Washington Bound!

I got hired! After months of limbo I am finally, once again employed as a music teacher. I just got a job in a small town in Washington teaching ½ day junior high and ½ day high school choir. If you could see me, you would see the relief etched upon my face.

This officially means that I will be exiting the Southeast corner of my parents’ estate, but I will take with me the knowledge this unplanned year has brought me. Below is a list of just a few things I’ve learned.

*My parents are the silliest and best people I know.

*I love being able to know my little sister as an adult.

*You can take the girl out of the small town, but you’ll never take the small town out of the girl.

*Sometimes it’s nice when everybody knows your name (and they’re always glad you came…okay I’ll stop singing now.)

*There is nothing like returning to your minimum wage college job to make you appreciate a salary with benefits!

*It doesn’t get much better than eating raspberries fresh off the bush.

*Sometimes the Lord teaches us gratitude by taking away the things we take for granted.

*I still love living next door to grandma.

*God’s plan and my plan have had difficulties merging. (Mostly because I wasn’t onboard with the merger plans.)

* The internet is a marvelous tool (and quite possibly the only reason I have not gone completely crazy in the last 12 months.)

*I can do hard things. (Including learning to play Moonlight Sonata!)

P.S. In case you’re wondering about the song at the beginning of this post: I had a skype interview for this job. The internet at my house is a bit sporadic so I went to the hotel where I work to use their internet for the interview. Upon completion of the interview I stopped to talk to a co-worker for a few minutes and then started towards my car. As I was walking my phone rang. It was the principal I had just finished interviewing with. They were literally offering me the job 5 minutes after the interview. As I drove home in shock and excitement this song was playing on my local radio station. I felt it fit.