Today I subbed at the High School as a ... warm body. I mean, I really just sat there and read a book while almost one hundred students took the AP English test. Aside from the fact that it was the same test I took in High School, it wasn't very interesting. And that little tidbit wasn't very interesting to you, so I'll move on.
Now, before the subbing, I got lost in the school. I was told directions, and I followed them, and still got lost. There was almost a panic, and I almost ran into another teacher while being lost. But he pointed me on the right path. Yet, I still couldn't find the "old gym." I could find the "Fancy Gym" and the "volleyball gym," but not the old gym. Turns out it was across from the other two gyms. Thanks to the student who helped me and probably thinks I'm an idiot.
Kristin learned today that she doesn't get the full $120 a day sub payment until she's been there 21 days. This was not clear at first, and she will get to it eventually, but it means quite a bit less than we were hoping for and expecting.
The setbacks didn't stop there. She found out she didn't get the choir job. On one hand, it hurts to get passed over for a job and she has begun building relationships with students that now have to end against her wishes. On the other hand, she had begun building some relationships she is glad to discontinue. The principal told she was a top choice and that it was very close. And she has told Kristin she would be a reference and even make pre-emptive contact on her behalf with other principals in the district. So there is still hope.
But it is hard to hold onto it today. Some days are tougher, and these last few have been of that variety. Yet in the midst of the toughness, there has been some amazing grace and kindness from friends- you know who you are- that are helping us greatly. You guys are loved.
Hoping for better days.
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