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!
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