I've been super busy lately. Work has been non-stop and the classes I've been in have been keeping me hopping. That is the good news. The bad news is that I had that interview I mentioned a few posts back and found out today that I did not get the grade 8 position for next year. No one did... yet. They interviewed a bunch of people and found us all lacking -- so they are going to keep searching. I took some consolation in that. In a way, I'm not too upset because this class was going to be a handful. I think that was the biggest factor in their decision -- they wanted someone with experience dealing with difficult classrooms and didn't find anyone that fit the bill. The principal actually told me they had concerns that this class could break a new teacher and they wanted to ensure they got someone strong enough to be able to deal with it. Not that I don't think I could have hacked it, but it probably wouldn't have been a very pleasant year. I subbed at this school, a couple of weeks ago, and it was a pretty rough day.

It is a touch discouraging that my teaching experience in BC doesn't seem to amount to anything here. I have to pretty much start over trying to make connections/contacts because experience seems to amount to nothing. On the other hand, why sweat the stuff you have no control over. Neil's job in Toronto is temporary and I know I will be doing this all over again in another year or two so all I can do is go with the flow. Subbing isn't all that bad, 6AM call-outs aside.

I'm going to try to get back to posting semi-regularly here. We have found ourselves swept up in the Facebook phenomenon and my blog has suffered as a result.

We have nothing too exciting planned for the weekend -- except to shop for some patio furniture. We have a kick-ass patio with a pretty decent view. Time to pimp the space out. As expected, Neil is thrilled. There is nothing he'd rather do than shop.

Oh, and my brother gets his black belt in Tae Kwon Do and graduates grade 8 this month. Any suggestions for a kick-ass gift that could be applied towards both accomplishments.