So about writing in my blog more often, it didn’t really work out the way I planned it. Anywho, Kayla and I have been getting along just fine and dandy. We are expecting in October and we are very excited for the baby. Right now she has started nesting (early) and all of the small branches and twigs she brings into the house drive me crazy (just kidding). She has started cleaning everything (which is really nice) and buying things for the baby. She nags me about a lot of things-painting the baby’s room, setting up the crib, etc. (which I don’t mind all that much). We are well on our way to parenthoodom (just made that up).
I also got a job! Woo Woo! When Kayla and I got down here I started searching frantically for a job (teaching, temporary, long term, whatever) and it was very discouraging at first. I had a couple of interviews lined up but those weren’t too promising. One was with a charter school in Maricopa (a city out in the middle of nowhere) and another with Mesa School District. I was excited about the Mesa interview but they didn’t sound very optimistic about having openings come fall. The charter school was far from enticing. To start off it was too far away and I really didn’t want to move or commute and cut my generous teacher’s salary in half with traveling expenses. Second, they had a policy against teaching evolution. Being a biology major (and also having a blog about biology) I couldn’t bring myself to teach a subject and leave out the MOST important principle of the subject. That’s like trying to teach physics and leave out or skirt around Newtonian physics. Needless to say I was very hesitant to even consider that job. So as my job search continued I got the bright idea to recheck the area school districts’ websites (Gilbert, Chandler, Tempe, etc.) which I hadn’t done in about 3 months (duh). There were several job openings which I applied for immediately and then I waited…and waited…and waited…for about a month (it seemed like an eternity). Then I got a call from Power Ranch Elementary (Higley School District) and Tempe High School (Tempe Union High School District) so I went to a couple more interviews. I was extremely impressed by Tempe High School and the several programs they have set up in the science department (International Baccalaureate, H.O.P. E.) and was excited to hear back from them. A couple days after my interview I got another call from them for a second interview. I got all spiffied up and headed over for the second time. I was very nervous and I didn’t want to say anything stupid like “Interviewer: Thank you for coming out for a second interview. Me: Thanks. You too…for interviewing me.” After a very tense four hours they offered me the job. I’m really excited to be teaching at Tempe High School and to be a buffalo (I had to find a mascot that was equal to me in weight capacity).
As for the new car we didn’t really get a “new” car but Kayla’s grandma gave her a 96 Honda Civic. However it only had 34,000 miles. When we took the car to be inspected for emissions the quick witted oriental man helping us said “you no drive this car, this car sit in garage for long time”. Kayla and I feel so blessed and can’t believe we will be parents. So our life adventure continues to unfold. Hopefully we can continue to roll with the punches and come out on top or maybe just somewhere towards the upper middle section.
