Miss H lands her first real job :)

Well folks, despite my grand designs to return to the motherland (MI- thanks, Mitch) it appears as though God had different designs for me for this coming year. I had several wonderful interviews up in Michigan at great schools. I love the hand state and I love my great lakes. It seemed like a near perfect fit and I spent countless hours searching for jobs, checking district websites daily, and completing dozens of applications. And then one day, while helping my sister with a track workout, I get a phone call from a school I never initiated contact with. Yes, they contacted me at the job fair in the spring, and yes I chatted with them briefly. But now here I was several months later, fully expecting that job to have passed, and what do I get from them? A phone call. What do I do that night? Fill out an application. And the next morning? Call the school to get the new principal's name and end up setting up an interview for the following week.

And so, after the Brown-Vanderberg wedding, I hopped in the car with mom and KK, drove the 270 some odd miles down to Indiana, interviewed, and drove home. Two days later I receive an informal offer, pending approval of the superintendent. That was a Thursday. Monday I received an official offer. Five hours later I accepted it. That was just a few days ago. Now this Monday I'm signing papers and searching for an apartment in a town already overrun by college students (I love you guys :P ).

So, here is my official announcement. I am teaching at Madison Grant in Fairmount, IN this year! So all those middle school Algebra students and high school Precalculus students better watch out. They have no idea what's coming their way. ;) It'll be a huge learning process. But shoot, I've been waiting for this moment for over a decade. One would hope I'd be ready by now. And I think I'm as near ready as any first year teacher can come. Except that I don't have my textbooks or classroom yet. All in due time. Most importantly, I'm just plain excited. There's no fear, apprehension, or anxiety. At the moment, I'm only concerned about finding a place to live- I need to move out in less than two weeks.

Speaking of which, remember when I said, once upon a time, that I was setting myself up for a last minute hire? Well, I got it. And after today everything but my furniture and clothes in my closet are ready to go. So let's find that apartment, rent that Uhaul, and get her moving. :)

For those of you who will be at/around TU in the fall, I expect to see you and have the chance to feed you at least once in the course of the upcoming year. Maddawgs, bring over those DC bananas, we'll put them to good use and carry on the banana bread tradition. ;) Love you gals!