Summer with the family

Busy summer so far. We spent a week with Derek and Seren in Paso, and are off to see Lia and Joel-Henry next week in Ohio! After that it's off to Portland to see Morgan. Luckily, Sofia is close so we saw her for the 4th of July. As you can imagine, all this travel precluded us from singing with the Bach Festival this year, but we've been working in a few meals with our friends from around the country.

I'm still involved with the job search. Slim pickings in education this year in this area, and a lot of people trying to get employed. I was fortunate to get a temporary gig at a middle school in Monterey for the last quarter doing 7th grade math, which was a lot of fun.

Almost finished!

Student teaching is all done. 8 weeks of kindergarten was a challenge and completely exhausting, but I got a lot out of it. My master teacher Kathy is incredible. I am amazed how many things can be made from cut out tracings of little hands! Everything from turkeys to menorahs, Santa Clauses to Christmas trees. Every once in a while my legs would feel very heavy - I would look down to see what was up, and there would be a small person clamped to it! ;-)

The California credentialing process includes four "performance tasks." I got back my final score today, and I have amassed the requisite number of points. All that is left is the presentation of my portfolio at the exit interview, and it looks like that will happen tomorrow. Then all I have to do is find a job...