It's good to get back to what I love...

It's also weird to be unemployed and not working toward a goal (i.e. graduation). In the 4+ years I was in college, I had forgotten what I used to do in my free time, since my free time disappeared little by little. I am slowly remembering. I have begun gardening a bit, clearing the yards of weeds, and also coming in contact with poison plants (ivy, oak, sumac - who knows?!) more often than I would like. I have had poison something 3 times since May, requiring prednisone treatment twice. I have read several books, and I completed one fairly complicated cross stitch pattern. Not to mention the time I have gotten to spend with my children!

As much as I have enjoyed all of these things, I am ready for a new goal. I am waiting to hear from an interview I had last week, either for a 3rd grade or 5th grade teaching position. Outside of those possibilities, I'm not sure what other options I have, and I fear it may come to taking a job outside of teaching in order to pay the bills. I hope it doesn't come to that. Statistically, it's less likely I'll go back to teaching if that happens, so I'm hesitant to let my mind go there at this point. I am praying for the 5th grade position, but now I am mostly practicing patience!

Here are some of the lovely things growing in my yard, and my little garden spot where I am attempting to grow green beans and tomatoes (my first time with veggies).