I did it!

I've never written a cover letter in my life. My resume hasn't been updated in a decade. I can't even remember the last time I actually applied for a job. I think it was The Disney Store back in 1996. I haven't held what could be considered a "real" job since Rachel was born. That was 9 years ago. Well today I got the ball rolling to change all of that.

I wrote a cover letter, updated my resume, and filled out an application that doesn't so much as ask questions about your experience as give you very large blanks with vaguely worded instructions to talk about your life or civic experiences as they apply to the job you're applying for. Not to mention the affirmative action form, the background check form, the reference forms, and several other forms, plus an extra application for the specific position I was applying for. It took me all morning, but I got the darn things filled out. And I turned them in!

So hopefully by the time we're back from Utah at Christmas I'll have a job!

Technically it's a substitute job at the school. Recess Duty. 1 hour and 45 minutes a day. That's it. And it's exactly what I want. Just enough to pay the tuition for Becca to stay in full day kindergarten. I was recommended by a well trusted school employee (who also happens to be my neighbor) and it's so few hours almost no one wants that kind of shift, so my chances of getting it are actually very high. Oh, and did I mention applications go through the office of my Bishop? He works for the school district!

This doesn't change our plans to move to Texas. We'll still get that ball rolling just as soon as Scott finds a job down there. He applies for jobs every day. (So what am I complaining about, right?) In fact, he usually applies for multiple jobs every day. But we do feel like our time here isn't quite finished. As much as we would love to pack up and move tomorrow, the timing isn't right. So we do this instead, still working towards our goal of Dallas, so that when the time is right we will be ready.