Waiting

Waiting.
This is what I have been doing for months now.
Waiting for the end of the day.
Waiting for classes to start.
Waiting for classes to end.
Waiting for my test results.
Waiting to get called for interviews.
Waiting to be a TEACHER.
So far, the end of the day at my job currently feels like it never comes, and when it does, it feels like a split second later and I'm right back to waiting for the end of the day. I know I should be happy that I have a job, and am working steadily. But I'd really like a teaching job please. But I'm still waiting for those test results. I get them on friday at 5pm. Which means monday I can start aggresively looking for a job, since I'll be certified. (if I pass) I am so nervous. And I am going to be so upset if I do not pass the test. I got all A's in the jumpstart program, so I would think that means I should pass the test, since we covered that material. But only time will tell. It is time for more waiting...

97

97. That is they grade that I got in all three of my jumpstart classes. can you say WOOHOO? I know I did.
So now comes the waiting and the applying. I still technically(really do) have to pass the 155. All my friends say I will pass it, but I am still two weeks away from the results. So right now I'm applying but I don't have my certification yet. Soon, I keep thinking, soon. So please think good thoughts for me, and hope, hope, hope I pass.
Then all I have to do is find someone who wants to hire me, but come on, who wouldn't.

I'm a Bad Girl. Let me update on my life.

I have been so bad at updating this. Seriously. I know. My poor Va, She checks everyday to see how I am doing, and it has been almost a month since I last wrote. Bad granddaughter bad.
I have been very busy living my life, and um.. playing farmtown. That is right I play farmtown. It has taken over my life. Other than Farmtown I have been going to school and working. For my school I had to to a ten day practicum in a classroom. Which I just finished. Those kids were out of control, but I fell in love with all of them, and miss them.
Jamie, Oscar, Michelle and I are planning a trip to St. Louis at the end of August, so I'm excited for that.
My mommy is coming to visit at the end of september, so I'm excited for that.
My Class is almost over just one more to go. Then I get my grades and hopefully I pass, so I can get a job! and hopefully people start calling me back. I also need my test score, which I should get around August 11ish. So wish me luck.
Oscar and I are planning a trip to Orlando over Christmas and New Years. And you have no idea how excited I am. Seriously. I ordered the FREE DISNEY MAPS with all your favorites on it, and they arrived the other day. They are seriously the cutest things ever. I cannot wait to share the magic with Oscar, as this is his first time going, and I'm totally making him wear a first time button the whole trip!
My garden is starting to actually have crops. The best part is, the plants we thought were tomatos are actually sugar snap peas! Which means we aren't getting any tomatos cause none of them grew up... We planted seeds and then promptly forgot what we planted where. It has been interesting to say the least. And I haven't even read anything on gardening, which means we are totally winging and have no idea what is going on at all.

It has been awhile.

So it has been forever since I wrote on this. I blame twitter. anywho.
School started and I am definately enjoying it and can't wait to actually start teaching. Tommorrow is the CPS job fair. I am nervous, but excited to make the rounds. Keep your fingers crossed that I get hired!
My working out went down the tubes again. But I'm trying again. This week, tonight actually, is gym night. Starting next week I'll start my 30 day program again, since I'm going out of town for the weekend.
There was a storm, and it knocked out our air conditioning and a section of our gutter. not fun.
I got into a water fight.
My garden is growing, and it is really exciting. My tomato plant has its first bloom. Our mint is huge, but the man, says it doesn't taste right. who knows tho.
I got to have two little girls stay the night with us saturday, I went to bed before they did!
and I think that is about all the exciting things that happened since I last wrote.

School Days.

So I have only had my orientation, but my excitement is off the charts. I have already received my books, and have started reading. I am so looking forward to being at school again, and jump starting my career. I have enjoyed everything I've read so far, and am completely into my school books. (i'm reading them like they are fiction light reading, this is how much i'm into them)
These summer classes are the jumpstart. I hope to get an A(we only need a B) in all classes and excell at being an unpaid teacher's aid for two weeks. July 11th I take my 155 test. I took the 110 and the basic, cause I was originally going to teach general education, but decided special education was for me. ( I passed both of those and so I am not worried about my upcoming test, because this one I will be learning the stuff during classes that are on my test.) Then if all this happens I can start teaching THIS FALL! Well I also have to get a job. So fingers crossed for that one.
I cannot wait until I know longer have to work at this job. I am extrememly thaknful for them hiring me when noone else would, but for me this job has no meaning and I am not "involved" in it. I just come to work, do my work and leave. I feel like there is nothing invested.
Hopefully my financial aid forms come so I can sign them, and feel better about not paying my school bill.
Can't wait until my first class on Tuesday!!!!!

Catch Ups

1. The shred. well i've been taking a break, because my knee is killing me. I hope to start level 2 sometime after my knee stops screaming.
2. I have also for the moment stopped doing the active as well, because of my knee. so hopefully i can start this again as well.
3. I am officially starting school again, on the 15th. yeppers. it is that fast. I hope and pray that I am getting some aid, because I do not know how I will pay for it if not.
4. School is at 530 tue. and wed. which means I get to run from work and get on a train, and then run from the train to school. it should be good times.
5. I am super duper excited to be planning our Disney trip. And hope that everything works out okay.

Finally, it is complete.

So I have finally heard back from NTEC. My application is officially complete. WOOHOO. This means they will be sending my information to Quincy and then IF they accept me they will send me some more stuff I have to fill out. This should be sent out after the application deadline which is the 13th. They said it will take about two weeks to find out. Which means I should find out around my birthday. I am also taking the skills test I need for the special education certification. I am taking this in July. I've already passed the basic skills, so I just need this one. Then hopefully, I'll pass the first semester with flying colors, and pass the jumpstart program with flying colors, cause then I can try and get a teaching job this fall, as opposed to next fall.
Keep your fingers crossed!

Maybe

Well I think maybe that I got all of my stuff on time. I guess I will find out once they send me an acceptence letter. So hopefully in 24 days, I start my next round of schooling.

Nervous

I am completely hoping the mailmen drops off a letter from the Embassy Suites to NTEC today. Today is the last day they can receive the recommendations and stuff, if I want to start march 30th. WHich I do. My former employer finally emailed me and said that they sent it this past monday which means it should have been there by now. Even tho Nicole sent mine on the 26th from the carolinas and it is there. So I don't know if I believe it. Here is hoping. If not I won't be able to start til June 15th. I so want to start this chapter of my life, and I am extrememly worried that the letter is not going to get there. I can probably say that it is not there. Which sucks. Boo
I am also worried cause Oscar is at the dentist today. He has been having a horrible tooth ache. I hope he is okay. I don't like doctors you know.

Nervous and Excited.

I am excited that the group interview last night was a piece of cake. They said it was just to make sure that we were "all" there. so hehe, I am all there. (take that oscar) It was really just a bunch of us in a room talking about ourselves and why we wanted to be teachers. So I am in the program as long as all my things get turned in. Which has me worried, because they haven't received the transcripts there were mailed out on the 6th. I have the receipt that says they were mailed, and I got the one I ordered at the same time. So hopefully, the are there, and my letters of reccomendation have gotten there.
I have to LEAVE my house at 530 am tommorrow, for my tests. Yikes. They are supposed to take five hours to take, and I have to take two of them. I, in case you haven't noticed, am not fond of grammer rules. Which is why I am mostly worried about the test. There are LOTS AND LOTS of grammer questions and you have to edit. Hopefully, I get enough right to pass. (but i can always retake it, so it is not the end of the world, just seems like it.) I am also pretty sure that I want to do special education now, which means in the future I have to go take that specialization test. ( the program I am in will help me with the material i need to study, and holds study classes)
If I get into the program I have to do a two week stint in a classroom. This is mandated by the state of Il. Which means I need to talk my boss into letting me have two weeks off. The program said they would work with us and we can do it one day a week for ten weeks. Or two days for five weeks. I just can't see my company allowing me to do that. Which means I am going to start sending out resumes again. I need a job that I can work at night now! It is so ironic. I have to set up a time when I can speak to Matt about getting the days off, but I am still going to start sending out resumes cause it took me almost two months to find this job and I cannot go through that again.
On a positive note. I have been going to the gym semi-regularily. Which means I have been going at least twice a week, which is better than nothing in my opinion. One day I will go more often, we shall see when that happens.
Wish me Luck Tommorrow.