to hear back from Lockhart, but received an email from Navasota this morning with a "no" answer. Which was pretty much a bummer...rejection is never easy, but I know that God has a special place for me it's just trusting him and his timing to reveal that! Interviewing has never come easy for me...sometimes it is difficult for me to put my thoughts into words, escpecially when you have 4-5 pairs of eyeball staring back at you awaiting your response. Talk about nerves kicking in. You want so bad to give them the answer they are looking for, but instead end up screwing up your thoughts and falling flat on your face. Oh well....gotta get back up and try again next time! My interview tomorrow is with just the principal, so I expect it to be a little more relaxed. I will be interviewing for a 3rd grade reading position, so hopefully my enjoyment of teaching reading is conveyed through my responses.

Life is continuing to be busy with searching for jobs, interviewing, Summer School for Clay, packing boxes, and moving this weekend! Maybe one of these days everything will slow down...but until then enduring craziness is inevitable!