What a week it has been. I knew it would be crazy. The whole summer has really been building up to a climax for the last week of school vacation. A climax it certainly was! Becuase I have been a procrastiblogger I need to clump lots of things into this one entry to get cought up. Here goes:
SATURDAY night was the fabulous Stitch N’ Chat Night – Chat doesn’t exactly rhyme… but communicates the name of the event well enough. A fun, casual get-together at Kimberly’s place and each of us were able to begin/continue various crochet/knit projects. I continue to enjoy making bags out of “plarn”, plastic yarn, here’s my new cutie:
MONDAY & TUESDAY I went to 3 more interviews at various places, still thinking I would not be back at Lighthouse but would take classes while working a part-time job… But, by the end of Tuesday I had not heard back form the jobs I was expecting to so i called up my supervisor at Lighthouse and talked to her. She took a great weight off of me by sharing that Lighthouse will be happy for whatever time I can give them, even if its just a few days. That was great news 
So…
WEDNESDAY I got up early and went to the first staff day at Lighthouse! It was a hard day though because in my mind I still did not know how long I would be there. I’m not a person who can say “good” every time someone asks me how I’m doing. If I’m not-so-good I will say so, and so I shared my situation with some people. Our division also found out that we would be switching supervisors once again. This time it is a guys that I don’t know at all and am quite intimidated by. BUT, I know I have to give it my best shot, and I know he will too, so hopefully it will all work out. It was a letdown though, because the last 2 supervisors I have had were really people I could talk to about anything and who really were a support to me. I had forgotten just how many people at Lighthhouse there are whom I really am comfortable with and can talk honestly with. That’s no small thing.
When I returned home I saw that I still had no emails or voice mails from prospective jobs, and that was frustrating. I was just waiting on them to know what my future would hold!
THURSDAY was much of the same. This time, however, I asked Doug, my former supervisor if I could grab some time with him. We did, and it was only a matter of minutes before my tears came down…but I was so thankful that I could share with him all the stress I had and what I was feeling and going through. Meeting with him was very helpful.
That evening we had plans to hang out with Tony & Shannon and I was looking forward to this. It did mean driving to Framingham, but ever since we got the beetle Ben has actually enjoyed driving. We drove and just as we were on the back roads I got a call from one of my prospective employers. Yay! However, he didn’t have the best things to say and when I hung up I just melted again with tears. To top it off we were now lost in Framingham. Dispite Tony and Shannon’s helpful attitude and desire to help us, the evening had a sad ending with us giving up on directions and driving home.
FRIDAY I had given up on the Library job at this new school. The phone conversation from the previous night made me feel like Literary Shoe Scum…so I resolved to go back to Lighthouse and be done with them. I passed the day with a great visit with my friend Elisha and my new friend lucy
We had lotsa fun. We were friends in elementary school, acquaintances in high school, but now she is a friend with whom I could chat with all day about anything and everything! We saw some fabulous sights while at the mall, and the winner of them all was this:
Funny stuff. Afterwards I spoke once more with the school regarding this Library job. I actually wasn’t going to call them back because I thought it would just be more conversation about how I am not knowledgable about books. So, wasn’t I surprised when they offered me a job!!? VERY surprised. We agreed on communicating the following day about final decisions.
It was a long night in my brain. I couldn’t stop thinking about all of this! I talked to Ben, Barb, Mom & Dad and got various bits of advise and guidance…but it was a decision I had to make by morning…
SATURDAY. Decision made. Email sent. One class dropped. Lighthouse it is for me. I did actually receive a nice email in response and was feeling good about it all. Celebrated with a great hike with Ben.
THE END!
