The Incident....and my new job!

So the other day Jon was up at school studying and I thought, 'hey, why don't i do all the dishes before he gets home?" except there 1 trillion dishes (i counted), and a tiny sink next to a tiny dish rack. So I had to wash, then let them dry, and when the basket got full I would go do another project, come back, unload the dishes, then start washing again. WELL, the cup section of the cabinet started getting reallly full. I closed the doors, came back another time to add more cups, and BAM! 3-4 glasses came down and shattered, first on the counter top in front of me, then on the floor. OUCH! The glass shattered and flew into both my hands, cutting them pretty badly. Then, I'm like, OH GREAT I'm standing in a pile of glass without shoes on and jon's not here!! Haha! So I kept calling and he wasn't answering, so I jumped out of the glass pile and tried to clean it up. It was quite traumatic. Jon was so sweet and washed my hands off and put bandaids on me. He's so sweet:) Here's a picture of my gross cut.

So this semester I decided I was really tired of working till 11 PM at night and I wanted to spend more time at home. So I looked all Christmas break for a new job, but nothing came up. LUCKILY, during the first week of school I got called in for an interview at the Bookstore pack-n-ship (It's a mini post office!) And I got hired!!! It has been a huge blessing because my schedule is more flexible and the bookstore doesn't stay open past 8, and most of the time I work in the mornings. It has been wonderful! THEN, I got a call from the Spanish Fork school district. I forgot, I had applied for a teaching position there a month ago and hadn't really thought about it. But they wanted to interview me the next day, and I was FREAKING OUT. Like, a REAL JOB? Ahh!! I couldn't sleep. Ask Jon, I was a psycho all day/night. I woke up and went to the interview with the attitude that if I didn't get the job, at least it would be a good interview practice for future positions. But, after interviewing me and 8 other people, I GOT THE JOB! It's at Landmark high school, which is an alternative high school. I  am SO SO SO EXCITED! A lot of the kids are in custody, have parents in jail, are homeless, etc. and during the interview I started crying as the principal read a poem that a girl at the school had written about her mom---how she was addicted to heroin and how her two little brothers had died, and how she didn't want to end up like her mom. It was so touching. THese kids have the roughest backgrounds and I just felt such a strong feeling that i needed to be there to help them. Part of the reason I love teaching is because I can be a positive, stable role model for young children, but these high school students need that too. I was really nervous when he didn't call me back until the next day, but I am overjoyed. I start on Tuesday. It's an after school program for credit recovery (classes they've failed), where they can come into the classroom and get help from me, I can grade their work, and they can sit and study. I really hope I do well and I hope the kids like me!!! Praying that I can make a difference and that they'll teach ME how to be a better teacher, be more patient and loving, and that I can show them that they have so much potential (because I know they do!)