My new chapter will bring me to Maine- my other home. I will be living at my grandparents home outside of Hollis, Maine. My job is about 20-30 minutes away in Saco, Maine, so y'all can come and visit me any time! Here's the tough view I'll have....
I am excited to start this new chapter in my life. It's been a rocky season of trying to be patient and waiting for God's plan to be revealed. After working at Killington for the winter season, I thought I should "become a grown up" and look for a full time year-round job (doing what, I had no idea). I applied for unemployment (what a nightmare) and turned down a job with the state parks mostly because they weren't communicating with me of when and where I would be working this summer (and it wasn't a full time year round job). So unemployment it was.
I applied to all kinds of jobs- good and not great- and got turned down or no call from all but 3. I went to Maine for 2+ weeks for a family reunion and getting ready for a very part time post office job (4 hrs a day- 2 in the morning and 2 at night), when I got an email from a friend of mine who works for the state parks but in a different part of the state offering me a job. Scrubbing toilets and checking people into campsites was a whole lot better than looking for jobs that I really didn't want to do. I could get paid to be outside!! So I took a job at Gifford Woods and I am enjoying being part of the park system again (doing what ancestors did- working to protect the land) even though it is only until Labor Day. I conceded to work once again as a seasonal worker- that's what I've done and pretty much enjoyed it even though I wanted to have a full time job like most people.
When I was in Maine at my family reunion, I had to put in my jobs I'd applied to for the week and look for jobs. For shits and giggles, I looked for jobs in the Portland area (my brother and sister-in-law talked to me about moving to Maine and working for their social work organizations, which I did think about) but I looked for various jobs in the area. I came across a preschool teaching job that taught outdoor/ecological/environmental/hands-on learning....
I have been looking for a job like this for a few years! This is exactly what I've been looking and hoping for! I'm excited to be teaching again and starting this new chapter in my life. Thank you to my family and friends who've been praying and thinking of me (and will continue, I hope) while I've pursued this journey called life. I will keep you updated (better than I have been) on my new teaching job!
