Two Down...One to Go!!

I haven't really been able to post lately, mostly because I've been waiting...waiting...waiting for any kind of real news.  When your life is in limbo, or should I say when my life is in limbo, I get sort of paralyzed!  I've been busy in my paralysis, though.  I had two interviews in the last six days and I'm thrilled to announce that I found a job in Maine!!  Yes, indeedy!  I'm starting in September teaching 3rd grade!  I couldn't be more thrilled...or relieved.  I teach 5th grade now, so this will be a lovely change of pace.  I used to teach 3rd grade when I first began my teaching career, so it's nice to be going back. 

So, the house inspection went well and things are chugging away--signed P&S, new job on the horizon, and the only thing left to do...find a place to live.  We have our eye on a place, but we'll see.  I'm sure that there will be houses coming on the market in the next few weeks still, so I'm hopeful.

I'm actually reeling from the rapid pace of these changes...but what's a life without change?  I often think that I'd like to have a steady and predictable life, with solid traditions and the comfort of the totally familiar, but that's obviously just not me!  My youngest son, Ben, once told me that he admired the fact that I've reinvented myself many times--and that is certainly true.  So, now I will become a teacher of third graders in a new school, a new state, in a new community and hopefully grow and expand in many exciting ways! 

There are no pictures of my new life though, so I'll share some of my rainy garden while I still enjoy the old house, in the old life!

Kind of green, huh?  I think it's the rain!  I really can't wait to get going and start the new garden!
Courtney