Waiting

As of June 30th I no longer work for the Los Angeles School District. My tenure there was short, 10 months, but like any other assignment I met some pretty terrific kids and some odd ducks too. I could be called back at any time in the next 96 months to pick up an assignment without losing my time but I am looking into other options.

It is July 5th. I am not good at not being employed. I am good at vacationing, spending money, traveling, teaching, but not sitting, waiting, interviewing and finding a job I was not schooled in. Teachers are not in demand. Not in California. Not in the west. Not in the midwest. Not in the east. Not anywhere. Jobs are few and far between and the open ones have too many applicants to count. I am not a specialist in my field.

I have a degree in elementary education. I want to teach middle school. So I spent a lot of money I didn't have this year to get nationally certified in tecahing middle school English. I don't get the results until November. That doesn't help me now unfortunatley. So for now I wait.

All this has kicked my anxiety disorder into high gear. Part of my disorder is a need for things to be organized and clean. To the point where it gets ridiculous. This week my project was Sarah and her files of writing. She was a good sport of course, she always is and now has color coded files for all her scripts and stories in tidy boxes and a very organized closet. My room can't get much more organized, nor can the kitchen so if anyone needs anything organized let me know :-).

I am trying to be patient and wait out God's plan, I know he has one, I wouldn't be in LA if I thought otherwise and I firmly believe I have been on a path that has been leading to something. It will become clear in time. It will.

I know lots of you are reading this and had thought I had given up updating but I haven't, I have just been busy organizing and praying and thinking. Thanks for sticking it out with me.