Out of Control.

God likes to do this crazy thing where he waits and waits and waits to give me what I've been wanting and working really hard for until I've pretty much given up on having it. Until I've changed my plan. And that's what it's all about isn't it, "my plan," but God's plan is different and I'm always thankful for that. I'm not sure what that's all about. Maybe I'm supposed to be learning a lesson in relinquishing control so He likes to wait until I've stopped working really hard for something to show me that it was all His doing and absolutely none of mine, which would totally make sense. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a sort of game. It would be really funny to watch someone like me reason through everything, make lists, take measured and purposeful steps, hit a dead end, completely reformulate my plan, and then all of the sudden get thrown back to the old plan and have to completely reset my brain. I can see how that would be entertaining.

The good news is, God gave me a teaching job yesterday. After many long months of writing cover letters and filling out applications for teaching jobs and getting nothing but generic rejection e-mails, I was finally starting to tell people that with school starting in a couple of weeks that door had closed and I was starting to look for other opportunities. I was halfway through the interview process for an awesome nanny job and had an interview lined up for yesterday at the Starbucks in Swedish Hospital. And then God threw this little gem into the mix. He just handed it to me. I mean really.

I think this must have been a last minute opening because I got a phone call Friday night saying that "unfortunately" they had a position open and asking if I would be able to come in Saturday morning for an interview. I said OF COURSE, went in, had an excellent interview, sent my thank you e-mail with a small list of references to contact, and then waited. But not for long. I received a phone call from my teacher friend Melissa early yesterday afternoon saying that she had just given me the best reference ever and she was praying that she had sealed the deal. Sure enough, as I was listening to Melissa's voicemail, I got another one from the headmaster at the school! I called her back and we had a nice little chat. Yes, we did, a nice little chat about this and that, and how nice it was to meet me, and did I have any other questions about the position... so I asked about the schedule and salary (because I really didn't know what else to do), which were pretty much what I expected... and then she finally asked if I wanted the job!! Eeeeee! I was getting worried she wasn't going to ask but she did. She told me that after we met on Saturday she had gone home and told her husband how great she thought I was and how she thinks I'm a very creative person who will make anything I teach come to life. Glad that was her takeaway from the interview! She seems really excited to have me on the team, which makes me excited to feel like I already have her confidence and enthusiasm on my side.

Work starts on Monday so now I'm just hoping to get a little time in with my hubby before I jump into the new school year. I'm a little overwhelmed by the whole thing but overall, I'm just so stoked for my very first year as a REAL full time teacher. Woohoo!