We have had a really good week this week - a lot of positives. :-) On Monday, I volunteered in Chantelle's class. She has 29 children in her class (which is nuts), so I have offered to go into her class each Monday (if I am not called in to work) to help her out a bit. She had me working mostly with the children doing language and math centres. I also helped get some things ready for the rest of the week. All the people who saw me at the school were really glad that I was back and available to supply teach. Then, on Wednesday, Chantelle wasn't feeling well and so she requested me to come in and cover her class. Since I had been in on Monday and knew the kids (and they knew me), the day went really well. On Thursday night, when Dad and I were grocery shopping, we ran into Louise (grade one at Kawungan) and she told me that she wished that I had taken her contract last year as her room was a disaster when the teacher who did cover her contract left. Louise told me that she was so glad that I was back and available to supply teach as they had had some dregs when it came to supply teachers this year. It was nice to feel so wanted! Then, I was called again to work on Friday at Torquay - to give Chantelle and Libby (grade one teacher) some coverage for planning time which they had missed. I knew most of the grade one children in Libby's class since they were in Prep last year and so it made it an easier day for me than it might have been. That's the great thing about getting lots of work in one school - it makes it a good day for both me and the kids.
I went into Kawungan (where Bronwyn teaches) on Tuesday to let her know that I wouldn't be able to come in and volunteer for her on Friday, and while I was there I spoke with Karen who is the woman who books the supply teachers and contracts for the school. We had a little chat and I told her that I was available to supply and to please keep my name in mind. The people who saw me there were glad to see me as well - it's nice to be loved. :-) Karen called me on Thursday and left a message asking me to call her about taking a contract. I decided to go in there on Friday to talk with her and she asked me if I would like to take Bronwyn's contract - four weeks in September/October. Bronwyn had already asked me if I would like it and so I told Karen 'YES!'. She looked at the other contract positions coming up and asked me if I would do grade four (I said 'no thanks') and also asked me about doing 'special ed' - I told her that it would be good to try some supply days in there first before I decided on that one. While I was there, Fiona (grade one) saw me and said that she thought that I was at Torquay and so had thrown my card out. When she realized that I was available to supply, she was so happy and asked for another one of my cards. Also, while I was there, Barb (one of the vice principals) heard my voice and came out to see me. She asked me if Karen had asked about contracts and I told her that I had been asked about Bronwyn's. She said that there must be more I could take and she went in to talk with Karen. She later told me that I should put myself down as available only to work at Kawungan. :-)
Dad's good news this week is that he applied for a job while we were in Canada and he received an email this week asking him to come in for an interview this coming Thursday. The job is working at the Hervey Bay airport doing various things outside on the ramp and sometimes possibly working inside the terminal as well. Dad is quite excited about it and has done some research about the company so that he can answer questions during the interview. Dad sat in on some interviews when he was working for Air Canada so he has some idea of the questions he might be asked on Thursday.
Dad and I did 'Meals on Wheels' on Thurday morning and it felt good to be back helping to deliver meals. The people we deliver to are so appreciative of our assistance which is really nice. Dad also went to SES on Thursday evening (they were really happy to have him back) and they did a mock search looking for casualties from a bus accident. The 'casualties' had wandered away from the bus and it was up to Dad and his team to find all of the casualties.
On Saturday, some friends from church and I drove down to a city called Gympie (about 1 3/4 hours from HB) for a Relief Society Anniversary social. A woman from our ward started off the social by talking with us about 'Are you keeping it REAL?' Each of the letters stood for something which made it easy to remember. R = religion (are you living your religion - saying your prayers and reading your scriptures). E = eating and exercising (very important to take care of your physical body). A = attitude (have a positive one including about yourself). L = let it go (let go of the past [forgive and forget] and embrace the future [move on]). After that, we had a lovely dinner and sat and chatted with each other - it was nice to have some time to get to know the sisters more. We were all commenting about how we don't get to talk with each other much on Sundays and how nice it was to sit and relax and chat at the social.
We topped off our lovely week with a wonderful day at church! We are looking forward to another good week this coming week!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Here is my first blog entry after returning from our trip to Canada. We started our journey back at 6pm on Monday, March 12th with a ride to the airport from Jennifer. Everything went smoothly at the TO airport - both Dad and I received first class seats for the leg from TO to Vancouver. That was nice as Dad and I were both able to get a good sleep on the lie-flat seats. When we were in Toronto, we were told that only one of us would be able to get upfront on the way to Australia (it was Dad's turn), but then, when we got to Vancouver, we were told that one of the seats up front was broken and so Dad had to go into the back - that was disappointing. We were given three seats between the two of us, though, so we were able to get some sleep on the way from Vancouver to Sydney. Once there, we were able to get onto a flight to Brisbane at noon. However, we were told that the two flights from Brisbane to Hervey Bay (HB) that day were full except for one seat. We kept our fingers crossed that someone wouldn't show up so that we could both fly to Hervey Bay that night (it was Wednesday by this time). The first flight was completely full and so we kept waiting around the Brisbane airport. When it came near time for the final flight (at 7:30pm) that night, the passenger service agent gave Dad two tickets to the Brisbane-HB flight and we were so relieved! After landing in HB, we caught our usual shuttle right to our front door. We were SO happy to be home after such a long trip! Chantelle had gone shopping and left some food in the fridge for us to have for dinner when we arrived home. Both Dad and I jumped in the shower to get fresh and clean after our long trip, and after a yummy supper of a meat, cheese and tomato sandwich, we fell into bed and had a lovely sleep. :-)
Thursday and Friday were spent resting up. We did some grocery shopping, went to the library, and went for a lovely walk along the beach - I had really missed the ocean! The water was incredibly warm and I wish that we had brought our swimsuits to go for a swim - we will get to that one day this week for sure! Saturday, I went with three friends from church to a Primary leadership meeting just over two hours from HB. My friend (and counsellor), Maureen drove and it was a lovely drive - Maureen has a top of the line in comfort Toyota and so the trip didn't seem so long since we were so comfortable. The meeting went well and we all came away from it with some ideas to help make our Primary run more smoothly. Today (Sunday), has been a lovely day (birthday). It started out by us going to church of course - we got so many hugs and people telling us how glad they were that we were back - we felt loved! :-) After church, we had our friends, Robyn and Geoff over for a late lunch. Dad barbecued some chicken and we had salads and vegetables on the side. Dad had also bought a pavlova for my 'birthday cake' and we enjoyed that for dessert. It was a lovely way to end my birthday! :-)
Thursday and Friday were spent resting up. We did some grocery shopping, went to the library, and went for a lovely walk along the beach - I had really missed the ocean! The water was incredibly warm and I wish that we had brought our swimsuits to go for a swim - we will get to that one day this week for sure! Saturday, I went with three friends from church to a Primary leadership meeting just over two hours from HB. My friend (and counsellor), Maureen drove and it was a lovely drive - Maureen has a top of the line in comfort Toyota and so the trip didn't seem so long since we were so comfortable. The meeting went well and we all came away from it with some ideas to help make our Primary run more smoothly. Today (Sunday), has been a lovely day (birthday). It started out by us going to church of course - we got so many hugs and people telling us how glad they were that we were back - we felt loved! :-) After church, we had our friends, Robyn and Geoff over for a late lunch. Dad barbecued some chicken and we had salads and vegetables on the side. Dad had also bought a pavlova for my 'birthday cake' and we enjoyed that for dessert. It was a lovely way to end my birthday! :-)
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