Hi girls,
It has been a while since I posted on here so I thought I would do that. Work is taking over my summer days and because of that I feel like I am never at home. I have less than two weeks left of work. We are done August 7th. Work has been going not too bad. I was uneasy going back to working at Meadowbrook because the second summer I worked there, I was miserable and wanted to be at another park. The kids come from homes where parents don't care, the language used is horrible and 9 year olds are cussing, etc. Basically I would never in a million years live in that neighborhood. We have three girls, including myself, working at Meadowbrook which has helped. Its only now where I am feeling like ok I would like to be done with work now. Some of the older kids who are bored and come to hang out eventually start causing trouble at our shed.
I posted about two weeks ago with the interview that I had. I found out last Friday that I did not get the job. I was really disappointed and it basically ruined my friday night. I had tried not too get my hopes up but I felt really good walking out of the interview and thought I had a really good chance. The job would have perfect: first grade at a catholic school and the drive would have only been about 23 minutes. Not too shabby at all :) So I emailed the principal earlier this week to find out how I could improve on my interviewing skills. Well it turns out that I had done a great job at the interview and that they were torn between picking me and another candidate. Well the other person must have had one thing that I didn't and so that is why they picked her. The principal ended the email with saying she would keep all my information because she would love to have me work at the school. So that made me feel better in knowing that i had improved on my interivewing abilities but then at the same time I'm feeling like ahh!!!! I was soooo close. I was hoping the principal would share with me what that one thing was but she didn't. I am curious to know what it was. So now I am back to the daily job searching. There is a position that my friend found out about that is in her district but i think its only internal right now. I'm hoping it goes external. It is for half day Kindergarten at South Whitley. That is all that I know about the job right now. I also saw a posting for preschool at one of the elementary schools here in Huntington. I didn't even realize they had preschool. The only thing I am not sure about is that I think they want the person to have a specia ed. license, which I don't. So I'm not sure if that will work me or not. Plus, I am not too thrilled in teaching preschool. The youngest grade I ever would be interested in teaching is Kindergarten. So I may apply for the position, but if I was offered it, I would really have to think if being around a lot of 3 year olds would get to me.
Jordan and I looked at a house back on July 12 that was a for sale by owner. The house is two blocks away from ours. We decided to take a look at it and we both really like it. The only thing is that it is a tad bit more expensive than what we were wanting, so we are talking about it. Its a two story house, very nice inside and has a beautiful and big front porch. The inside has been kept up very nice and he was able to tell us about the neighbors around the area and they all seem nice. In case any one hasn't heard me ranting about the neighbors acoss from us right now, that is one of the reasons I want to move. Plus, Sophie needs a yard and this house has pratically nothing. Its sad. So Jordan and I are going to talk about the house and see what we can figure out. If we are truly serious about getting the house, my mom has expressed interest in coming to see it which I would like her to do. So I will keep you updated on what happens. We will probably go look at it again soon and I will take pictures. This time the house will be empty. The family was moving two days after we looked at the house to Anderson, IN. So there was a little bit of furniture still in the house when we looked at it, which was helpful.
I know this was a lot of writing but I wanted to update you all :) My mom and I are doing all right, making it through each day. Just please keep us in your prayers as we start entering into a new school year where the holidays will slowly be creeping up. Its going to be a hard time for us and I'll need strength. We've been going through my dad's items which is soo hard. I have some clothes items which I have hanging in my closet and the remaining clothes my mom has been donating to a men's shelter. There is still so much to go through of his, but of course we can only go through so little at a time. We are also working on picking out a gravestone for my dad. The area is so miserable looking right now :( I want to share this with you girls-never feel uncertain about bringing something up about my dad or asking me how I'm doing or anything like that. I want you to. Sure I may cry or feel sad all of a sudden, but I want that. I want to make my dad still be a part of my life and talk about him. There are times where I'm with you girls and I will mention something my dad used to do. I know that there are people out there who after a death can't talk about the person. I don't want that. So don't ever feel uncertain in asking me. If I don't want to talk about it, then I will let you know.
I miss you all and pray for you each day. Hope your summer days have been enjoyable thus far.
Love,
Elyssa