So much for the new one...

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So a couple of posts ago I told whomever it is that reads my blog that I had a job offer at a new school.  I spent the $40 to take the required test (which I rocked!) and started about three weeks ago.  This now may be my shortest lived position.  That's right, I no longer work there.

Two weeks ago my grandma died.  She is the first of my four grandparents to go so I went with some of my family to California for the funeral.  Well, that being on a Monday afternoon I missed work on Monday and Tuesday, along with Wednesday because a lot of unexpected things happened on the trip that tuckered me out and the teacher I work with told me before I left that I could take Wednesday if I needed to.  So I missed three days of work for that.  One more day than I probably should have taken, but when your sister ends up in the hospital a thousand miles from her home and husband leaving you and your brother to take care of her two children (baby and toddler) while your parents run back and forth from hospital, hotel, pharmacy, and their hotel, you get a little burned out.

Today I woke up around 4:30 am feeling sicker than a dog and looking a very unnatural human color.  Without going in to too many details, let's just say I thought it was in my best interest for me to stay home instead of being around 13 or 14 elementary aged kids.  I sent a text to the teacher at least an hour before school telling her that I wouldn't be there today and explained a little of how I was feeling.  I know I should have called but frankly with the way I was feeling and the tiny conversation I had with my sister it wasn't the best form of communication for me at that point.

Any way, after a few text messages were exchanged between the both of us, we decided that it would be better if I take a different position, possibly back at Evergreen.  I was a little upset that it was so short lived, but I'm grateful I had the time there.

So here's all I have to say about the situation:  Good luck finding an aide, maybe it won't be too hard, but I hope you find a male because that day that the student peed his pants and I had to sit with him in the nurses room until his mom got there with clean pants wasn't a very comfortable situation for either of us with him in his skivvies and a t-shirt.  Thank you for giving me an opportunity to learn, no matter how short lived it was...