Since I know that many of you have been praying for me to find a job, I thought I would give you an update of what your prayers have done.
I've been actively looking for a job for two or three months now, and and I've submitted more applications than I care to think about (easily 75 or more). I've looked for jobs from Anchorage, Alaska to Orlando, Florida and just about every place in between. I've learned a few things as I've done this.
The most important thing that I've learned, I think, is that being able to work and provide for your family is so important that you shouldn't be too proud to work in a given place or doing a particular job. Since the beginning of my job search, we've prayed that we would find the right job for us and be in the place God would have us be. At the beginning, though, there was always a thought in the back of my mind saying, "Just as long as it's where I want to be, too." I had a little checklist of preferences for where I wanted to work: high school and preferably somewhere close; but if not close, then somewhere that pays well and has a nice climate with lots of green, and not Payson. As I went along, I couldn't get interviews, no matter how hard I tried, and I'm grateful for that. I was taught that I shouldn't let my prejudices get in the way of providing for my family. I have gotten to the point where I really would work anywhere.
Things got better towards the end of this last week. I scheduled three interviews in three days, one of which I went to this last Friday, and the other two are on Tuesday. I also scheduled a screening interview. The interview I had this last Friday was in Roy, as is one of the interviews on Tuesday. The other interview on Tuesday will be over the phone for a school in Oak Creek, Colorado (it's a bit north west of Vail). My screening interview is also over the phone for Anchorage School District.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Emergency Room Fun
Our doctor diagnosed Chalyse with an ear infection, but I hadn't noticed her pulling at her ear at all. I think that he suspected that it was the early stages of it and that it would soon flare up. She got an antibiotic, and her fever seemed to have gone mostly away on Friday.
Yesterday (Saturday), her fever shot back up, however. We decided that we needed to go to the emergency room after her fever just wouldn't go down (it was well over 103 again). After three and a half hours (we got there a little bit before 7:00 pm) and a whole lot of tests that Chalyse thought were very rude, they diagnosed her with viral pneumonia. They told us to keep her on the antibiotic just in case it was really bacterial, because there's no way to tell the difference from the symptoms.
About an hour before we got done, Chalyse decided that she was miraculously healed. She started to use an entire day's worth of energy in the short time she had before going to bed. We didn't want her getting down on the cold floor, so we had an extremely fun battle with her for the rest of the time we were there.
Yesterday (Saturday), her fever shot back up, however. We decided that we needed to go to the emergency room after her fever just wouldn't go down (it was well over 103 again). After three and a half hours (we got there a little bit before 7:00 pm) and a whole lot of tests that Chalyse thought were very rude, they diagnosed her with viral pneumonia. They told us to keep her on the antibiotic just in case it was really bacterial, because there's no way to tell the difference from the symptoms.
About an hour before we got done, Chalyse decided that she was miraculously healed. She started to use an entire day's worth of energy in the short time she had before going to bed. We didn't want her getting down on the cold floor, so we had an extremely fun battle with her for the rest of the time we were there.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
104 Degrees!
Chalyse has been sick with a cough for about a week. It hasn't been too bad so we have just been waiting it out. Last night though i put her down for bed at 6:30 (she had refused to take an afternoon nap) and at about 9pm she woke up crying and really warm. We took her temprature at almost 104 under the arm. Yikes! We quickly dressed her down to her diaper and gave her some Motrin and a cold drink wich she downed. At around 10:30 she was still over 102 but it seemed to be dropping...slowly...and she didn't realy have any other simptoms besides her cough, which wasn't even that bad, and that she was a little fussy. She even thought about getting down and playing a few times but didn't really have the energy. So we decided to just watch her closly and take her to the doctor in the morning if she wasn't doing much better. Well, her fever continued to drop and by morning her temrature was normal and she was mostly back to her perky self...until her nap. She woke up an hour into it with a fever again and was really grmpy. Her fever wasn't nearly as high as last night but i decided we should take her in just in case. Tom has her at the doctors right now so we'll see what happens. I hope she starts feeling better soon. It's no fun being sick.
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