New Job!

I received the news yesterday that Wilson County Modified Alternative Program (MAP Academy) offered me a job as Educational Assistant. I am pretty excited about starting there next week. The opening of this position was brought to my attention the same week that I started to look for a job within my area of study. Although it is not exactly the teaching direction that I had pictured, it will get me involved, give experience, and offer a challenge. One of the great aspects of this job is that it gives me full teacher benefits. I will not only have state healthcare coverage (medical, dental, etc.) but I can jump start my state retirement as a teacher. Also, this week I will complete my study at Volunteer State Community College thus obtaining my Associates of Applied Science in Secondary Education. I am super excited about starting my Geography program at MTSU this Fall but, I am even more excited about the three week break starting Tuesday of next week. As I said earlier in this blog, my life is changing every semester it seems and it just keeps getting better.

Oh yeah, Lindsay (wife) found out that she was more of an asset to her company than she once thought. Her supervisor, asked if she might be interested in staying on part-time while she was going to school. Turns out that throughout the retention, she has stood out to a few of the executives at her job as someone who they need to have around. It is still under discussion but there is even a possibility of them letting her work from home. One of the greatest parts, is that she would get her severence pay and the retention bonus and get to keep her job! After finding this out, I made the comment, "so, do you think we are making the right decisions?" It has fascinated me how things seem to work themselves out when we are moving in the right directions. It makes you wonder, does someone else have a hand in this? Anyway, good things are happening in the Horner household and I wanted to share.

By the way, I will post about the rest of the trip soon. Lindsey (sister) is moving into town this weekend and getting ready for exams might not allow me to post the rest of the story. I hope all is well with everyone.