Well my room is pretty much ready. I've worked my little tail off this last week. I've been working in my room from at least 7:30 everyday until, anywhere between, 5 and 7. Then I would come home and work on more stuff until 10 or 11 every night. Poor Jesse has cooked dinner practically every night this week. And Rusty feels neglected. Lol. But I'm pretty much done with all of that, and my room looks really cute! Bright and colorful (pics to come later). Getting a classroom ready in a week is a lot of work. Not to mention getting everything ready to start teaching... I'm excited, but nervous at the same time. I got to meet with my kids for about 30 minutes Friday afternoon. I only have 14!!! The smallest class I've ever had was 20. That's pretty exciting. And the teachers on my team are great! They're so nice and willing to help with anything. Everyone in the school is. Gotta love small towns! Pray that everything goes well for me on Monday!
wow, busy busy!!! Good luck with your new year. That is so stressful but you sound like you are really preparing, and I'm sure you'll do great. It's so awesome that you will have 14 students!!! That is amazing!! It will stay quite busy for a while, but hopefully you will love it. :) Good luck!
So I finally had that 2nd interview yesterday, and I was offered the 2nd grade position! So I finally have a job!!! Now I have to wait for the personnel director to call me to go sign the paperwork to make it official. Hopefully I should start at the beginning of next week. I got the call last night, and Jesse took me to Starbucks with a couple of friends to celebrate. Lindsay and her husband Coby, our friends, live in my apartment complex, and she teaches 1st grade at the school where I just got hired! So we plan to car-pool! I'm really excited. No TAKS!!! Thank you to everyone who offered prayers and concerns for me. The Lord teaches us humility and patience, and He always provides. I hope everyone takes advantage of their mid-week Bible studies and I hope you are edified and you edify your brethren (Jesse just preached a great lesson on edification).
Hey girl! How are you! I had a pumpkin spice latte this morning and it reminded me of you. I'm pretty sure EVERY time I drink one it will remind me of you. Aren't you thrilled?! :-D
So as far as I know, everyone and everything is ok. Most of my family even has their power back. They are still having to boil water before using it, but that's about it. Other than tree limbs everywhere, everything is fine. Thanks for all of your prayers on their behalf. Continue to keep the less fortunate in your prayers.
What a mess. Thank the Lord, I haven't heard of anyone that has been hurt from the storm. All of my family had to evacuate. They went to various locations. The army sent my brother-in-law, my sister, and their 2 kids to Mississippi. My parents went with them. But now the army made them leave there and go to Baton Rouge. This is where they should stay until they have power again in Vidor. Apparently, that may not happen for about 4 weeks or so... My parents are still in Mississippi, and will be leaving in the morning to head back to Passadena, by way of Vidor. They still don't know how their house is. The rest of my family is in Dallas. As far as we know, their houses are ok. But they're not sure what they're going to do. Some of them are trying to get generators to bring back home. We'll see. But like I said, they're not expecting that area to have power for about a month. Please keep my family, and all of those affected by this storm, in your prayers. With no electricity, that means no jobs/work for a month. I'm not sure what's going to happen. But I know it's in God's hands.
The plants should be back up pretty quickly. Other things won't, of course. We're headed home tomorrow afternoon, or as near to home as we can find electricity.
Glad they are all okay. Have they seen their houses yet? Where my dad works (DuPont) got several feet of water, but his house got none. Hope your family lucked out, too!
hey! how are you.. you've probably heard updates by now but just in case Vidor seems to be okay..i think our whole town is basically restored to power..and it's only been a week so not too bad not too bad.. =]
I got a phone call this morning from that small school whose principal I've been bugging. They're adding a 1st and 2nd grade teacher, and I got called in for an interview. I was there a total of 1 hour and 40 minutes! The principal seemed to really like me (he's a talker...), so hopefully I'll get called in for a 2nd interview. He has to put a hiring committee together (consisting of 2 1st grade teachers, 2 2nd grade teachers, and probably the counselor), and the 2nd interview will be with the committee. Then the committee will place someone in the 1st grade position, and someone in the 2nd grade position. He said he still has to interview a few more people. So it's not guaranteed, but it's a good start. He's wanting to hire someone by the end of next week. I would greatly appreciate your prayers about this!
