It has come to my attention that I have been tossing you guys chocolate morsels so to speak. "And to everyone... Dark Dove chocolates" (that's me pretending I am a queen and making an announcement as cannons shoot off candies and confetti to you all). But who can live off delightful treats alone. Every once in a while, a girl (or fella) just needs a little meat and potatoes. So, it is at this time that I fill you in on the large portions of time spent out here.
As many of you know, I am working at a local elementary school here in the city of Redlands. This district is particularly hard to get into but with the help of some friends and the Lord's mighty provision, I was able to sneak in as a sub. I was not six jobs into subbing before I landed a part time (aka consistent) gig! This job began in January and consisted of the most fabulous schedule! I worked from 8 until 12:20 everyday. Just enough to rake in a few bucks while still allowing for ample wiggle room to cook, clean, visit with friends, grocery shop, do crafts, make things, run to jo-anns, glue my fingers together, make more things, and sneak in a soccer game or two. Oh, it has been an incredible blessing!
Real talk, at first I was a bit nervous because it was a public school and my experience with public school is more minimal than the rain California accumulates in a year. But, it was the door the Lord opened and I am not foolish enough to pass that up. One down fall with this type of job is that you do not interact with your coworkers much. They mostly congregate around the water cooler at lunch but just before that time, I am clocking out for the day. However, with the Lords goodness, I found I was getting to know them through random crossing of paths here and there and before you knew it, we were swapping digits! (in the voice of the minions) "WHHAAAAAAATTTTTT?" And just like that I was in. The teaching team I worked with at the school was so incredibly supportive, there was no choice for me but to succeed. Oh the Lord is so good.
But when the year came to a close, that particular job did as well. I had a ton of support as fellow coworkers kept asking me if I had landed a job or not. Now, in hindsight, I see that I was not setting myself up for an idea situation as we were headed out of the country at the beginning of summer and not returning back to Redlands but 6 weeks following. This would make for communication to be a bit more difficult. However, I felt fairly certain that if that job opened up at the school again, I was first in line. Unfortunately, August came and it didn't. That particular job was no longer an assigned position. The Lord goes before us though and on the first day of school, I got a call asking if I could be a long term sub. This is an EXTREMELY long story short (full of inconsistencies such as the district saying I am unqualified to teach but qualified enough to train the new teacher... yada yada yada) but, it is roughly 30 days into the new school year and day number one is the only day I've had without a job! The principal at the first school helped me find another long term sub job until Christmas and returning from Christmas, I have a job from January to April!! I mean, holy smokes... as He provides, He does not withhold!! Zach and I have been immensely blessed!
With all of that being said, Zach and I are in awe of the Lord's goodness and not so much California's education system. Each week I come home with stories that only provoke Zach's previous thought of, we may end up homeschooling our kids. So, with that being said: Bring on the jean jumpers. I'll go get my themed sweaters right away!
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