Yes, this is the exciting news I talked about...

...This will be a short post because I'm exhausted after this day and need to take a nap before cooking up a delicious steak dinner. Yum! So...long story short, I'm beginning on a journey of being a long-term sub for an elementary music position here in town. It came up at just the right time- I love the idea of being in the same school every day and not subbing all the time. This may turn into a contracted position through the end of the year, too, which would be awesome and would bump my pay up to my Masters level. I didn't think I'd be teaching music, and we'll see where this gets me- I would love to be back in Bellevue in the fall, but for now, God has truly blessed me with an incredible opportunity to make the next 6 months a learning experience and to get a head start on that whole "1st year teacher" thing. :) Please pray for me! The kids were pretty crazy today and I have a feeling it's going to take a couple weeks before they know what my expectations are for behavior. Another crazy thing?! The teacher I'm filling in for used to teach band at my high school- what a small world!