Exciting New Adventures Await

So...it's been a LONG time since I've posted. Just been doing my thing. But...I've got a big adventure coming up. I'm not sure where adventure will take me, but I hope it's fun and good.

There is a Internationl Teacher's Job Fair in San Francisco next weekend. I have no idea what will occur...where I'll get a job...IF I'll get a job.

There are a few places I'm interested in, but I'm definitely trying to keep an open mind:
Instanbul, Turkey


Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Chisanau, Moldova


Those are just a few. But, we'll see where the wind actually blows me. I just hope it's a good school and an interesting place. Wish me luck!!!

**Photos from various websites

Searching

Yep, so the search continues for a job. I am so ready to have this done. I've gotten a car and now all I need is the job. Yikes! Hopefully something turns up soon. I spent three hours this morning writing my cover letters and sending out apps. Let's hope that something happens from all of that.

I also went to karate for the first time in two years. It was good. I had a great workout. I'm gonna be sore tomorrow, I believe. But....that's ok. It was needed.

Anyway...hoping for a good day tomorrow. It's almost August and I will be getting really nervous soon if something doesn't show up for me.

Up for consideration...

As I am going through my job search methods....which is looking each and everyday on the internet at various job searching sites for teachers, I have now found myself considering Asia as a place to work and live....I've never had an inkling, really, to go to Asia, and yet, I may be given the opportunity to interview with a school there....although that isn't a fact quite yet.

I had sent a query into an international school in Kuala Lumpur and they responded with a "please send your resume and letters of recommendation for review." This definitely pleased me! I was like - YEAH!!! AWESOME!!! But at the same time, I'm thinking, OH MY GOD!! Where might I end up? The school itself looks AMAZING and I think it would be another fabulous experience. I'm just not sure I'm ready to go to another spot.

I have people, specific people, that I was hoping to go back home to, and now....I may not be given the opportunity to go back home. But I suppose if I'm meant to be off somewhere in Asia, then I should take that opportunity and consider it a blessing that I'll be given a job! Plus, one never knows what is around the corner waiting for them.

Maybe I'll meet the most fantastic man ever over there or wherever and that will be it! Maybe I won't, but who can ever tell?

Sooooo, considering that I don't have a job to home to, and yet I'm going home....I suppose that I should be happy that they contacted me based on the form they ask prospective teachers to fill out. As they wouldn't have contacted me unless they found my information interesting, right? Or was I one of only a few who actually noticed they had an opening? In any case....good things will come my way - they will, they will, they will!

I think I need to make sure that I start believing this!

Patience...not my virtue

So I've been sitting on my couch this evening looking for job postings at international schools and in So. Cal. A few possibilities...

I sent an email to the school in DC to say, "Remember me!!!" and "I enjoyed speaking with you during our interview." The Asst. principal responded today with a "I enjoyed speaking with you, too. I'll let you know if there's something else we may need for your file." It sounds all positive. But then I start to think about each word and sentence and what her mood may have been when she wrote it. Was she really feeling positive and happy about our conversation? Or did she just take 2 seconds to write a response to me? At first glance I was feeling positive about it and happy for the response. And now....I'm second, triple, and quadruple guessing my first thought.
When will it end???

Where I know that I will end up where I'm supposed to end up...I cannot help but want that process to hurry itself up a bit...well, A LOT! I'm not a patient person, you see!

Anyway...The more I look at the school in DC, the more I feel it might be a good move. I just hope that the administration at the school feels like I would be a good cadidate for them! I've never been to DC and I've never really spent much time on the East Coast - only a week in Boston - and I'd like to see that side of the country....so, patience needs to be a viture I am searchng for! It's a hard one to come by...


Stay tuned for more news on the job front....hopefully something will be coming of all the resumes and applications that have been sent out soon.

Tired eyes

Yep, been looking on the internet for the past two days...searching for a job. Man I love searching for new jobs! NOT! But it's a fact of life and very much a reality for me at the moment.

Eventually I hope that I will land a good teaching gig somewhere! And by eventually, I really mean, SOON! I sent out loads of resume's yesterday! And all over the world. Yikes! Didn't really want to go to another overseas gig so soon, but....it may just be what I have to do in order to get a paying job....we will see!

Don't even know why I'm still on the computer....the eyes hurt and so does my head. it's time to just lay down and chill for the evening...

However, I want to make a phone call first....We'll see how the evening ends up....hopefully the morning goes well. At least it's only a 4-day work week! Woohoo!!!! Gotta love that!