01/27/2013

  I want a full time job so badly, as in like yesterday. I am so over this part-time teacher aiding crap. Maybe I would feel differently if I wasn’t aiding in a two year old classroom? I am overqualified. I do is change diapers, and take directions from a person who doesn’t even have a teaching license! I offer developmentally appropriate ideas and she shoots them down. Over it.

 Initially I took this job on the premise that it would help me secure an interview when an actual position became available at the school (the principal told me this at the over the summer when no positions were available).  I emailed the principal a few weeks ago to remind him of my interest for the 2013-2014 school year. He emailed me back letting me know that they have a very defined process for filling vacancies and they have already earmarked a girl who will be graduating in the spring to fill the position that I was hoping to interview for. Awesome. I’m glad I wasted a year of my life aiding for this school thinking it was my "in".

I should explain. My husband is the pastor at the church that is associated with the school. In the Lutheran world it is typical that if a guy is a pastor at a church and his wife is a teacher, the school at said church will usually hire the wife to teach. It is also expected that we send our kids to this school.I in no way believe I should just be given a job because of Will’s position (even though I lost my last job because of him–yeah, not bitter), but I wish I could at least interview. I’m a good teacher, and I’d like the chance to prove it. My biggest fear is that I won’t find a teaching job for next year. I can’t imagine spending another year out of the classroom.

In other news, I was in my cousin’s wedding this past September. The whole wedding was filled with drama      (not between the couple, but between the bridal party). Here we are four months later. She is three months pregnant and getting divorced. I’m trying to be supportive, but I am having a hard time agreeing with her decisions. I can’t understand why NOBODY is trying to convince her to stay in this marriage, or at least to seek out counseling. Her husband still very much wants to be married, but she wants nothing to do with him and is actually being pretty terrible to him. She is saying she is going to fight for full custody of the baby. It’s a very sad situation. I don’t want her to feel alone, but I also don’t want her to think that by me constantly listening, it means I am in support.

The kids are all doing well. They usually get along really well (especially while wreaking havoc on our house), but they have been fighting all day long. Abby has an ear infection and a yeast infection so she has been super fussy. She is super adorable though. I can’t believe she is almost one!!!