Almost There . . .

I'm excited and worried for this week to be over with. I'm excited because it means that I will have time to explore my other skills and talents and find some new ones this summer. I'm making some goals for this summer and one of them is to become more comfortable in front of the camera. Luckily I've got some good friends who are photographers and hopefully that will help me get over the phobia of being in front of the camera. I have no issues being behind the camera and I really enjoy doing that but I've been told that I need to be more comfortable with being in front. I'm also excited to be working on a few different projects. I really enjoy sewing and designing clothes . . . at the moment anyway.

I've got an interview for another job Wednesday. This job is at another school in the district and I think it is a bit of a step down, but we'll see what comes of it. I've also got my resume at every school district within an easy driving distance, so we'll wait and see what comes of everything. I guess that is what I'm a bit worried about. I don't have a solid job for the fall and I don't have summer work at the moment. I'm hoping to get a few film jobs or possibly a local job, but I just don't know. Many people I know are in the same boat--looking for a job--so the market is saturated. Not as saturated as other places, but still getting there.

Jakob will start his student teaching in January and will "graduate" (again) April 2011. I don't think he's going to walk again, but we'll be happy to have the teaching license and then it is trying to find a teaching job for him as well. The state isn't doing well with teachers so we'll have to take what we can where we can. We can't go out of state so we've got to stay within the metro area. Luckily enough Jakob's current work isn't going anywhere and he's starting to check with them about taking a break for the duration of his student teaching, finding an evening job that can help with the bills, then go back once his student teaching is over with.

We've got some fun summer plans coming up. Jakob's younger brother is graduating so we're heading back up to Seattle, plus we're going down to St. George a couple of times; once for a event which we haven't gone to before and another time with a set of friends. I've got a couple of workshops that I want to go to in order to make me more marketable. Then 4th of July weekend, we've probably got the booth set up again at the Freedom Festival downtown, but after that, I've got some time to "chill". I actually like being busy with stuff I want to do instead of what I need to do.

I'm watching Sadie and Jimmy just chill out on the floor in the sun. You'd think with all that fur on they'd not want to be in the sun, but they love laying on the carpet in the area by the window. We have this ledge of sorts from the loft over the front room and they like to go up on that ledge and look down over everyone. Kind of a "king of the castle" type look out. They make me smile.