I've applied to three different jobs and have interviews/tours scheduled for four different Montessori schools near our home. One is only four blocks away and has openings for this school year. It's a preK and K only program so that still leaves next year, but it turns out there will be a Montessori Charter school starting next year, perhaps I can get DD into that for first grade. I got some great advice from one of the Directors tonight on how to prepare DD for Kindergarten with cursive writing practice and sounding out the letters. She's been "writing" all summer long, she's going to love this.

I sat down and explained to her what I'm doing right now--looking for a job for me and a school for her--she's very happy to be going to a school again (she was going to a Waldorf Co-op Kindergarten for nearly two years before this last February). She's upbeat, cheerful, and really looking forward to making new friends. I really think this is the best thing for her right now.

I'm actually getting a big boost of confidence in the application process. I've reviewed my prior work history, rewritten my resume, and when I look over it, I realize how much I accomplished in the two years I was working before I had DD. I'm not the miserable flunky I seem to think I am. I've got this internal dialogue of everything I've ever done wrong, and when faced with the facts on my resume, I realized how destructive that is, because there's an awful lot I've done right too. This is like a shot in the arm of confidence in my own competence. If that makes sense.

DH is very supportive of this whole thing. He'd better be, because I'm betting he's going to be the one taking DD to and from school each day since he works from home and doesn't have to commute via car. His commute is stopping in the kitchen, getting a cuppa coffee and walking down the stairs to his office!

Amazingly, I went to look at job postings and there are current listing that are in my field. Portland is a good place for my job skills (public relations/special events, basically working in Development or Communication departments). There was nothing in SW Missouri for me except part time marketing jobs which were OK, but my first love is doing public relations for non profits, social services, or hospitals. Mostly because I know that what I'm doing is making people's lives better.

So I'm coming to terms with the whole thing fairly well. I've been coming to the conclusion that this is going to have to happen for several weeks now, so it's not like it's a big shock. Just a moderate one.

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