I can't believe it's taken me so long to post this, but not only have I gotten a job in Rochester, but it's only 5 minutes away from my house =) Yay! I am an official 4th grade teacher at Hope Hall! I sent my resume in after one of the women I worked with in Rush Henrietta told me what a wonderful school it was, and although no jobs were posted, I was called for an interview about 2 months after I sent the resume in, and was hired the very same day I interviewed!
The whole process was so surreal, I'll never forget it. We had been visiting Dan's family in Duanesburg for an extended weekend, and I had broken the news to my in-laws that Dan and I were quite possibly moving to Abu Dhabi. My mother-in-law cried, which was so hard, she felt like she'd never see the kids again =( While driving home on the Thruway, I received a call from Hope Hall asking me to come in for an interview. I was ecstatic to say the least! The interview was the next morning at 9am, so I hardly had time to prepare! I actually didn't think I'd get the job, but I was excited for the interview experience. The next day I was SO nervous, but after meeting with Sister Diana I just "knew" the job would be mine. She called me at 4pm that same day to inform me that I had gotten the job =)
Everything happened so fast! One day I was planning to move across the world to do what I love, and the next day I'm a 4th grade teacher working 5 miles away from home! I started working on my classroom immediately, and now I am just shocked to realize that school is almost here! I went threw a week of training about 3 weeks ago, and I have been at work doing staff development ever since. Everyone is so unbelievably nice and welcoming. I will be working with the 3rd and 5th grade teachers very closely, and they have been super nice and understanding with all my questions! My classroom is basically done now, minus some decorating, which I think I can tackle in about 2 hours time =) It's so nice! I'm so happy! Plus, now I can actually (barely) afford my student loans!!! That is such a relief! I know I won't have a ton of extra money per month, but at least I can afford them! Now I can start building up my credit!
This job is such a blessing. Plus, if I stay at Hope Hall for 5 years, I (hopefully) get $17,500 towards my student loans! I can be completely debt free by the time I'm 37... that just sounds amazing to me! Yay for growing up!!! I can't wait to meet my 12 little munchkins on Wednesday!!! =)
