Ok about the new JOB!!!

Ok about the new job. Remember back several post when I said I was going to sub for a friend and I was going to be with 8 - 3 year olds. Well the Methodist church in my hometown has a very large , very successful Mothers Day out and Pre-K program. My friend Kathy a girl I grew up with is pregnant with her 3rd child and is due at the end of April and one day she asked me if I would do her maternity leave. Well before I go any further I have to be really honest and tell all of you that I have always had some kind of aversion to working in that field. Where I come from , we put 'em to sleep and fix'em!!! ( I worked in the O.R.) . I love children , I need children in my life but I just never wanted to work in daycare, pre-k, preschool, mothers day out, anything like that. I always admired the people who did , but I always felt it was not for me.

Well apparently God had other plans because he just kept putting this thing out there for me to think about and on thursday I decided to commit myself from May all the way to the end of August. I will work Monday -Wednesday, 8:30-4:00 , and Thursday till 2:30. I will have 18- 3 year olds, having at least 8 everyday that I am there. And I might add that I have already gotten attached to the majority of them, it seems as if they are thereapy for me or something because I have such a sense of calm about me that I just can't explain.And the reasons for taking this job, you ask??? First of all, we could use the extra money for our China travel, Second, I am hoping that it will be a very constructive way of passing the time during the wait that seems to be really hard at times. And I know there are some friends and relatives thinking, what about the lake?? Well it is so laid back that I can get a sub any time I need one. It just seems like a no brainer to me. If I went back to the OR , all of them are 45 to 60 minutes away and my gas bill would eat up my paycheck!!! And to top it all off , Astrud can rack up some community service hours by helping out a few days a week. So there you have it! And if you wondering what the picture means, well this Saturday all of us had a 5 hour training Education seminar and the minute I sat down this was the first document in our booklet!!!! My friend Kathy and I just looked at each other and I said; THAT'S A GOD WINK!!!!!