Moving Forward... Looking Back

Last week I was so worried about collecting references for my job application that it's funny to remember this one week later when my references have all come in. I got three good references that I was not ashamed to put on my application, and I submitted the app. online today. After that, I set up a District Interview with the personnel director in the district where my wife and I are applying. Our interview will be Monday at 2:00 (Eastern)... so Michelle, A-Dub, Tnonymous, etc., please pray for us.

As I prepare for this weekend's trip (to the interview nearly 1,000 miles away), I have been looking through and updating my professional portfolio. I was working so tirelessly while working on my Master's and teacher certification that I never really took time to sit down and look back. Going through my portfolio was like going through a scrapbook: a newspaper article that was published about my class, evaluations from supervisors, awards that I have won, and an essay I wrote about teaching during my first year... the world was so full of possibilities...

AND STILL IS!!!

That's what I've got to realize. While I get down in the present, sometimes, I have to remember that it's been a fun ride and there's more fun to come... and I'm having a little bit of fun here and there right now when I sit back and think about it.