if your life was a movie, what kind would it be?

If my life was a movie I think it would be some kind of comedy.  There would be a lot of sarcasm in this comedy, and definitely no romance.  It would be a strait up comedy.  The kind where the main character finds out, or maybe never finds out, that the jokes on her.  Life is a big joke.  Nothing ever seems to go the way she wants while everyone else around her gets everything they want.  She would be the “when it rains it pours” girl.  There is no happy ending.  There is no ending where she gets the guy, or the dream job.  She just gets more of the same stuff she’s been getting the whole time.

Well I want to change that movie.  I want to take control of the script and camera and create a new story.  I want to make it an adventure.  A movie where the heroine goes out to explore the world, while it still may not be a romance, she takes charge of her life and gets some things she wants.  The joke is no longer on her because she changes and the joke is on life.  The ending may not be a “happy” ending where she finds the guy and lives an amazing life, but she can live a more amazing life and not be as much of a sad character as the original movie. 

What is in a happy ending anyway?  Does the girl always have to end up with a guy for it to be “happy”?  Why can’t she just be content and enjoying life, friends, and family?  Why must happiness always be associated with having a husband and children?  In real life the girl rarely gets the guy of her dreams.  She never gets a second chance, or she doesn’t get the guy way out of her league.  She ends up alone for ever, or settling for a guy that comes second to her dream guy.  And then, she may find the guy and lose him forever wishing and hoping to get him back.  And yet she could marry him and then get divorced.  Or the dream guy could beat her and she never leaves.  This is real life….oh wait we aren’t talking about real life.  We are talking about a movie. 

So this movie has no romance, but it has a girl that doesn’t live life on the sidelines settling for staying in her comfort zone.  This girl looks for new things to do, new places to go, and new people to meet.  She wants to do something with her life, so she does it. 

I offer you this question, if your life was a movie what kind would it be and what kind would you make it?  

Got a Job in Las Vegas

It’s pretty crazy.  I was about to take a temporary teaching position and ended up getting called for a full time position in Las Vegas, NV.  I got an interview and the job in the same day.  Pretty insane, yet it is till the only call for  a teaching position this whole summer. I still cannot believe how this job search has gone.  However, I at least have a job, even though it’s thousands of miles away.  Now I have to get a tb test, get finger printed, and apply for a teaching license in Nevada.  Which will cost me close to $300 including mailing.  Pretty crazy!  Can you believe I have to pay for my own background check?  I can’t believe it!  Every job I have heard of the company/school pays for the background check.  I can’t believe how much I have to pay to get a job!  I should be happy though, right?  I mean I do have a job at least.  After I do all that, I have to wait for my background check to clear before I can start.  So it will be awhile before I even move.  It just seems crazy to me that I am expected to pay for my own background check. 

Anyway, I am excited.  It is going to be a huge change.  No below zero degree weather in the winter, no snow, and no grass.  It’s also the furthest away from my family I will ever be.  I want this, it will be nice to have some freedom to grow, but I will certainly miss everyone.  I’m really going to miss the winter and the spring.  I love seeing lush grass everywhere and all the flowers blooming.  I also love the winter when all the tree’s have lost their leaves and are covered in snow and ice.  It is so quiet and perfect.  Looking out of the window seeing fields and forests in snow and ice makes my feel isolated but in a good way.  Maybe the desert will have a similar feeling, but I guess I will not know until I get there.

Job Search

It is pretty insane; trying to find a job right now.  I have applied everywhere.  Looking for teaching positions in different states, even in England.  So far the closest I have to an actual teaching job is a long term substitute position.  I have had one call from a school and now interview.  How is it that there is such a huge need for teachers, but no teaching jobs?  What is wrong with this picture?  Oh yeah, the state owes schools billions of dollars and instead of finding ways to pay them they cut resources, cut teaching positions, and lower the schools budgets.   Now that is the way to improve education in the US!  I new it would be difficult to find a job, but this is ridiculous!  It is so stressful not knowing if I’m going to find a job this year.  I have know idea where I’m going or what I’m doing,  I’m completely dependant on the hope that I will get called by some school in the next month to start teaching.  Some districts, like CPS, hire up until mid September, a few weeks into the school year.  That’s pretty crazy!  Who knows, maybe I’ll be hearing from Las Vegas in the next couple of weeks, one can dream…

Sinusitis Rocks!

It is so great having sinus problems. My head hurts sooo much and my nose is running like a faucet. How is there so much stuff up there? I don't understand how you can blow and blow, and 10 min. later you have to use two more tissue papers to blow some more! I hate it. My eyes hurt, there is so much pressure. What is it with that? Then of coarse there is the nausea. Since my sinuses drain while I sleep I get the privilege of waking up feeling like I want to throw up in the mornings. Yay, so much fun! Well at least the sore throat and loosing my voice hasn't kicked in yet. But then that is something I just have to look forward to as some sort of surprise, as if my parents are throwing me a surprise birthday party that could come any day now. And while the saline spray's help, they do not get rid of it for good. I still am blowing my nose all day, and the next morning it is as if I hadn't tried any remedy at all.

The good news? I haven't started student teaching yet, the bad news, I don't know when this is going to go away. Hopefully it doesn't get any worse. I don't think I have sinusitis...yet. I usually do get that every year. Yet another thing to look forward to!