First Day

Today was the first day the kindergartners came to school. Even though the whole thing kind of wore me out, I think it was a pretty good day. No injuries, no criers, no accidents... which definitely means a good day. There was one little boy I had to tell to sit still about a million times though, he probably thinks I am the most annoying teacher ever! haha. And the cutest thing that happened today, after being in class for about 30 minutes one little girl raised her hand and said "I really like Mrs. D." haha. That's me :). So cute!

Quadruple Date

Last weekend we had so much fun, we went on a quadruple date with three of my best friends! The four of us met 5 years ago as freshman roommates and have been best friends ever since. I lived with two of them my whole college career until I got married. I even give one of them, Melissa, partial credit for me marrying Dan. She was the one who told me I should date him :). Glad I took her advice! Anyway, 2 of them went on missions and now we are all back in the Provo area. We try to get together occasionally and Dan is happy because now all 3 of them have boyfriends, so he has some other men to talk to. Before it was just Dan and the 4 girls! haha. I think he still had fun.

Anyway, last weekend we got together and went bowling! Dan and I haven't been in forever, which was definitely reflected in our scores :). We did the scoring by couples, I can't remember the exact scores, but here are our places...

In 4th place....

Leilani & Kofi! In the beginning Kofi was trying to perfect his curve, so most of his balls went in the gutter. However, when he decided to play for real towards the end of the game I'm pretty sure he got a strike/spare every time! If had done that the whole game I have a feeling they wouldn't be in 4th place right now.

3rd place...
Us! Definitely not our best game of bowling ever. But that's ok, we still had fun!

2nd Place....
Lacey & Ryan! I think they only lost by a few points too. Which they were then teased by the winners the rest of the night.

And in 1st Place...

Melissa & Greg! I'm pretty sure it was because of the headbands/sweatbands. Good job, guys!

Dan, however, did win the high score on the basketball game in the arcade. He got tons of tickets and we were able to buy skittles for everyone. Go, Dan!

Then we went to Cold Stone. So good! The girls had a great time talking about our old roommate days and the boys... I think they had fun :). I hope so because there will be many more quadruple dates in the future!

FYI

my friend is giving away another 4 pack of tickets to the circus. just wanted to pass the word on to everyone i know. she is going to be giving away 3 more family packs the next 3 weeks, so make sure to comment each time until you win! hopefully one of us wins! :)

Circus Giveaway

back to school

Wow, thanks for all of your nice comments on my last post! I guess I left out a few details (sorry i was typing fast last night so we could go out and celebrate). Anyway... I didn't even mention the school's name! Haha. I will be working at Noah Webster Academy in Orem. Technically they call me a paraprofessional.

So today was my first day. After sitting through some long training that really had nothing to do with me, I got to help set up the classroom. Pretty much I just do whatever the head teacher asks me to do. She already has lots in mind to keep me busy. She was so funny, every teacher she introduced me to she said... "this is Michele, she's my new aid and she's a certified teacher! how did i get so lucky???" It made me laugh. Glad I'm now using my degree :).
I also walked into the office today and the new secretary had just started as well (the original position i had applied for). She was super busy answering phones, helping teachers, etc. I kind of laughed to myself b/c I didn't envy her position at all. Hehehe.
Tonight is back to school night, then training tomorrow, kindergarten assessments next week, and then real school the following week. It should be a lot of fun/busy. One last thing, I was looking at the school year calendar and there are so many vacation days. I was kind of excited :). Pretty much every month I get at least a few days off. I think this job is going to be great!

New job

I'm so excited, I got a new job today! For the past 6 months I have been working for Dan's company writing (part time... very part time...). While working for his company I have casually been looking for jobs. I pretty much just only applied for jobs I was really interested in. I really wasn't desperate, but I did want to find something eventually. Anyway, the summer got busy and I put the job search on hold. Then... the past few weeks I started looking again. I had an interview at one school to work in the office, but I didn't get the position. I was a little frustrated, but continued looking. So... yesterday I found a post on Craig's list for office help in an elementary school in Orem. It didn't even say what school it was, but I figured, why not? So I sent in my resume. That afternoon they called to see if I could interview that night. Wow, that was quick! Haha... I said yes. So, last night I went and met with a lady that worked in the school's administration. It turned out the school was a charter school. I talked to her and we got along great. Once she found out my degree was in Early Childhood Education she asked if I'd be interested in working in a classroom because they had a couple of aid positions open (in special ed. and kindergarten). I was so excited to hear the position was in kindergarten, I love that age group! I told her I'd be happy to work in either position (office or classroom). Anyway, I went home last night feeling good about the interview.

This morning I had an interview to be a secretary with another company, it went ok, but I was hoping to hear back from the school. Right after I got out of my interview I got a phone call from the school! They wanted me to come in for a 2nd interview and a proficiency test. I went in this afternoon to do the skills test and then I met with the director (charter schools don't have principals) and I met with another lady from the office. After talking with the director he asked me if I had to choose would I rather work in the office or the classroom. After deliberating I said the classroom sounded a little more fun. He then sent me down to the kindergarten classroom to meet the teacher to see if we would be a good match. We started chatting and I found out she is from Davis County, just like me! She was super nice and our teaching styles seemed similar. My first interviewer lady then came in and talked to the kindergarten teacher and the teacher said "i think she would be a great fit!" So they offered me the position on the spot! I then gladly accepted.

I am so excited to start working in kindergarten! I think it is going to be an awesome experience. Plus the hours are fabulous (done by 3 every day and done by 12:30 on fridays). Anyway, I start tomorrow. It's so crazy how quickly it all happened! Tomorrow is back to school night and I get to meet the kids too. Yay!