Job!

Okay, so I suppose I should back the truck up a little bit here. I spilled the I have a job beans yesterday in my weekly recap, but for prosperity's sake and for the 4 of you who are genuinely (bless you) curious here is the low down on how the last week played out!

So, the Friday before last, I got a tough job rejection ("a close second") at what I thought would be the job. I was pretty much ready to give up hope, but, Sunday night, on a whim, I sent my resume and cover letter to one of the Jewish day schools in the Boston area. 

Monday night they emailed me asking me to come in to interview for a suddenly vacant position. 

24 hours later I was staring at an email that was offering me a job! 

Time has barely slowed down since then!

 The school is about 30 minutes from my neck of the woods, which meant I needed to get my first set of wheels! A mere 12 hours after accepting the position, I was at my neighborhood Honda buying a car!

 Meet Zippy, my 2009 royal blue civic, we are already the best of friends!

 It also meant, that since I was coming in the middle of staff week my 5am wake-up and workout sessions started, suddenly! But to keep it real, I have missed "Way too Early" and "Morning Joe" on MSNBC.

So, to recap: within 48 hours I went from jobless, car less, alarm clock-less, and office-less to...having a job, having a car, having an am alarm, and having an office! Yes, office. Probably want to know what the actual job that earned me this office, right?

I am working as a third grade genreal education teacher (math, social studies, and language arts) and as the special education support specialist for the 3rd and 4th grades (IEPs, teacher support, supervising 1:1 aides, etc). Pretty much two awesome jobs in one, which use both of my certifications!

I hit the ground running, hard, and my head is finally stopped spinning a little... But honestly, nerves and head spinning aside, I am so excited that the universe suddenly presented me with this amazing opportunity. I felt welcomed and a part of the school community within seconds of walking in the door and I am so looking forward to the chance to start my career in an amazing place.

So, as this is being posted I am gearing up for the school year to begin! Day 1 of our year (private schools don't need the 180 so I have no clue how many we are going towards!) Ready or not, here comes the school year!

And for your enjoyment, some back to school humor: