Summer 2012

I just finished my first two weeks of summer school.  We only work Tues-Thurs for 6 hours (7:30-1:30pm), two weeks of school, two weeks off for the whole summer (although the last week - in August - is only one week of school).  Today, there are 23 days until our wedding, we're looking for houses (we've already seen 4 houses and we're going to see more this weekend), and I'm under a lot of stress!  I'm hoping that after the wedding I'll be able to de-stress, focus on work more, and get on with my life.

Open Bid Continued

Open bid day 2 was to start at 8:30am; however, it didn't start until about 10am.  It was run the same as the day before (by seniority dates).  I made my debut in front of HR at about noon, presented my preferred position (although I did qualify for quite a few that were posted), which was my "current" position, and was accepted.  What incredible news!  I HAVE MY JOB BACK!!!  I have stability.  I have a pay check.  I have insurance.  I HAVE STABILITY!  I have fantastic staff!  I have amazing students.  I'm beyond lucky and blessed to have such caring and wonderful co-workers and friends.  I'm part of another miracle.  Again, I have one serious guardian angel that no one can mess around with!  I am so blessed.

Today's Funny:

At open bid on teacher asked HR, "Is there WiFi?" HR said,"Yeah.... it's LoudWhale." Teacher asked, "Is there a password?"  HR says, "The password is peach92."  HA! I think I was too amused by this verbal exchange.

Open Bid

Today I spent 4 hours sitting in a room with about 100 other GRPS employees in a similar position as me. We signed in, writing our name and seniority date, then waited. The open jobs were posted on the wall, each job on a different piece of paper. When our name was called, we were to go to a room and present our preferred job to HR. So, seniority dates from 1998 to present started bids at 12:30, one-by-one, people were called to present the job they wanted (or were highly qualified for) to HR.  If you didn't qualify for any of the posted jobs, then you were left "unassigned".  We thought that people were being called by seniority dates, as the invitation we got in the e-mail stated; however, about 2 hours into bids, they said that they were calling people based on how early they came and signed in.  It was all based on the sign in sheet... not seniority.  We couldn't believe it.  After a long conversation, we, as a whole (well, majority rules), decided to base everything on seniority starting at 1998 seniority dates.  The bids were supposed to end at 4pm, but by 5pm they had just gotten to 2010 seniority.  2011 (my seniority date) and 2012 were to come back the following day.  

What a restless night sleep...

End of the Year Update

I haven't written in a while and a lot has happened.  I had a fantastic spring break, and everything has been a blur since.  Time has flown by!  More recently, the students and staff (mostly staff) at the school I teach at threw me a surprise wedding shower on Friday!!! My heart is so full of gratitude and happiness for such a thoughtful surprise that they planned for me!  I literally didn't have words for such a fantastic surprise in my honor! The students weren't aware of the surprise either;  in fact, 5 students wished me happy birthday and 1 asked if I was retiring.  And speaking of retiring, I got an e-mail today notifying me that I will not have my current position in the fall.  While I felt so full of happiness and gratefulness on Friday, I'm feeling quite the opposite today.  I'm confused and hurt.  I can't imagine what I'm going to do or where I'm going to go from here. Retiring really does seem like a good idea!  I could just stay at home and sew all day.  Maybe make it big on etsy...

Needless to say, I must learn to take the good with the bad.  Hopefully positive news will find me in the future, but for now I'll continue my search.