While I was home, I was sitting with Kayla at her house in Caldwell just hanging out. My phone started ringing and I noticed it was a 907 number. Earlier that week I had also recieved a call from a 907 number and got a little excited thinking it could be a principal. (I had emailed some princpals while at home.) That first call was the Alaska Unemployment Department so I didn't get excited about the call I got while with Kayla.
I answered and started talking. Kayla said that after a couple of minutes she could tell I was talking school. It's true! I was talking to the principal of Cottonwood Creek in Wasilla. She asked if I was able to come in talk with her later that afternoon. I told her I was in Oregon and she just asked if I had a couple of minutes to talk then. Of course I said sure but I had to do a 180 with my thinking. I was in vacation mode and had to quickly start thinking school. Well, the conversation went very well and I am now the new 4th grade at Cottonwood Creek! That means that I am now a Cougar!
This was such a blessing for me to be hire before I returned to Alaska. Up to that point of summer, I hadn't really worried about getting another job. There was nothing I could do at that point that would make a difference. (I got laid off in May due to budget cuts and I was 3rd from bottom of the senority list. I was put on the Recall list and was pretty optomistic about getting rehired but hadn't really thought about it too much.) When I was in Oregon, Scott went to work in Rexburg. He is currently still there and will be until mid-Aug. I knew that as soon as I got home on Sunday night, I was going to start worrying and freaking out about whether or not I'd get a job and have no one to comfort me or tell me to quite worrying, which Scott does frequently :). I had to be in Anchorage for class the whole next week so I wouldn't have been able to go to schools to drop off my resumes. I would be at a disadvantage compared to all other applicants. Luckily, blessedly, I was called and got a job before I got back. There are no words to truly convey how I feel about this new job.
I'm so happy to be a Cougar!
