a lot of people have been asking how my sub job has been lately, so i figured i needed to just update my blog. the week before i started, i found out that i would only be subbing 3, maybe 4 weeks, which was great news! on the first day, the kids tested me out, just like any kid would do to a sub, but they quickly realized that i meant business, but we could still have some fun. the first week went by fast, like SUPER fast! that friday was my sister's homecoming and she was on the homecoming court. she asked me to fix her hair for the football game before i flew home to be with landon for the weekend. my flight was at 6:45, and if you have ever flown in amarillo, you know that you can get there 20-30 minutes early and be fine. i got to the southwest counter to get my boarding pass at 6:20 and the lady says to me, "ma'am, your flight is at 6:25. you need to run down there." i ran down to my gate only to see the terminal pulling away from my plane. needless to say, that "fast week" that i was talking about earlier, all of the sudden seemed SO long and i was dying to see landon!! tears + a super nice southwest lady = changing my flight to saturday morning with no charge. the interesting thing about it was that my bags made it on to the plane, so i had to get them on saturday when i got there. i cried all the way back to friona.
saturday morning, i woke up early and drove to the airport and got there with plenty of time to spare. i wasn't going to miss another flight! i finally made it to landon after a missed flight, lost luggage, and a 50 dollar travel voucher for losing my luggage, and we had a great weekend. it was hard to leave on sunday. but once again, the next week went by fast. the second week i had to drive back to denton on wednesday after school to go to a subsitute orientation in denton on thursday and then drive back on thursday when i was done. luckily my sister skipped school to make the trip with me so it wasn't near as bad. i didn't go home that weekend because landon was gone, and frankly, i didn't want to make that drive again.
this week has gone by fast again. the first two days the 5th grade has had field trips and today we had parent/teacher conferences (a little weird as a sub having parent teacher conferences, but i made it through). i'm not sure yet if i will be here again next week. the lady i am subbing for had surgery, but now has the flu. i am ready to go home and be a wife to my husband, have the same schedule, see him every day, and not feel like we are dating again. i'm not a fan of this long distance. the money would be nice, but i now can sub in denton so i'm really ready to go home. i miss landon a lot.
all this being said, thank you for praying for us during the last 3 weeks. we have definitely felt every prayer being lifted up for us! God is good and he always provides.
ps...i applied for a 4th grade position that opened up in the ft worth area yesterday. say a prayer for me that if this is where i need to be, the doors will open. thanks so much!!!
OH Brenda, I had no idea that happened to you at the airport, I am so sorry :( You sound like you are handling it all quite well. It won't be much longer.
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