Prayer for jobs

I have been busy all of a sudden working on applications. I got one application in for a school position, and I am almost done with two others. And another one I only need to send in a resume and cover letter, so I'm going to get that in soon as well. I am starting to get nervous, I hope I get a job for next school year! I don't care where it is, I just want to work! So, I could use all of your prayers about finding a job for next year. Thanks!

Little Children

I feel like I have been surrounded by babies and children lately. I have been down to midstate Illinois several times now visiting my sister and her 9-month old baby. He has just started crawling, which I have yet to see, but which is very exciting. I visited a friend from junior high last week who had a baby in January, and her little girl was looking very cute. I even had a dream the other night that I was pregnant, and I never dream about things like that. I used to say that I don't want kids until I'm 40, but I'm starting to change my mind the more I'm around them. There are even these two little boys, ages 7 and 4, who live in the same apartment complex I do who I've been speaking with recently. They're home-schooled, so they are around a lot. One is dark haired and one is red-head, and they are both adorable and very precocious. The other day, I heard this "argh" sound behind me, and turning around, I saw the red-headed 4-year-old dressed up in a pirate costume (complete with eye-patch) coming towards me with his plastic sword out to run me through. It was pretty cute.

Virginia Tech

I know that words can never really convey what you want them to when it is something this tragic, but my heart really goes out to all those families and friends for the people who died at Virginia Tech. I cannot even begin to imagine what they must be feeling right now. I'm feeling a little shook up over it, and I don't even know anyone who attends there. My prayers will be with you.

(as David Bowie sings) Under Pressure

It has been a crazy past week for me in-between my grandmother being in the hospital and Easter. I was with her all last week pretty much, and then on Friday, I went downstate Illinois to visit my sister and her family for Easter. It was really fun to see my nephew, he is 8 months old now, and the cutest baby in the world. Not that I'm biased or anything. My dad came down on Friday as well to see my sister and the baby with me, and after lunch, he ended up taking us shopping at Von Maur. That is quickly becoming one of my favourite stores, at least when my dad is there to foot the bill. I got this pair of jean capris from Paige Premium Denim, this line I have been eying for awhile now. I'm not sure they are as comfortable as Lucky magazine was claiming they are, but I guess time will tell. Since it snowed today, it isn't really the type of weather for capris, alas.

The other news is that I applied today for a temporary school social work job that became available here in one of the suburbs of Chicago. It would be from now until the end of the school year. We'll see what happens with that, though. I'm not holding my breath. At least my resume is all updated now, and I have a cover letter written, so it can be tweaked for other positions I'm applying for next year. I definitely work better under pressure.

ER

I have decided that my least favorite place in the world is the emergency room. This is because I have decided that my least favorite activity in the world is waiting. I hate waiting, and you wait for hours on end at the emergency room with a bunch of other families all sitting there and waiting as well. It's so depressing. I made this wondrous discovery on Monday night, when I helped my mother take my grandmother to the emergency room. My grandma had fallen and hurt her back really badly, so we were getting her checked out. She is being hospitalized right now because it turned out to be a compression fracture, and I spent several hours with her today at the hospital. She is being so confused as well, I think the pain is making her alztheimers much more severe. Several times she asked if we could go upstairs, if we were in a school, when her doctor from Minonk (where she hasn't lived for about 20 years) is coming to see her, and other things like that. The worst was when this group of men came in to check the heater, and she was convinced that they were there to steal something. I feel so bad for her right now, she is in a lot of pain, and I'm not quite sure how long it will take her to heal. So, tomorrow I will have another stint with her in the hospital. Thank goodness for the cable in the room. I am now au current with the presidential hopefuls for the 2008 elections, thanks to CNN (my grandma's favorite channel.)