unemployed...

well...i haven't been unemployed since i got out of college and was looking for my first teaching job...yesterday i called my principal and the athletic director and resigned...so i was offically unemployed...i had an interview today with the superintendent of the school district that i had already had 2 interviews with...lincoln community school...i had found out wednesday night that i was one of their finalists to meet with the superintendent...i wasn't really that nervous to be honest...i mean i was in the fact that if i didn't get this job the fact was that i would probably be subbing most of the year looking for a long-term sub spot...but in terms of the interview..i wasn't that nervous...i figured that all i could do was be myself and be true to what i believe and who i am...what is meant to be will be...and i had a lot of people praying...so i spent the morning packing and getting ready because regardless of the outcome we were going to be driving most of the way to michigan and finishing tomorrow...i headed to the interview...with good lucks from everyone at the house...
when i got there i had to wait because she was with someone...i thought 'oh good now i can see what my competition looks like' haaaaaaaaaaaaa...but no one walked out except for the superintendent...she was very nice...she actually kinda reminded me of my grandma rene...such kind eyes...anyway...
we sat in her office for a good 30-40 min talking and her interviewing me...then she asked if i had any questions for her...my one and only question was 'what is your timeline for hiring because i know you are going out of town for 2 weeks' this was her response "well, you came highly recommended by the interview committee at lincoln...actually you were their only recommendation...so i would like to get this sorted today if possible"
well i just about needed a pull-up on or something because i almost peed my pants...i had just been offered the job...not only that but i had been the only finalist...haaa they made me sweat that one out...i was thrilled...of course i accepted...i will be teaching a 3/4 multi-age class this fall in a school that has a total of 120 students in it...(odd to think that just last year there were more kids in just the 3rd grade...50 of them being in my room)...i am very excited for the small village type school experience...
thank you to all those that were praying and for all the well wishes...it worked...
the day just got better as well as the cubs made a come from behind win 6-5 over the brewers...well dom was excited for that...we listened to the game...
we are in new york on our way to michigan...we are staying a 2-star...i know...the big time now that i have a job...hotel in london canada...then up early to get to pappa's as early as we can...i guess we are going to the beach in the afternoon (which should be interesting since im not sure if my swim suits still fit??? yikes....)
til the next post
oh yeah we saw a trailer home that was painted like a black and white cow...haaaaaaaaaaa will post pic later

apartment photos

im just putting a bunch of pics of our apartment up here...it is what they call a 'green building' which means it is environmentally friendly...

and the beat goes on...

and on...i had my interview tonight...i didn't leave it feeling good about it at all....i left thinking that i didn't get the job...i felt good about the interview and that i was myself...i was told when i left that the finalists would be interviewed by the superintendent of the district on friday...either way i was going to get a call tonight letting me know if i needed to stay in vermont another couple of days or if we could leave for michigan tomorrow (thursday)...
8pm tonight i got 'the phone call'...the principal started off by thanking me for coming and meeting with them...i thought well here we go...and then she said we would love for you to interview with the superintendent on friday....i just about peed my pants...i was soooooo excited....especially since it was not the way i thought the phone call was going to go....
sooooooooooooooooo...keep the prayers going....
had grilled salmon and caesar salad for dinner....was really good then dominic and i walked down to the gas station in town and got slushies for jen, him and i...it was nice out...after a 99 degree day...there was a concert in the park tonight...i guess there's one every wednesday night at 7...kinda cute and quaint...
oh yeah...expect a picture of the one and only stoplight in town soon...haaaaaaaaa

here's the town of bristol

http://www.midvermont.com/area_info/bristol.shtml

take a look at this...the 4th of july events look like a blast!! haaaaaaaaaa

not going to be homeless

well we got the apartment...sooooooooooo excited!!...one thing sorted now i just need a job...got the interview tomorrow...keep praying...we went and got the materials needed for 2 marshmellow guns...dom and seth got to work on them soon after we returned...they are as i am typing sitting on the front porch shooting marshmellows at a pop can...crack me up...it is 11pm here...
we grilled steaks and corn on the cob tonight...trying to keep the heat outside...steaks were great...nice job dominic...after dinner dom and seth played a game on polish horseshoes...google it...quite interesting especially in the dark...
anyway...about to head to bed...got a big day ahead tomorrow...

view from near the top

These are the views from near the top of the mountain behind the beck's place...we hiked up there today...these photos are from awhile ago...it is a steamer today...95 and very humid!! the bugs seemed to like both dom and i...this is a great hike...(dad and shar you might want to train on ser largo(sp?))...can't wait to take people up here...the town you see in the pics is bristol...my soon to be new home!
after we got down the mountain we went to the creeme shop (that's what they call ice cream here...odd huh?) had a couple of corn dogs and headed back for home...
think we are heading to williston for some supplies...(dom might be creating a marshmellow gun?)
catch ya later

housing options

well as much as we liked this house both dominic and i have a weird feeling about the guy...he is very nice but just something doesn't feel right...he was going to check our references and let us know by the end of the week...i didn't have a good feeling about us actually getting it so we started looking at other places...we looked at a place right in town...it was ok nothing special...would do in a fix...but didn't really love it...
for those of you that don't know what towns/villages are like in vermont (which i didn't) they don't have apartment complexes like the suburbs do in minnesota...most people rent a room out of a house here...or rent a house...there are 2 buildings in town that have been converted to apartments...not a complex...one building is full and the other has 1 apartment open...dom and i went to look at that one...the building we were looking in only has 4 apartments...
the place we looked at is awesome!!!...we both loved it right away...it is a 1 bedroom that is 1200 sq. feet...the floors are cork and it is all open...it has 1.5 bathrooms...the shower has slate tiles on the floor and walls...very excited about it...the landlord designed the building...he is very cool and down to earth...we told him we wanted it and he just needed to check with the people that rent out the bottom level (phoenix yoga)...they had talked last week or so wanting to maybe rent it out but the guy doesn't think they are ready to take that on quite yet...
soooooo are really long story short...we are meeting the guy again today and will find out if we get the apartment...
might actually get our butts off the couches and go hike up the mountain behind the beck's place...