NYC vs. DC. It's getting close to decision time!

Phoenix on Monday, NYC on Tuesday and Wednesday, DC on Thursday and Friday morning and then back to Phoenix, then this Sunday back to NYC for our field trip... What a whirlwind!

I had one interview in NYC and two in DC. All three went well and there is potential that all three could offer me a job. NYC already has, but I asked if I could wait until I have heard from the other two before accepting or declining their offer. Both DC places promised to let me know by this coming Friday, which is also when I promised to let them know, so... in less than I week I have to make one of the biggest decisions of my life. I am so nervous. I want to make the right decision.

Add on top of the stress of making decision the fact that I will be on a field trip with my College Bound Club. I have to make my decision while on a field trip. Field trips don't lend themselves to a lot of reflective time :) I know that the Lord will guide me though. He will help me know and knows that I have to make the decision during such a crazy time.

Every once in a while I get into stress out mode and start to question everything, but the Lord usually comes along before I get too flipped out and calms me down. I am so grateful for that!

Well, speaking of stressing out... I gotta go finish getting everything ready for our field trip!

New York, DC, Utah oh my!

So, it has been months since I last posted, but a lot has happened, so I thought it was about time I wrote.

So, about three weeks ago, I went to NYC to purly to prepare for the field trip that I am taking my junior high club on next week and came home thinking that I wanted to move there. I have wanted to move there for a while, but when I had the chance three years ago, it didn't feel right. So, I came home, prayed a ton and got my answer. NYC it is.

My life has been absolute chaos since... I had to apply for teaching jobs there, do phone interviews, tell my principal, prepare for the end of the school year, move out of my classroom, prepare for my field trip in a week and so many other things... what a crazy few weeks.

So, I do not have a job in NYC yet, but know that since it is right, something will work out. I have an in-person interview next week at a great school there, an in-person interview in DC (mostly for summer school, but also to keep my options open, I gotta have a job) and two more phone interviews for next week. I am praying that at least one will pan out. I am hoping for the one at Achievement First (the in-person in NYC next week).

I know all of this is crazy, but I know it is right and one way or another everything will work out. I just need to get a job, sell my car and find two more roommates to rent my house... Know anyone who needs a car or a place to live in Gilbert? :)

It has been a while...

I have not blogged for a while, so I thought it was about time to blog again. Life has been full of discovery lately. I have been working to learn more about myself and it has been an interesting journey.
One thing I have realized is that I think I want to be a school librarian. I think that would be such a fun job. I would get to spend the entire day teaching kids to love reading. How cool! Plus I would be ale to do a college unit with the whole school. The only problem is that I want to stay at my school and I don't think our librarian is going anywhere anytime soon. So, if you have any ideas for how to nicely get a librarian moved to another school (in a way that she will be happy about), let me know :)
I have also been learning a lot about money. It is amazing how owning a home will teach a person about how to properly handle money. I am grateful for the learning experience and especially grateful for a job at this crazy economic time.