Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Gypsy Queen

This past week my husband and I started talking about possibilities for the future... which lead to me putting in my two-week notice at Intercall today. I honestly can't say anything bad about Intercall and it has been a great job for me for nearly a year, but I am just ready to explore more options and try something new.

I guess I am just a gypsy after all. But as I remind myself... not all who wander are lost.

Funny I say that... because this morning BEFORE I put in my two-week notice, a part-time teaching job just kind of fell in my lap.

7th grade English and 9th grade Government. And yes, I'm laughing too.

I don't have a teaching certificate or a teaching degree. And I can't say I know the first think about teaching in a classroom or lesson plans or even grading an essay. (I mean, how many points do you take away for a comma splice or a run-on sentence?) And I was sure to tell the headmaster. The only thing I know about government is to never write 17 pages front and back on an essay test. In the words of Ferris Hall during my senior year as he's holding my wad of handwritten pages and shaking it at me... "Hey Hill, don't ever do this to me again!"

I'm excited and terrified rolled up into one. I have the freedom to observe for one week and then teach for one week without committing before I make a definite decision. How is this even real?

Oh, and the job is at the school Kev graduated from and he's started calling me 'Mrs. Hanner' around the house. I guess it would be all cutesy if I wasn't still imagining all of these little junior high faces staring at me and waiting for me to teach them how to form a satisfactory paragraph. My greatest fear is that I'll just stand there with my mouth hanging open for the whole 50 minute period or just up and split.

...That reminds me of the time I grabbed my backpack during my sorority retreat at Auburn, walked out the door, and drove off never to return or be heard from again. But that's another story for another day.

It's just so funny the adventures the Lord takes us on, and if we really want a wild ride, we just have to jump on board with Him and hold on tight.

So... cheers to venturing out into the world and doing something I've never done and a room full of kids looking at me all crazy (...because that's a promise!) and leaning on the only One I can't do anything without.

As in the words of Kimberly, you just can't make this stuff up.