It has been a while since my last post. In fact, at the time of my last post I was still in Utah. I moved back to California in June, right after the school year ended. My Dad came up and he, along with a lot of the really great friends that I had made while living in Utah, came and loaded my stuff on a trailer. I had expected my Dad to leave Sunday, but he ended up leaving the same day and driving all the way back to California. Crazy.
As soon as I got home I was thrown into helping get things ready for my sister's wedding. It was a lot more work than I had imagined, and I only came in on the tail end of it. The day before, we went to the church to decorate. Luckily, Danielle and Drew had some awesome friends who had a lot of experience decorating those types of buildings. They did the brunt of the work. It ended up looking really nice. The actual day of the wedding was so hot. It was over 106 in Redlands that day. People were melting during pictures. There are many interesting stories to tell about the actual day. Unfortunately, I can't share the really good ones because the people involved would know how rude they were being...and then it would get all awkward.
Overall, the day was really nice. The most important thing is that Danielle and Drew thought everything was wonderful. I was so exhausted by the end of the day. I pretty much spent the whole day on my feet running around and trying to help people get things done and making sure that Danielle could go to the bathroom and eat and things like that. We took a ton of pictures and, if you are friends with me on Facebook, you can see a lot of the non-professional ones that were taken. Danielle and Drew spent a few days on mini-honeymoon and then moved into my parent's house with the rest of us. They went on a real honeymoon cruise, to St. Thomas, in August. They had a lot of fun and ate a ton of weird food that I wouldn't never try...ever.
While they were gone, my Mom and I both got sick with a cold. It is one of those awful ones that leaves you exhausted. I have been going pretty crazy being stuck inside all day. I am still sick, but I am over the worst of it. I hope. As soon as Danielle and Drew got back, they immediately got sick as well. Danielle blames me, but she started feeling sick in Florida; so there is no way she can blame it on me. ;)
Anyways, I am still looking for work. I have applied to a substitute, but I haven't heard anything yet. It is a very frustrating position to be in. I want to work, but there is so much competition. I received a rejection email that said that they had received over 500 applications. Unless I get some sort of miracle, the only way I will get a full-time position is if I can get a long-term sub job and become well know or if I get hired once the year already starts. I will take anything at this point. I don't know what else I could do at this point. My friend, and former co-worker Shannon, said it best. "I have educated myself into a corner." She makes a great point. As teachers, we have a specialized license in one area. If that one area is flooded with a ton of people looking for work, it is almost like winning the lottery when you actually get called for an interview. So, I keep praying and hoping that something will happen.
As far as the other areas of my life goes, I have started attending my former single's ward. It was the same one I left when I moved to Utah. Except now I don't know any of the people in it. Everyone seems really young and it is even smaller than the ward that I left. One of the counselors asked me how long I planned to be in the ward. I told him that I planned to be there until June 22, 2014. That is when I turn 31 and can no longer attend a singles ward. There aren't really any mid-singles ward where I live, so I will have to go back to my parents ward after that happens...with my parents and my married younger sister and her husband. I am sort of hoping that I can at least get a job somewhere by that point so that I can go to a separate ward.
So, that is it. No other updates for now. I miss my friends and co-workers, who became friends, in Utah like crazy. I think about you guys all of the time! I will post when I have more news.
