The Job Front

So literally the last post before I stopped blogging for almost a year talked about me not getting rehired in the JMCSS at East Elementary. At the time I was DEVASTATED!! I felt like I had improved so much throughout the year, I felt secure in my position, I felt that I was an example and a leader on my 1st grade team, I just felt like God had put me there and I was doing what I was SUPPOSED to be doing...well, God fooled me. He did it in a way that I was NOT very happy with and was very disappointed by...needless to say, God does things in His on timings and under His terms-not our own...I will explain the situation as best as I can...

*Was called into the office and given a letter and told that "even though my teaching strategies were great" I was just not good enough for this man and that I would not be teaching ANYWHERE in the JMCSS for the next school year...oh, and this was in the MIDDLE of the school day, on a Friday when I was supposed to be going to a wedding the next day...great timing sir...

*Had to finish out the school year (almost 3 full weeks...) and instead of finishing up plans for the next school year (which I had already started...) I had to figure out how I was going to pack my room up and where I was going to put all of my stuff...not a fun way to end a pretty amazing school year!

*Fast forward several weeks into the summer, no luck with jobs ANYWHERE...

*Keep fast forwarding towards the VERY end of the summer...had several interviews, no luck, I really think that the principal ran my name into the ground because he didn't like me and because i did not like to play his games...but whatever!

*I get an interview with the middle school principal form a nearby county where my brother in law teaches...this call was on a SATURDAY and Drew and I were at Pickwick...the principal was like, just come by when you can...turns out we couldn't get back until Sunday, so I had an interview at this principal's house on a Sunday afternoon...LOVED him, he liked me, but in the end, I didn't get the position (supposedly political things within the county...)

*Schools have started, still no job, getting ready to head down to unemployment office and apply at Target...

*Name is on the sub list for several surrounding counties, and I get my first sub position-a several week long position in the same county that I just talked about...it was for 2nd grade, LOVED the environment, the position, the kids, the teachers, it was a GREAT experience...

*Get a phone call from the same county that i interviewed for the middle school...for an opening teaching part time for the adult education program...not what I had in mind, not what I ever though I would do, had an interview, had to think and pray...after thinking and praying and weighing my choices I decided to take it...

*Spent the next 4 months learning the ropes, LOVING the job, making a difference, getting praise, just all around WONDERFUL...

*Right before Christmas break I get a phone call from my present boss who was at a board meeting (I am teaching my adult ed classes...) and she tells me that there is a position at the middle school (the one that I interviewed with at the end of summer...) that would give me full time status and I would get to keep my adult education job...WHAT!?!

*The day before we leave for break I have an "interview" with my current boss and the middle school principal we decide that it's possible and that it's going to benefit me the most! I start right after Christmas break!

So I go from nothing to everything, and an amazing situation, I am truly blessed and in love with where I am right now...I think that I eventually want to get back into the elementary classroom, esp after I finish my Masters with SPED endorsement...but for now, this situation is ideal for me!

God truly has a plan, He had a plan before that principal EVER decided he didn't like me...

Pocketful of Pictures

New Beginnings...

OK, it's been WAY too long! Today marks the beginning of a brand new year for the Goldsby household...I will eventually do an update post looking back on where we have been since the last post but today it's going to just start new! I have a few "new years resolutions" but really they are long term goals, ones that I really want to and NEED to work on!

*The typical loose weight-but more than that I MUST get healthy! Drew and I are no where ready to start having kids but when we do, I know that I will want to start out on a healthy foot and the time is NOW to start the process-not the baby process, but they healthy living process!

*I also want to complete a 365-project...for me, it's not going to be a photo only challenge, but I am going to just make it my goal to have it be a blog 365-pictures, posts, links, etc...I want to use this blog as a memory keeper as well as a ministry tool...more on that at a later point...

*I want to learn to juggle my life, which has become MUCH more filled over the last semester...more on that later!

*A better wife to my amazing husband!

*I want to keep this house clean and organized-not spotless, not perfect, but presentable and liveable!

There are so many things that I want to improve on this year, things that I NEED and then things that I just WANT...My overall goal is to keep my focus on my relationship with God, when I can accomplish this, everything else will fall into place.

Here is to a BRAND NEW START and a wonderful new year!

It's a brand new day...

I am not even going to attempt to give a detailed account of what has happened over the past months...it's just not going to happen. A quick synopsis is that I finished my first year of teaching 1st grade and loved it, then did not get rehired by said principal...not going to touch that subject today.

Tonight I created a weekly "workout planner" so that I can choose different activities for each day of the week so that I can get back on track with Weight Watchers. I am so determined to loose weight before Katie's wedding in October...My workout planner for this week will be as follows...
Monday (today, technically I mowed the yard...) I created it so, nothing.
Tuesday- Walk on our treadmill
Wednesday- Rest
Thursday- Walk on our treadmill
Friday- Weights while I watch TV
Saturday- DVD workout
Sunday- Rest

My goal is to do each of these activities for at least 30 minutes a day but hopefully after a while I hope to increase the duration for each.

Snow Day

So we are having snow day number 345609 today. This week we have only been to school on Monday, and we got out early and I didn't teach anything after 9:55 so I don't really count that day...Jackson got more snow and ice yesterday and everything that was on the roads yesterday froze last night. The temps today aren't supposed to get above freezing so there's a chance that we won't go tomorrow...we'll see.

7.8

7.8.
You may wonder what this number means...it could mean a whole bunch of things but to me it means something VERY important....



7.8 is the number of pounds that I LOST during my 1st official week of Weight Watchers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

W.W. Week 2

Today starts week 2 of my Weight Watchers journey...
Drew and I talked for a long time about what we were going to do about our health. I have been so tired and worn out lately and my clothes weren't fitting and I have to admit, I have gained almost 30 lbs since the wedding...When my dress pants (for school) weren't fitting I had enought!

My mom did WW a while back and did WONDERFUL on the program they had at the time so Drew and I did our research and decided the Points Plus program was for us! Mom agreed to help us with the money part of it and we agreed to do our part.

We signed up on-line and got the monthly pass-where we pay 1 time a month, get all the on-line stuff, and unlimited meetings. We went last Monday to register and weigh in.

My starting weight was *cough* 177.2. This weight gain earned me 29 points a day. I get 29 points a day, plus 49 *free* points to use over the week, however I would like to use them. Things like jello and bananas are 0 points and all other fruits are free (0 points) and most veggies are 0, but not all. I can drink all the diet drinks I want, but I have tried to drink more water, and this week I did pretty well with the whole water thing!

I am going to go weigh in and stay for the meeting today so I will be see able if I did anything this week! I am hoping that I am able to really achieve some positive, healthy living changes with this journey. If you think, shoot up a prayer for Drew and I, even though I have done really well this week, it's a hard change to make!