New Job!

I think most of our friends/family are already aware of this fact, but yesterday I officially accepted a position at a great school in the Dysart District out here in Arizona. I announced the great news with this super instagram:

Who has two thumbs and a new job as a first grade teacher in AZ?! THIS GIRL!!!!

Ironically, it's name is Mountain View... which is the name of my fantabulous elementary school I attended as a child. I will be teaching first grade and will have four other teachers in my grade to work with! I am very excited to be working in a high achieving school and think I'll fit in quite nicely.

Now reflecting on the job search as a whole...
I was a little shocked at how many interviews/offers I got compared to when we were in North Carolina. Not that it was in the double digits, but when I accepted a position at Southwood it was the only offer I got out of two interviews I had. Kind of a buzz kill, right? Well here... I had four interviews (and a call for another which I declined) and three job offers. Not trying to brag.. it was just a completely different experience!

Anywho, here's to celebrating the fact that I will have a job come August! Now on to finding something for the summer... (grumbles)

Will Work for Food

Let me start this out by saying that Brad and I absolutely love it out here and have really enjoyed meeting so many great people already.

It has been a relief for Brad to fall into his steady job instead of working odd jobs and me bringing in the steady paycheck from my part-time job. However... now I'm the one who is seeking out anything I can get my hands on.

There are a L-O-T of hoops to jump through in switching over my NC Teaching License to AZ.. and a lot of papers to fill out (I think my hand is still a little sore from writing so much). Arizona has this fingerprint clearance thing.. sort of like a background check that they require before you go to work with kiddos because, well.. you don't want a child abuser in the classroom, right?! Well this thing takes 4-8 weeks to process once it has been submitted... stress me out.

One district in the area agreed to interview me.. and then I never heard back from them about the position for which I interviewed. They called a couple days ago and offered me a position. Thing is, they're 30+ minutes away and I was really torn.

Other districts are waiting for this fingerprint thing before they'll interview me. Won-der-ful.

WELL - IT CAME IN THE MAIL TODAYYY! YIPEE!!

Also, I landed another interview at a school 20 minutes away for a position I'd really like to have.

Things are falling into place, no?! If you've been praying for us, thank you. We appreciate it and feel it! Please pray that the Lord will lead me to a wonderful school where I'll fall into the swing of things and have encouraging co-workers.