06.26.07
We’re here!
We arrived in the Northwest on Saturday evening. The kitties are at Grandma and Grandpa B.’s house, hopefully not causing too much mayhem. We tried to stay in a hotel, but it was “not up to our expectations” to say the least, so now we are at my grandparents’ boarding house for the transitionally challenged. Our house will be ready on the 1st, but the locks still might need to be changed, and our worldly goods do not arrive until the 4th or so. Makes moving more interesting!
I spent Monday at the bilingual job school. I really like them. A lot. Best practice (teacher talk for doing the good stuff according to research and experience)? Check. Focus on professional development? Check. Very cooperative and fun group of people? Check. Hit it off with the principal? Check. Working with kids who really need good teachers? Check. Opportunity to become more fluent in Spanish? Check. 45 minute commute? Check. Oh. Wait…
So, yeah, the only thing stopping me is the commute at this point (and Jamie wanting me to interview other places). The job is still mine if I want it, and even if she finds someone else, the principal will tell them that she has someone else pending. Whenever she introduced me to teachers it was “This is Becky from Chicago. We’re recruiting her because we really want her to work here.” Group participation: How long is your commute? How does it influence your job satisfaction and general feelings about life?
In other news, after spending a lot of yesterday at Peets using Quizno’s wireless to work on an application to a school in Seattle, then figuring out how to use the grandparents’ wireless to print it out (yes, my grandparents have wifi… how cool are they?), I went to the school. Very unwelcoming. Principal walked past random, unknown, professionally dressed-up person in her office without even saying hi. Wouldn’t even pause to shake my hand. On top of that, the job changed from 4th or 5th grade to 4th/5th split half-time job sharing. Not thinking I want to work there, even though it’s a mile and change from our house.
Another time I can write about the joys of cats and airline security. Not today, though.
Don’t get distracted by the thought of the kitties… remember the group participation question!
