On overdue update.
I'm so sorry it has been so long! I seem to go on survival mode during the week and by the time the weekend comes, I'm so exhausted and frustrated I have no desire to write here! Only 9 more days of school and my sanity should return. I'm totally burned out and I'm in dire need of a change.
I'm trying to get a new job. I had a prospect in mind at a high school in our system that I could be the head choral director and the assistant band director. This job would be awesome and would give me more money as I would get the supplemental pay for both positions. We have an issue in my district with race (I'm not sure if I have talked about this before or not). There's a huge lawsuit that's been a battle for over 40 years now that there is supposed to be equal black teachers and white teachers. Anyone with a brain realizes that this is virtually impossible since the numbers of new teachers are extremely low - disregarding race. So I went in for the interview and when I walked into the school I saw a choir director from another high school in the system. She's black. I immediately became extremely nervous thinking I didn't have a snowball's chance of getting the job now because this school doesn't have their black quota met. That was almost 2 weeks ago and I still haven't heard back from them.
In the meantime I've been using every measure possible (short of going to a temp agency) to find a new job. I WILL NOT be back at this school again next year - I'd rather drive a forklift in a warehouse then go through this again. The mother of one of my students works at the hospital and is over hiring in a few areas. He told me to email her and ask her about openings but I put it off because I was nervous and thought I'd look like an idiot asking her about it. I finally emailed her and she has been extremely helpful! I applied for a position in billing and another as an Admission Specialist. I applied on Tuesday night and was called for an interview on Wednesday. I'm hoping this is God opening a window for me and it's just not another test of my faith and perseverance because I'm on the verge of becoming homicidal.
Corey has had 2 interviews for a job at a bank. We're hoping this will turn out to something great because we both HATE retail hours and are ready for him to have a predictable schedule with less drama.
We're going to Illinois for Father's Day weekend. My grandparents are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. 60 years!! We're really excited but I'm a bit disappointed that they're not having a PARTY (I think we're just going out to dinner). Being married for 60 years calls for a little more celebration than dinner at Silver Dollar. But I'm 500 miles away and can't plan it myself so I guess I'll just go with whatever they plan.
The new addition to our family is a puppy named Diva. She's an American Eskimo dog and she's a little fluff ball of energy. Corey's cousin's dog had her and she couldn't keep her so Corey, being the softy that he is, said we'd take her. No we have 3 dogs - if you add their weights together it really adds up to one big one or 2 medium sized ones ;) I love her and she's great. We gave her a very appropriate name as she is NOT a cuddler and sometimes has listening problems if she's working on her own agenda. Overall she has a very sweet personality and the other two are slowly coming around to her being here.
And there you have it. That has been our lives in a nutshell since the last update till now! :)
I'm trying to get a new job. I had a prospect in mind at a high school in our system that I could be the head choral director and the assistant band director. This job would be awesome and would give me more money as I would get the supplemental pay for both positions. We have an issue in my district with race (I'm not sure if I have talked about this before or not). There's a huge lawsuit that's been a battle for over 40 years now that there is supposed to be equal black teachers and white teachers. Anyone with a brain realizes that this is virtually impossible since the numbers of new teachers are extremely low - disregarding race. So I went in for the interview and when I walked into the school I saw a choir director from another high school in the system. She's black. I immediately became extremely nervous thinking I didn't have a snowball's chance of getting the job now because this school doesn't have their black quota met. That was almost 2 weeks ago and I still haven't heard back from them.
In the meantime I've been using every measure possible (short of going to a temp agency) to find a new job. I WILL NOT be back at this school again next year - I'd rather drive a forklift in a warehouse then go through this again. The mother of one of my students works at the hospital and is over hiring in a few areas. He told me to email her and ask her about openings but I put it off because I was nervous and thought I'd look like an idiot asking her about it. I finally emailed her and she has been extremely helpful! I applied for a position in billing and another as an Admission Specialist. I applied on Tuesday night and was called for an interview on Wednesday. I'm hoping this is God opening a window for me and it's just not another test of my faith and perseverance because I'm on the verge of becoming homicidal.
Corey has had 2 interviews for a job at a bank. We're hoping this will turn out to something great because we both HATE retail hours and are ready for him to have a predictable schedule with less drama.
We're going to Illinois for Father's Day weekend. My grandparents are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. 60 years!! We're really excited but I'm a bit disappointed that they're not having a PARTY (I think we're just going out to dinner). Being married for 60 years calls for a little more celebration than dinner at Silver Dollar. But I'm 500 miles away and can't plan it myself so I guess I'll just go with whatever they plan.
The new addition to our family is a puppy named Diva. She's an American Eskimo dog and she's a little fluff ball of energy. Corey's cousin's dog had her and she couldn't keep her so Corey, being the softy that he is, said we'd take her. No we have 3 dogs - if you add their weights together it really adds up to one big one or 2 medium sized ones ;) I love her and she's great. We gave her a very appropriate name as she is NOT a cuddler and sometimes has listening problems if she's working on her own agenda. Overall she has a very sweet personality and the other two are slowly coming around to her being here.
And there you have it. That has been our lives in a nutshell since the last update till now! :)