Good Day

Today, I think, is going to be a good day. For one it is Friday, two I get to see real friends, three I heard back from that school in San Francisco and I have an interview next Thursday. Actually, the principal made it seem more like she just wanted to talk to me about what the school was like with the pastor and 4th grade teacher that is there now. This really sounds good. Please pray for me while I decide on whether this is the place God has in mind for me. As of right now I'm seriously considering taking this call if they extend it to me. What a change this would be!

Today at 11 I'm leaving and heading to Alma, KS to the homestead of one Crystal Mosel and, bonus, Sarah is coming too. This is gonna be one kick ass weekend with us three girls. :) I'm freaking exciting! As you could not tell... This is the first time since Christmas that I've been able to see real friends, and these ones are from CUNE which is totally different from my friends at home. Its hard to explain but the truth.

I hope whoever is reading this is having a great day! :) I know I will be, and I need it sooooo bad!

The light at the end of the tunnel

The past few days have been really good. Yes, good. That is not a typo. I was more shocked than you are right now.
Last Thursday I got a phone call while I was in the grocery store. This isn't a strange thing at all but this was a great phone call. It was a..... drum roll please.... Principal from a Lutheran school in San Francisco, CA. I was super excited to see some interest in me. I didn't really think I would want to move to California. But since Thursday I've been thinking about it a lot and the more I think about it the more I like the idea of moving there. Any comments on this? I have never been there before so I don't really know what I'd be getting into. Plus I don't want to count my eggs before they've hatched. But this really sounds like a good job. I would be one of two 4th grade teachers. How great does that sound?

I've got a lot of other stuff going on right now too. The youth is super busy, I'm going to Kansas to see Mosel and Sarah this weekend. I'm so pumped about that!

Today is, as you know, Valentine's Day. It was a ridiculously busy/crazy day at work. I was so sick of sugar by the time school was over I seriously thought I was going throw up. Thankfully I didn't, I went and exercised instead. I'm glad this day is over. I'm going into detox now, tomorrow I will be back to normal. Normal Tina... well that's not really going to happen ever but I will be better than now.

Newsflash!

Today the most unbelievable thing happened. Well more than one thing. First of all I went to early service at church. That NEVER happens. And, people actually talked to me. That has never happened before. Normally I am totally invisible to the people there. It was really weird. Nice, but weird. So they know I'm leaving sometime this summer and now they decide to talk to me. Whatever. Only 4 more months here, 3 more and schools over. I can do this...I can do this... I can.......hopefully.

Go ahead, kill me

The past three days have been horrible. HORRIBLE! It has been made clear to me that I don't want to stay here and the church doesn't want me here either. Tuesday I spent an hour and a half talking to my pastor about how I do not feel a part of the church and why I do not want to stay here another year. I'm fine with ending out the year as well as possible and even doing VBS before I leave. That was a no brainer for me. Well, just talking to my pastor was really stressful.

Then came Wednesday night. I knew there was a school board meeting and I figured they would be talking about me. I was pretty mad that I was not invited, because this fucked up school board will not let you attend unless you have an invitation. I did not have an invitation, but three other teachers did. Go figure. But they weren't not in attendance when they talked about me. You are only allowed to be present when asked. I got a phone call about 8:15 from the principal. I was asked if I had any intention of staying at all next year. I said no. So then I was asked to resign my position. Asked if I knew when I would be leaving. I have no clue when I will be leaving THIS SUMMER! That is 6 months away. They did not even give me any time to find another call. This is bullshit. I'm so pissed. This is freaking ridiculous. This is not the way a church it supposed to treat their workers. Note to anyone reading this: Never, ever, move to Ft. Morgan, CO.

I really need some time away from this place. If I don't get some down time I'm going to blow up at somebody. It will probably be someone on the school board or a family member of theirs.

Get me out of here.

Thank you to all of you who have put up with all my whining this year. If not I probably would be 6 feet under right now. I know no job is perfect but this one is the opposite of perfect. Hopefully this will be the end of all the crap. But I have a feeling it won't be....