after lots of sweat – so much that we are both dehydrated… and may or may not some immodium – the call came in. lots and lots of phone calls later… calls to principals, teachers, directors, and the troll under the bridge… the recommendation has been signed…. even the associate superintendent wants him! only 4 more days of waiting is left before the formal offer/contract is official…. the recommendation has to be presented to the school board for their approval. but from what i’ve been told, the school board will approve if the recommendation is there. color us sabercats! now
coach
waiting time
800 miles in 3 days… wow, i feel as though i’ve driven to Japan and back… well, except that we didn’t have to drive through the ocean or anything ha! coach had a GREAT interview on Monday… it was a two-parter. the morning consisted of a board type interview with head coach, DC, and an assistant coach; the principal and the assistant principal. it went really really well. then later that day we met the head coach at the new high school for the grand tour…man, that is one nice ass school! the athletics section of the school is big
ready set go
human nature is an odd thing to me… we get comfortable in our routines, in our lives… we feel safe. then when things change – big changes – things that are out of our control – our world gets rocked. it’s scary. leaving the comfort zone is hard to do. okay, well not hard really, but hard. i know, not making much sense here. i guess what i’m trying to say is that it IS hard to leave what we know and love (or dislike), what we’ve been accustomed to. we find ourselves defined by what we do, where we
the great apocolypse in my brain
coach got the call… woot! we will be going for our facetime with the potential jobs in Edinburg…. stress is HIGH… anxiety is HIGH… on the map it doesn’t look to be all that far away… but in reality, it’s about a 7 hour drive from here…. from my kiddo… and about 10 hours from coach’s kiddo… eek! i’m thinkin skype will be getting lots o action while we are living in the deeeep south… and we would be about 1 hour from south padre island (big plus) and about an 30 minutes from border town shopping… i love border
a small rant, photos, and a project
heard a story in the news today about schools feeding kids breakfast in the classroom during the morning… many think this is a great idea. on the one hand, i think it’s great that kids are getting fed – there are many who probably don’t have much food at home, and there are those who have poor parents. apparently, the schools doing this are reporting that the kids are performing better – higher grades, better attitudes, more organized, etc. so free breakfast is given out to all students in the morning during class… across the board all students. then of