November:
During the last week of October, I received two phone calls for interviews for school systems in Virginia. Daniel and I had already decided that I would remain in Birmingham until one of two things happened: 1.) The house sold or 2.) I got a job in D.C. Needless to say, having two interviews so early on in my search made me very happy!
I decided to take a whole week off work so I could enjoy some time with my husband, go on my interviews, and complete the last of the necessary paperwork for my Virginia state teaching license (a test).
At first, it seemed like it would be a very laid back week, little did I know the surprises that awaited me. First, one evening the water pipe under our sink in Birmingham disconnecting causing a flood throughout the entire first floor of the house. Thank goodness Rod was living with us otherwise who knows how long the water would have run! Then, there was the test, or should I say tests. On the registration website, you are able to sign up for both sections of the test and since I would only be in town for a week, I decided I would sign up for both. STUPID MISTAKE! It ended up being 8 hours of pure torture!
At the end of the month, Daniel came home for a short vacation/helping get things fixed around the house. We decided that, whether or not I had a job lined up by the end of the semester, I would come up to NoVa and live with Daniel. Also around that time, I found out that I passed both of the test on the first try (which is apparently not the norm), so things seemed to be falling into place.
After Thanksgiving, I officially handed in my resignation to Jefferson County. It was so hard to think of leaving all my friends and my students, but I knew the decision I was making was with my family's best interest at heart, which somehow made it a lot easier to do.
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