More training...

Another week of training has been added to my summer schedule. In July, after we move, after the two youngest are at the father's home for their visit, I will be heading to Austin for a week to get some training for my new subject next year. I have finally been given APUS History. I have my dream classes next year. I will be teaching US History and APUS History.

What this means, however, is that I will be doing a lot of reading over the summer and lesson planning. I need to recharge my US History knowledge. I have to take it out, dust it off, and hope I can remember everything I feel like I have forgotten. :)

K is happy about this latest schedule though. What this means is she gets to go to Austin with me for a week and the only thing we have to pay for is her food. My hotel and transportation costs are covered by the district. She loves going to Austin. We seem to be able to relax up there. We can just be ourselves up there without having to worry about someone paying any attention to us.

I can hardly believe my school year is winding down. This time next week I will be done for this year. I fly out to Ohio Wed. morning. June will be busy. July will have its busy time as well. I have a feeling my summer is going to go by MUCH faster than I want. I must take time out for myself this summer as well. Re-energize for the new school year. There are several new changes coming at us in the next 3 - 4 months. I must be energized enough to face them.

When its over...

its time to teach again....

Its is the last day of Spring Break '09 and I can honestly say I spent the majority of my break just doing things here at the house. I did do some school related things, but honestly I spent a good chunk of it doing, well, not much.

I did do some work around the dining room, that was the extent of the "spring cleaning." However, our dining room does have less items in it and I was able to actually throw some things out that had been needing to hit the trash bin for awhile and I just hadn't done it. (ie I am under motivated to clean.)

Today my focus is split in two. Need to finish up the dining room and then finish prepping for this week's lesson plans. I am somewhat excited about this coming week because I get to begin teaching what I love to teach most - US History. Its only for 5 weeks, but they are my 5 weeks, and I will enjoy, at least I hope, every day of it.

I am assuming that if I am going to get a walk through of my classroom it will be coming in the next few weeks. I have only had someone in my room once this year and it wasn't the individual who would evaluate me.

There are a few things around my classroom I know I need to finish up too. I had actually begun cleaning it up and out before leaving on the break. I need to finishing putting primer on that back wall to cover the maps so I can have a good coat of paint up there soon.

K and I have semi-finalized our plans to go to Austin for the big job fair. The biggest obstacle is/was having someone watch the kids the one night we will be gone who can get Nate to and from school the full day we are going to be up there. That is no longer an obstacle. We have acouple of good friends and one has graciously volunteered to stay with them. She has stayed with the before nad the kids like her, so its cool. We'll leave food and gas money and they are all set. We have our reservations at a hotel close to the site and K has already begun looking for an outfit to wear. She has class the night we need to travel up so we will head out as soon as she gets home from class. We will be up there less than 24 hours this time around.

It is going to be a busy day, but a productive one.

And now...

What?

Thats the question. We are going to head to Austion for a couple of job fairs during the month of April. The hope is that we are offered jobs. The fear is, we are offered jobs. What if we are? A whole new set of questions will need to be answered and a whole new set of issus will need to be addressed.

First off a move to Austin would mean we are both going to be working. That in itself is a new ballgame for us. Then of course there is the - what the hell do we do if the house doesn't sale concern.

Austin should bring us opportunities we don't have here. My fear is, what if it doesn't? What if we get there and hate it or worse love it and lose our jobs.