Celebration!

It's time to celebrate!

In four weeks, I finished 90 hours of Professional Development classes, applied and received my official teaching license, and finally today received an official offer from the school district to be hired as the GT Facilitator of TBE, and no longer be a long-term sub! (This is a big deal- teachers have 7 years to get 90 hours to renew their license, but I powered through to get it done. It was a ton of work! I'm exhausted thinking about it)

This comes with about a 33% increase in pay, which is good because when I finally got my first paycheck on September 20th (my start date: August 8th), Ben and I opened it and laughed and laughed.

So far, I LOVE my job! It's the job I never knew existed that happens to be the perfect fit. I honestly believe it was placed in my path by divine intervention. I know it seems silly, but that's how happy I am at this position, at this school, with the co-workers I have. I honestly can't believe how perfectly it has all come together. I feel like I consecrated my job for my family for the past 15 years, giving up my career and sense of "self" so I could be the one to raise my kids, and now the Lord is blessing me in exchange. That's how perfectly things have fallen into place. (NO complaints about taking 15 years off of my career- marrying Ben is the #1 best decision of my life, having and being home with my kids is easily #2. It's been the greatest blessing, and the relationship I have with my girls is something that never could have happened if I wasn't the one raising them. And now, I still get to be a Mom first- there's exactly 40 minutes a week when I am at work and my kids aren't at school. This really is a perfect gig for me and my family)

Yes, I know there will be bumps, but I'm enjoying the honeymoon for as long as possible.

And now, ice-cream!