Happenings in my Life..

It's been a pretty busy past month. 

We had Krysten's bridal shower last week.  It went really well and everything turned out great.  Couldn't have done it without the awesome help from everyone.  We also had her bachelorette party that night.  We had a sundae bar and watched Magic Mike :)  It was a lot of fun!  Pictures to come in another post. 

Dusty and I also just went away for a long weekend with our camper for the first time.. finally!  We went down to Janes Island State Park on the southern Eastern Shore of MD.  It was awesome and we had an awesome view of the marina and bay.  Pictures to come of that as well. 

But the biggest news of all..

I GOT A JOB!!! 

Last Wednesday was the day we were leaving to go away.  I knew I'd be getting calls that day for interviews, so we decided to wait until the afternoon to leave.  As soon as we left, I got one call to come in the following day, and an email to come in this coming week for interviews.  I set up both of them for this week.  Not 30 minutes later, I got a call from the main HR number and thought.. hmmmm? 

I've been in contact with someone in HR who isn't the main hiring person for special ed and I had just texted him about my interviews.  I had thought it was him calling me, and I thought that was odd since I was just texting him. 

Turns out it was the hiring person in HR offering me a job! 

I was shocked.  Literally in shock.  I didn't know what to say and just asked how long I had to decide.  I got off the phone and I said to Dusty that I got offered a job.  He was like "well take it!!!!"  So then I texted my contact in HR and he was super happy for me, then I called my mom and she said the same as Dusty.  So I immediately called HR back and took it!  I mean, I was going to take it but I needed a few minutes to process. 

I'll be working at a school with students who have special needs, and it's in the county I live in!! 

I am super stoked.  It's a decent starting salary, has health and retirement benefits, and I don't have to drive on the beltway!  I think I am most excited about health benefits.  We currently pay out of pocket for private insurance and it is terrible. 

I went online and accepted the offer, now I just need to go in this week to do fingerprints and sign the contract.  Then I start orientations next week :) 

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not the most patient person when it comes to stuff like this, and the past month of interviews has been a slow torture.  I'm so glad to have something finally!  Everyone has been telling me to be patient and a lot of schools don't hire until August (I did get the offer on the very last day of July).  Thanks for all the support everyone :)