Heard about the job....

So I talked to Laura's mom about working for their family, and she said it sounds great and I just need to turn in my application and do some training hours and then I'll be all set to start working for them! The only thing is, it's not full-time like I was hoping. It's just like 40 hours a MONTH. But it'll still be great experience, and the mom is a special ed teacher who knows tons of people and would be a great resource. Plus, she said she knows other families who may need me to work for them doing the same thing. So I'm excited!

So I'm going to keep subbing...and I changed my availability so that I could start subbing in middle school. We'll see how that goes...

Josh had a job interview in College Station this week. I'm prayinggg that he gets the job. If he does, I will probably live with Josh's parents here and then move down to CS this summer. I thought I had to do my student teaching in the Dallas area, but I called the program and found out I could do it somewhere else! I know it might be hard to get a placement in College Station because of how many A&M students have to do their student teaching in that area...but I feel like it could work out. I know I shouldn't already be thinking about all that, but ya know...I am.

Praying for a job!

So I have been really discouraged lately about not having a steady job, not hearing back about several interviews, and trying to figure out which restaurants I'll apply to next. I don't really want to work at a restaurant, but if that's what I have to do to make some money, then I will do it.

My mom called me last night about a possible job that sounds amazing and perfect for me. Ok, so Josh's best friend Todd's girlfriend, Jenny, has a sister that is 24 and has special needs. Their family, who lives like 20 minutes away in Richardson, is looking for someone to watch her and hang out with her for like 6-10 hours a day. My mom heard about this job because Jenny's aunt is Susan Cutrell from Sulphur Springs.

Anyway, I have to fill out the application and paperwork because they have to hire someone through a company. So I am just praying that this works out because if they hire me, I could start right away and I could do that probably until I have to student teach next fall. And I really think it'd be perfect for me and I'd love doing that way more than being a waitress.

So if you read this, I would really love for you to pray that this works out. I feel like this is already a huge answer to prayer!

Don't wear shorts when it's cold outside.

Helloooooo!

I don't know how to start this off. It's been too long. So let's just dive right in.

I finished my first semester of classes with a 4.0 wooohooo! I love the low expectations of A&M Commerce grad school. It's a beautiful thing. I'm taking three more classes this semester, two of which will be online, so I only have to make the trip to Mesquite every Monday night.

I've applied for a bunch of teacher's aide positions and random restaurant/coffee shop jobs in the last month or so. I have an interview at a school on Monday, and I had an interview with Starbucks last week, where I discovered that my college degree was working against me and they didn't want to invest in me only to be hurt when I leave for a better job. Oh well!

So, here I am again, desperate to do some subbing, but since it's just the first week back to school, I haven't found any work yet! It's just ridiculous how much free time I have on my hands. I've been slumping back into a lifestyle of watching multiple episodes of Family Feud at a time...which you know is never good...but at the same time, it's SoOoOo good. I DO, however, have some standards for myself, which is not watching The Bonnie Hunt show, The Tyra Banks show, or Maury anymore. When I've watched these shows in the past, I've never been happy I watched them afterwards.

I have been doing super awesome about working out, I have to say. Eating well, ehh, not so much. I'm doing better, but I still have a ways to go before I could proudly stand before Jillian Michaels. I've gone to at least one class per day at the gym regularly for at least the last month. One day, I WILL surpass the 50 year old women that teach my class in athleticism and stamina.

So after I went to the gym today, I figured I would go ahead and go straight on to Wal-mart to get a few groceries. I was wearing knee-length shorts, a t-shirt, and a hoodie (Cute, I know!) Well, as we all know, it's effing cold outside these days. But I didn't mind braving the cold just to run into the grocery store and run out to my car. So I'm in the produce aisle of the grocery store, and an older black woman approaches me with a scowl on her face and angrily says to me, "Child, I can not BELIEVE you are out here in this freezing cold weather wearing that. You have got to be out of your mind. What is WRONG with you??" I laughed nervously, because I had no idea how to respond, and she goes "No I'm serious, what is wrong with you??" And then she just stares at me waiting for me to tell her what was wrong with me! Ahhhhh! I was scared of her. If you know me, you KNOW that I have the utmost respect for strong-willed black women, and wish I WAS a strong-willed black woman, and here I was being scolded in Wal-mart by one. Dang it! She said a few other things and I just continued to awkwardly smile and waited for her to finish. The last thing she said was "You've got to be kidding me! Take care of yourself, sugar. You have GOT to take care of yourself..." as she shook her head and walked away. I'm never wearing shorts again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!