May 2013 brought some major changes. I left my first teaching job to get married to the love of my life! It was hard to leave such wonderful coworkers and all of "my" kids, but it would be an hour commute. No thanks. We celebrated our love with our wedding surrounded by our wonderful family and friends, and a new chapter in life began.
I started job searching in the public school system. Truth be told, I don't have a strong desire to teach in a public school. Sure, subbing there could be okay, but to be there full time? I would miss having the ability to talk about God without having to watch my back at school. I doubt I'll ever stop being amazed at how much children "get" when it comes to faith. There's a reason Jesus tells the disciples that we should have faith like children, and I have the gift of seeing that every day and helping it grow. I ended up getting a call for a kindergarten job at a small Lutheran school, and things really fell into place quickly.
June was a blur of moving, visiting the new school and accepting the job, and going to Alaska with Tim's side of our family, helping with house projects, and getting acquainted with the new school. July was teacher meetings, classroom prep, planning out the year, house projects, and so was much of August before school started.
There are pros and cons to being in a tiny school literally in the middle of cornfields, but it has been a wonderful place to be. Now I have 4 students in my class, and when I teach K-2 PE (yes, I teach PE and find that ironic since I loathed it in high school!!!) I have 13 kiddos. I'm enjoying being able to use things I've learned from the past 2 years, and I love having a small group of co-workers who are my family away from family.
Some days it's hard with Tim's work schedule because we'll barely have enough time to say "hi" and eat before he leaves, but this is our family's version of normal. The 40 minute drive is beautiful, and we've only had a handful of truly yucky weather conditions to drive in, so I am thankful for both of those things. The only major issue I had was getting hit by/hitting a deer a week before school started on the way home from a late meeting, but even that was not nearly as bad as it could have been. The drive is a nice time to get mentally ready for the day ahead and wind down from the school day.
Life with the man I love and doing what I love...it's a blessed life indeed.
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