I'm HERE!!!!! Crazy!!! We arrived about 11:30 am on Saturday...signed our lease at 11:40 am...started unloading the uhaul and cars...finished that around 3:30 (soooooooo hot unloading!)...got everything arranged in the apartment by about 4:00 on Sunday (we are very task oriented and organized people if you can't tell:)...started training Monday morning at 7:30 for my first REAL LIVE TEACHING JOB...and now it is Tuesday night and I sit at Starbucks writing this, and it all feels like a whirlwind!
The apartment is great! I love it! It's nice and new and big, and you can ask Tyler about the pool as it is where he spent most of his time when he was here for the past few days! I love Casa Grande! It as everything I could want, and way more restaurants then I will ever eat at! Starbucks is a block away from the apartment, and everything else I will need is within a mile!! SO GREAT!
Training has been a little long, but it has been fun too! We have Spalding training for 4.5 hours every morning, and I honestly thought I was going to die today! I didn't learn phonics growing up, so it is all kind of foreign to me, but all the 37 other people in the class seem to be in the same boat so I don't feel so bad! :) The rest of training has been a lot of fun! It has been awesome to meet all the other teachers from the three campuses! Between all three there is about a total of 165 teachers, so lots of new faces! Everyone is super nice, and probably about 75% of all of us are all new to Legacy, or first year teachers! It is a comforting feeling to know you are in the same boat as a lot of people!
One cool thing is that Becky got switched to first grade, so now we even teach the same grade! So fun! There are two other first grade teachers at the Casa Grande campus, and they are both really nice! I think the four of us will have a lot of fun! We have learned a lot about the school, curriculum, and mission which has been really cool! Training goes for the rest of this week, and all of next week. Then we have a week to decorate and set up or classroom :), meet the teacher night is the 13th, and school starts on the 16th! I am soooo excited!
Life still feels a little crazy, and it still feels surreal that I am actual a teacher in Arizona, and I have my own apartment, but God is good, and I know he is with me every step of the way! I have felt his comfort many times over the last few days when saying goodbye to my mom in MN, starting Spalding training and feeling really overwhelmed, and then saying goodbye to my dad and brother last night when they headed back to MN! I know this is where God wants me right now, and I feel a definite peace about! I appreciate all your prayers as I continue on the journey he has planned for me!
Adios Amigos!
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