Falcon Transformation

So.... I officially have a job in TN.

I will officially be a 6th grade special education teacher at Fairview Middle School.

Home of the Falcons!

Here is the link to the website.... if you want to check it out. --> Falcon Country

Here are some cool things about the school.

1. It has a softball team.

2. It has a yearbook club.

3. I think the principal looks just like how my friend Peter might look in thirty years. Joy and him may disagree. But take a look below and make your own opinion.

Ok now on to the next adventure of finding somewhere to live......

Timeline................

So the past three weeks have been a whrilwind of activity....here is a brief timeline in the next couple of post I'll go into more detail.......... wanted to give you an overall picture first.

April 3 - I create a blog on my decision to move to Nashville and began applying for jobs all over the area.

April 6- I began getting emails from principals and a call from the school districts to come interview.

April 8- I get an email from a school in the Dominican Republic needing a special education teacher. (confusion sets in)

April 8-19- I continue emailing back and forth with principals from both Nashville and the Dominican Republic. My brain really begins go crazy and I can't pray enough.

April 20- I meet with my financial advisor and it sort of looks that maybe the D.R. really could be a possibility.

April 21- I drive to Nashville, thinking and praying for ten hours.

April 22- 10 am interview with the school district in Nashville, goes very well

11:45 interview with principal in Nashville, goes well

1:00- interview with another principal in Nashville goes very very well and I like the job a lot.

2:30-finally eat lunch and am sooooo confused. Began to get even more confused for the rest of the night. (Spend wonderful time with Peter, Joy, and Squirrel)

April 23-24 Go to a national special education conference in Nashville. Spend the whole time talking with people who teach/work in other countries in the area of special education. Make friends with a large group from Mexico and fall in love with Latin Culture all over again. I began to lean towards the D.R.

April 25- Spend a wonderful day with Joy and Peter at church and in downtown Franklin, began leaning back towards Nashville.

April 25 later on- Officially talk to the director of the school in the D.R. began leaning back the other way.

April 25 Again-Drive ten hours back to Tulsa going through every single emotion possible (excitement, crying, sadness, anger, confusion, guilt....)

April 29-Ruin my car..... it starts to feel like the end of the world, but God reminds me it is not.

April 30-May 2-Nashville has a huge flood, please continue to pray for them.

May 3-Phone interview with the principal in the D.R.

May 4-Get an officially job offer from the school I really really like in Nashville.

May 5- have another job interview over the phone, goes really well.

May 6-officially decide to take the job at the school I really really like in Nashville at Fairview Middle School----> more details to come. :)

May 8- Trusting God I made the right decision.

TOMORROW post.... the things that led me to make this choice and why i was so torn.

These Boots Were Made for....

........Being on my Feet!!!

This is a side story of how I like cowboy boots. and goes ironically behind my last post.

I do not know where my liking of them started but I know that I like them.

Currently I have one pair that i got from Target that are great, but are wearing out.

So I started searching online for some and these are what I found. However they are all way more than want I would want to spend on boots.

So I will just drool......

these are a little more simpler than the others but get the point across

these are black with lots of color and have a butterfly design.... love it!these are super amazing with such detail and distress.

These are the coolest of all...super distressed with cactus and of course they are the most expensive. :)

I am hoping that since Nashville is such a country music town...that I will one day while scavenging thrift stores find an amazing pair!!

Here's hoping! Yeehaw!