Hello Uncertainty!

Okay, so I'm about to embark into some unfamiliar territory in more ways than one. First, unemployment. I'm hoping I wont' have to rely on this, but considering the numbers for Ben's salary alone just don't add up I need to investigate this should I not get the substitute teaching I had hoped for. However, I hope to prevent this by going to meet some principals after I'm completed at BBC a week from today. That being said, I am embarking into more unfamiliar territory. A new school district...new schools...new people to meet. It's a bit nerve racking. Nothing job wise has really been made available for me to apply for in this district. It's just not a great year for teaching jobs. Therefore I will resort to the 6 AM phone call, and pray that it is for an elementary school. "Oh Lord, PLEASE let it be an elementary school." Seeing as God seems to enjoy having me face my fears, I have visions of me being in middle and high schools. Oh have mercy on us all! Just please let it ben an English class. I could live with that...maybe.

Sometimes it's hard to understand God's timing, but I guess that's how we grow. I mean, I usually think I have everything figured out, and then He goes and stretches my faith even more. I mean, I might have a baby come February, and as it stands, I have no full time work which means no maternity leave. I am on a leave of absence from District 14, mainly as a "safe guard" for myself and Ben for various reasons, but if I can't return there come next year, my "B" contract will be officially gone. I was told that it might help me in this district, but I'm still waiting to see the dividends of that.

Wait. Wait. Wait. Well, I will hopefully be updating this more often with my teaching adventures. Despite the uncertainty, I am excited to return to the classroom - where I belong. I'm even willing to volunteer in the meantime while I wait for some phone calls to help get my foot in the door, but even more so to be around the children.

Well, amidst all of this uncertainty, at least I know that one thing is for certain. God. He has proven Himself to me time and again, and so, though my knees are shaking, I must choose to look at Him and not at the waves around me. *sigh*