Valentine's Day

I had a perfect Valentine's Day weekend. Ryan came out the eve of Valentine's Day to come with me to Dan's Bar in Walnut Creek to see the band, "The Bad Beat" play. A couple of high school friends are part of the band and I wanted to see them play for the first time.

When Ryan arrived at my house, he surprised me with a card, box of chocolates and a bottle of champagne (my favorite). I hadn't expected anything since he mentioned he wasn't really into the holiday and we've been dating for about a month and a half.

When we arrived at Dan's, we got a couple of beers and played two games of pool, which was fun despite the fact that I play pretty lousy. We listened to the band play; they played cover songs from various time periods. I must say, they play very well and I liked all the song choices.

We slept in late and then had a late brunch at Mimi's Cafe for Valentine's Day. Ryan left in the late afternoon to take care of things before he had to go back to work tomorrow. Sadly, he couldn't join the dogs and me on a hike like we usually do. I'm so grateful for the time we did have, it was the best Valentine's Day I've had in a long time. Ryan is such a wonderful guy and treats me so well. I'm so grateful to have found a nice man who puts forth such an effort. *fingers crossed* for many more months of fun together.

Employment!

The news is in!

After my "visit" to the school yesterday, they asked me if I wanted the job! I happily accepted and start work tomorrow. So, I have returned to the workforce and will be working every day from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, with exception to every tuesday the hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm for staff meetings.

I'm of course in need of health coverage, but if I can ever get the county hospital on the line without getting disconnected, I may be able to arrange for some county health benefits that are available. I attempted to go straight to the source today to speak to them, but unless I needed to be seen at the ER, there was no chance at talking to their financial representatives. Oh, well, I'll keep playing the phone game.

For the time being, I am so glad to be making money again! And ecstatic that the school is so close to home! I don't even have to get on the freeway!

Poor Timber, he's going to have to get used to his mommy being gone all day! I don't know who I feel more sorry for, Timber or my dad, who has to put up with the crying and barking! lol

Crossing my fingers

Finally after 2 months of searching, soliciting and applying...I had a job interview! It went well, got to check out the school and meet some kids...one classroom shared their snack with me, tuna sandwich! lol

There are no health benefits available with this job. However there is an upside...besides the obvious income that has been missing for so long! The school is about 10 minutes away from my house!!!! For a gal who struggles with getting up early in the morning, has trouble getting her a** out the door and lives in a city with too many cars crawling to work every day on the parking lot they call Highway 4......This is awsome!

Last time I had a job that was so close to home was in Chico! Coincidentially, this school's program is set up the same way as the program in Chico. Half-day programs, working hours are 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. Although this program is so much better! Instead of a mere hour between the morning and afternoon program...30 minutes of which is lunch time....there is 2 hours! Talk about a relief for teachers! Prep time is so valuable and difficult to come by.

Props to my youngest nephew's former preschool teacher for putting in a good word with the director and giving me the heads up about the position as soon as it opened up!

Cross your fingers....I go in on Monday for a couple hours to hang out. Perhaps I will know by the end of next week if I have a job...or better yet, Monday! :-)