Catch-up

Tomorrow, we end our tri-state tour. We hit Wisconsin for five days, Minnesota for 10 hours, and Montana for six days. We have seen many relatives and eaten many homeade delicacies (like Mel’s stew, Khyber Pass’s grilled chicken kabobs, Jenn’s carmel corn, and my mom’s stuffing…which truely makes a visit complete). Holidays always tend to make people eat too much and I am not excluded from that group. I will now enter my “I need to eat healthier” stage.

We have definitely been busy and have enjoyed our break. We love seeing family. Life in New Haven will be a bit different in 2007. On Friday, the 5th of January, I start my new counseling job at Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School. I am going to have to give up or drastically reduce my hours at Starbucks - where I have been working for the last month. I am going to miss that discount. I am looking forward to working in the middle school. The principal is very counseling focused and will be giving me free range to work with the students as I see fit. I will also be doing lots of classroom iguidance lessons, which should be an added challenge and welcome benefit for the students. The school is a smaller school in a beautiful area of Connecticut. The only downfall I see to the position thus far is the 50 minute commute in the mornings. Thankfully, I will not be driving in traffic and should be able to have a stress free drive, hopefully filled with podcasts, downloaded books, and of course music (all thanks to a great Christmas present that will allow both Tim and I to have our music library with us at all times!). The commute may be something we can shorten, so I have to say, things are looking good.

Many of you might not know how many thousands of interviews and applications I went through. I am so glad to be done with that and I am looking forward to my next adventure.

Happy First day of 2007.

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