DAY NINE: Well, that's interesting...

So, Day Nine actually starts on Sunday.

We return home from church in the evening.  While I am preparing hot dogs for dinner in the kitchen, I hear Kristin making conflicted sounds from the den.  I define conflicted sounds as "Umms" and "Weeeeelllls" and "Ughs."

At first, I assumed Facebook had alerted her to a friend's poor choices.  But then I saw she was on the subbing website for College Station ISD.  Her conflict was this- there was a long-term sub position in music- meaning it pays twice the daily rate.  She has a job at Mother's Day Out that she loves on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  She would have to choose one or the other.  But before the choice was made, she called the number for more information.  The HR person she spoke with began asking questions like "Are you certified?" and "What is your teaching experience?"  These are not subbing questions that are mentioned in orientation.

Kristin decides to give it a shot, and works it out with her boss at Mother's Day Out (who is awesome, by the way.)  Incidentally, this may mean I will be doing some Mother's Day Out work.  That's right, me and little kids that are not my own.  This needs prayer.

So, this morning, Kristin heads off to work.  I am home with Kenna and enjoying a lazy, rainy day.  Deciding to make the most of it, I throw open the windows and turn on the I-tunes and start to write.  As I thundered away on the keyboard, the light drizzle of rain smattering on the fiberglass roof over the back porch and the smell of fresh rain wafting in the windows- it felt right.  Not just right- it felt like I should feel.  I didn't get as much done as I wanted, but it's a start.  I plan to make this priority one during my time off- I want to be a writer, that's the job I want to have.

Waiting for Kristin to get home, I check the mail, find I have my transcript that I needed to get closer to subbing myself, so Kenna and I head off to drop that off then pick up Leslie.  At home, we clean for Kristin so she has a semi-clean house when she gets home.

Which was a good thing, because Kristin was exhausted and a little stressed when she got home.  It was a rough day.  The upside is, there will be an opening this fall in this position, I have every confidence in my amazing wife that she will do a job so great they hire her before the end of this year.  Still, prayers are always appreciated.

It is almost like God is helping us out.  :)

That's a good way to start week three of unpaid employment, no?