Stress Week

I'm too lazy to hash out the details and I am BEAT. I'm just going to copy and paste from my facebook post. Also my body shut down on Friday after it was all said and done. I think stress did me in and I was sick but as soon as I rested for a day it went away. I'm still very tired. I haven't booked any sub jobs for this coming week. I'm going to play it by ear.

Oh man. I’m feeling a lot of feelings right now. Long story short I applied for a teaching job and I didn’t get it. I’ve been working three part time jobs for several years and I really enjoy having flexibility in my schedule. I choose if I want to sub or not and I schedule my morning teaching classes online, but it is tough juggling several jobs too. I was working a ton and thought it would be easier to just teach full time and work one job and make more money than with the three jobs I was working. I saw an opening for a job and I almost talked myself out of applying since it was a life skills class (health: green light my major) and coding (red light: have no idea how to code). With some encouragement from some of my teacher friends at school I decided to go for it. So since last Thursday night I’ve been in a bit of a stress manic mode of gathering letters of recommendation, updating my resume, cover letter. All. The. Things. Looking up interview questions, trying to learn coding…by Tuesday I was a hot mess. Luckily I figured a lot of my stuff out with some help of some peeps, (thanks Lana and Kelsey) and by Wednesday morning I was okay. I went to the interview and was surprised and happy that the Principal didn’t even ask me much about coding since the class is mostly computer directed. I felt like I interviewed well and although I haven’t been in my own classroom in 12 years I have subbed at that school A LOT as well as taught over 2,600 classes online. I found out I didn’t get the job tonight and I have a lot of mixed feelings no doubt, sadness, relief…again all the things. Mostly I would say I’m glad it’s over. It felt good to have people rally behind me and I know I have future support for future positions. I’m also proud of myself for trying. It’s really hard to put yourself out there. Okay if you’ve read this long KUDOS to you! Anyone looking for a Health or Biology teacher let me know!

Gabby had her dance recital on Saturday. She did great! I think this dance was harder than she's used to because she was really focused on doing the steps and wasn't quite as showy in her performance as she has been in the past. Regardless she killed it. Great job Gabby! 

Scott's work had it's Christmas dinner. We had a fun time chatting with his co-workers. Scott has some great people that he works with. I love his boss the most. He's been a really good fit for Scott, praise be! 

Today I've been trying to wrap presents and figure out my Christmas shopping list. It's getting close!

Okay, that's all! 

Hopefully this youtube video link will work...