Back to School!

We went back to school on January 4th. That first week was rough getting back into the swing of things. I got so used to sleeping in during my two weeks off, that getting up at 6:45 was a big snap back into reality. That was the week we got all the snow. We ended up getting sent home on Thursday at 2:15 and had school cancelled on Friday. I was a little surprised to see school cancelled on Friday, but I guess the corporation received enough flack for sending us to school on Thursday that they thought they better make up for it. It was nice having the day off, although I spent the whole day cleaning since Kyle's family was coming over for Mexican night.

This past week was upset by constant talk of the school corporation's financial situation and who would or would not possibly have a job next year. Unfortunately, I am on the list of being very uncertain as to whether I'll have a job or not next year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It's very scary to think about, but I'm trying to be realistic and look ahead in case I have to eventually. Only time will tell.

We had a three day weekend this week because of MLK day. Our next day off isn't until President's Day. =( Work is going quickly right now because we are doing our DIBELS testing. However, music is getting harder and harder to teach each day. I just can't get motivated to be excited and teach something that I know nothing about and dislike doing. I'm already counting down the days til my last day of teaching music.

I'm definitely ready for nice weather to come. I'm getting very tired of the cold and dreariness. I would love to plan to go somewhere for spring break this year. Kyle and I have never gone on a spring break trip together and the last trip we both went on was our senior year of high school almost 6 years ago-WOW-weird to think of! However, I am sure that we will stay home and save our money for something better, like trying to get out of this house. We're both definitely ready to move back out into the country whenever possible. We even have our eye on a few houses we'd like to look at eventually, but right now we're trying to get our ducks in a row and figure out if and when we can put our house up on the market. We'll see. I'm even debating on getting a part time job to speed the process along, but am really struggling with trying to get myself to apply for a job that will take up my free time (well what free time I have outside of grad school and tutoring). I guess I just need to decide which one I want more, and as the nice weather gets closer and closer I am reminded of the constant annoyance of our neighbors that are always over. So right now, I am thinking that part time job is looking better and better.