Thoughts on Substitute Teaching

May I say that God constantly has His way of humbling me. I must say that when the thought of moving to Ohio came across my mind, I just totally thought it was going to be easy. HAHAHAHA was I wrong!!! I had all these doors opening up for me I just knew I was going to have a job. Nope, I got all my documentation, took a ton of tests, and all I get to do is sub. Now subbing here is way different than subbing back home. For instance, people do it as a job. So imagine how frustrated I was when I discovered that I was competing for subbing jobs with people who would never get jobs as teachers in the school systems. UGH!!! That's all I could say, and to this day I am still competing with people who aren't teachers. I have been blessed that one city 40 minutes away is in desperate need of substitute teachers so most of my work has come from them. Now, yes I am frustrated with this whole situation, but I am faithful that God has given me the jobs that he has. So without further ado, here are my pros and cons of substitute teaching

PROS

1. I get to pick and choose the days I work. This has come in handy for Tim and I seeing that we are traveling a lot recently.

2. If I get a crazy class, I do NOT have to go back!!! This has happened before and although I was complimented on "how well" I handled the class. I probably will not go back haha.

3. It is nice to learn about the areas that are near here. The cities are pretty close so it is nice to know we have tons of choices as to where we want to live.

4. The kids in the city I live in are so sweet!!! That's why the jobs are so competitive. The kids are so sweet and loving.

5. And hopefully, just hopefully, this will lead me to a teaching job :)

6. I feel that substitute teaching has started to humble me and strengthen my faith.

CONS

1. I have been subbing 40 minutes away almost everyday.

2. It is so competitive. There are some days that I just wish I could quit and take a regular job doing something else.

3. It frustration I feel blows my mind. I can not believe how much I have had to just trust God. Next week, I am trusting that God will bring me jobs, because right now, I do not have any.

4. Stress. The stress I feel is UNREAL.

I know that I complained A LOT, but it is so hard to go from having full-time work, to having sporadic work. I know that there is a bigger plan. I know that God has a plan for me and Tim. I just ask that as my readers you pray for my faith, and that you pray for Tim and I. I promise that my next post will be a happy one, but I am human. As a human, I have struggles, and well, I have hit a big on haha. Until next time...

At the Fair!

We went to the Ohio State Fair today, and did a TON of walking for hours and hours. I have never walked so much in my life!!! We saw some interesting things while we were there.

You could win a crab!!! I prefer fish, but to each their own.

Just a disclaimer, please excuse my hair. I am going through a transition period :(

There was a huge painted map of Ohio with all the counties. Here is our's, number 39!

There was a small part of the park that was roped off to preserve these pretty wild flowers. If you visit Ohio you'll find these flowers just about everywhere!

Butterfly center!!! Not as awesome as the one in Georgia where I'm from though :D

These cows are made of butter. I am not sure who had all the time in the world to carve this, but there was a sign that said it took 500 and something hours to make this. Where do they keep the sculptures? I don't know.

There was a petting zoo! this particular little fellow was so greedy, and creepy looking!!! He was hogging all the carrots!!!

This is my man feeding one of the animals. I can't remember what was the name of this one. There was a zebu and a water buffalo! Get the Veggietales reference? :)

And to end the day, we got CANDY!!!! (Please forgive my hair!!)

Have any of you gone to your state fair?

A New Beginning

This is A NEW BEGINNING for us. It is the first time since we met that we actually get to live near each other. Now that we are engaged to be married we figured it was time (yay!). We dated for a year and a half before I made the decision to move. This blog is about our journey and gives friends a way to keep up with us now that we are separated by at least 12 hours. But first, I would like to share our story with you.

About two years ago during this month I made the decision to try online dating, and so did Tim (Timothy). My parents instructed me that it might be a good thing to try, seeing that I was having a hard time meeting Seventh-Day Adventists in my area. I was on two other online dating sites (with no success) and happened upon a site for Adventist dating. It was kinda my last resort haha. I was on this site and was having terrible luck as well. It was so weird, all the guys talking to me were old enough to be my dad eww... One day I got on with the intention to delete my account, because I was tired. And, there it was a "the message" with a smile. So, I gave it a chance and amazingly we have been so perfect for each other. Its amazing what God can do for us when we trust Him. So another moral of this story, if dating is going terrible try online haha

Before I left, there were requests to my Facebook page so people could see what we were up to. So, this blog is a way for everyone to do that. I don't really update my Facebook as much, but I love to blog!!! So we are inviting you to keep up with this journey that God is giving us :) 

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