My Birthday in Review

Celebrated yesterday morning with breakfast in Bed that S made for me. Yummy caramel rolls. P and the kids gave me my present. A laptop! I am very excited to play with my own own computer. After breakfast I took R and 2 of her friends to Pump It Up the only summer activity she was able to do with the church kids, other than camp that is. While the kids played I sat and talked with my friend Kim whom I barely ever get to talk with, so that was fun for me! On the way home we stopped for ice cream. The day just flew by,after a lovely summer rain shower it time to go to Red Lobster for dinner. Yummy snow crab legs. I played with computer when we got home until very late. All in all a pretty great birthday. J spent the night at Aunt Jul's house, while they went up north for a few days. S went to The Salt River tubing with the youth group from church, P went hiking it was just R and I and home all day, which was good because I've been dragging.

The very next day...

After I took the para professional job 2 things happened. R was going to her friend's hour who lives in Anthem, so I decided to stop by the school I took which was on the way, from home with no traffic it took 20 minutes to get to the school. Which for me is a long drive, since I'm used to a 2 minute drive. When I got home I saw a 4 hour a day position posted for a school a few miles away from J's high school and S's middle school. I have an interview set up next Monday with the principal. I would prefer the 4 hour a day job. But I'm going to trust God on this, he knows where he wants me to work, and who knows what still might come up. Friday afternoon, the kids and checked in to a local hotel, we swam for a few hours and had a fun time. They left to get pizza and go home. P met me at the hotel when he got off work. We went to the restaurant in the hotel and had a fabulous dinner, we tried things we wouldn't normally try, it was fun, I had champagne which was awesome, the server refilled it a few times and before we left, she refilled it again had me take the glass to the room. It's been a long time since I've drank so much I had no problems with it, and even my blood levels were fine the next day. P and I had a fun time celebrating our anniversary alone. Saturday back to reality and laundry. Monday I took R out to start school supply shopping, and for her to pick out a pair of shoes for school. Today P and I took the kids to Amazing Jake's. It was very fun, but it would have been better if we had several more hours to stay and do more things. Tomorrow is S's day for school supplies, maybe a hair cut, and Vans.

"Be Still"

On April 21st, the last professional day of the 2009-2010 school year, the meeting started out with "some of you won't have jobs next school year". I knew right away I would be one of those hearing the news personally, since I only had 2 years full-time with the district. The meeting was held in the same auditorium as our church meets. Every week since then sitting in service was a reminder of being surplussed. Not that I could forget it on the other days of the week. Then July 1st came and I was put on the reduced in force category. I started applying to other districts. I actually had an interview for Friday that I canceled. As I have been praying about working it seemed like I was hearing God tell me to "be still". Today I was offered a job (really there are 2 campus openings in my job category and I had my choice of which campus). I chose the one closer to home, about 15 minutes away, and the school has been excelling for the past 3 years. I barely got off the phone with HR and the principal called to welcome me. She sounded really nice. The job is 35 hours per week, which is more than I want, but now that I am a district employee again I can post for jobs that are in the same job class but fewer hours, I don't know when something will come up, but I feel better about at least having a position to start the school year with and to work with. Please keep praying for us!

It's my party...

And I'll cry if I want too. Summer is just flying by. Only 1 more week of summer school, then 2 weeks till my birthday, then 2 weeks till school starts. It's making me depressed for lots of different reasons, the top 2 my baby will be a senior, and I don't have a job yet. I just filled out an online application for Washington School District. They have (3) 18-20 hour a week jobs posted that I'm qualified for and aren't in the kitchen or crossing guards, which I really can't do physically even if I was interested. 4th of July found the kids and I at church and out for lunch as usual, P worked till 7:30 PM, therefore no fireworks, which I think the kids are getting to be OK with, since it's been several years, I hate the heat, which is usually my excuse. We played outside after it got dark, R made a cake all by herself as a special treat. On Monday P was off and we took the kids to see Toy Story 3, it was a relaxing 4 day weekend.