It\u2019s been a few days and a weekend since we have returned from vacation. I\u2019m still waking up at 4:40 in the morning every morning, but I finally stayed up past 11PM last night and stayed in bed past 6AM this morning. I\u2019m getting back to normal.<\/p>\n
My wife and I sure hit the ground running upon our return. I made a list of everything I needed to do now that I was back and it was over 20 line items. For Barbara, it was about the same. I think I knocked out 10 items on the first day and I\u2019m now down to four items. It feels good to get stuff done.<\/p>\n
Both of us were wondering what our weight might be like after a month of eating well, but also walking long distances most day. Barbara gained three pounds. I didn\u2019t gain or lose a thing! I was hoping for five pounds at least.<\/p>\n
One of the big recent things that has happened is that our pastor and family are now, suddenly, going to Kyrgyzstan on a mission trip. This means, as trainer and travel arranger, that I have to get a lot of things done in a hurry \u2013 they\u2019re leaving in six weeks. I\u2019d sure like to go with them, but with a job (suddenly), it would take a miracle for me to go. Our first training meeting is this Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Speaking of \u201cjob,\u201d since I have been back, I have met the new principal (very nice person!) and she paired me up with the teacher who succeeded me last year on my long-term assignment. Things were looking up, and then I talked to the other teacher this morning: he said that things were about to change and that we should talk after I had talked to the principal, who would be calling me sometime today. I thought that this might be a good thing, but then I saw an open position appear on the teacher job site. This could still be good. I applied just to get my name in the hat. My wife then reminded me that there is still another person in the district who is looking for a social studies position at the high school. If the person who I am replacing long-term, due to maternity, decides not to come back, the district person could get my job and I\u2019d be out. This made me, temporarily, depressed because I thought that the odds of this happening were pretty high. Well, I was wrong. At 5PM, the principal called to tell me that another social studies teacher had resigned and so a new spot had opened up. She wanted me to apply so I could be in the interview mix next week. She was pleased to hear that I had already applied. Hopefully, I\u2019ll get that job next week so I can get real wages. But even if I don\u2019t get the full-time job, I still have this long-term assignment as a backup and it too could become a permanent assignment. God is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s been a few days and a weekend since we have returned from vacation. I\u2019m still waking up at 4:40 in the morning every morning, but I finally stayed up past 11PM last night and stayed in bed past 6AM … Continue reading