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The job interview at the charter school was . . . interesting. Kind of a laid back interview, mostly at-risk students who want to go to college. It's a small staff, nice people from what I could tell. I showed them my portfolio of activities, lesson plans, calendars, assessments, etc. I kept my LOA reasons out of the conversation. I just said that I'm a mom who needed to take some time off with my kids. That's true. Well, this kind of took me off guard, but they needed to do a drug test (cheek swab) in order to offer me the job. I really wasn't expecting that, but I said that it would be fine. Then, we get to salary and well, it was less than daily sub pay. I practically sleep with a calculator, so I already knew that it wasn't going to pay. I've worked just to pay daycare in the past and I promised myself I'd never make that mistake again. I had to say no thank you. My other interview fell through. Yup, couldn't believe it, but it did. My thinking is that the job had been posted for so long, maybe the school was hoping that nobody would apply. Sometimes if classes need to be created due to failures in other subjects, they dissolve classes in other departments in order to provide a budget in order to offer a class. The four sections of French could have been shuffled to create Math or English classes. Who knows?! It was a last minute thing, but I guess because I've been hoping for something "new" to focus on, that maybe one of the two would work for me. Forces seem to be telling me that it's not the right time. Even though things are what they are, I guess I'm supposed to just wait until next Fall like I had originally planned. I know that something will come up, something is bound to land in my lap. My goal for 2011 is to TRY and stress less about things that I cannot control. Whew, that's going to be tough, but my BPs will thank me for it. Christmas was nice. The kids were happy with what Santa brought and they were pleased with Round #2, my parents' gifts. I'm glad that they did leave me with gift receipts just in case. There was a lot of drama as far as where my parents would be spending the holiday earlier this year. In the end, they were very pleased to spend it with us and we outdid ourselves on the meal. Kuddos to my hubby for cooking the turkey! My elderly grandmother came too! Wheelchair, walker, diaper bag, potty seat and all! It's a lot of work to have her visit, but she really had a good time, ate a ton, and really liked seeing the boys. I'm so glad that they got a chance to know their great Grandma. We never know if this might be the last one with her. Hard to believe that it was 5 years ago that we brought home our little Donovyn just in time for x-mas. Three scary weeks in the NICU, the smallest diapers and clothes I would change thus far. We are so aware of how fast time is flying by.