Job Hunt, School Search

I've been busy every evening and some days this week with the job hunt and school search. So far for the job hunt:

I've applied for a total of eleven positions, though I don't really count three of them, they were practice for me since I lack some of their "minimum qualifications". Doing those forced me to write a tight, concise resume and get a cover letter draft going, so I consider them to have served their purpose. A couple of the jobs look downright exciting. So far I've been focusing on jobs relating to PR and Development in schools, non profits, and hospitals and Marketing / PR Assistant or Coordinator positions in the for profit sector. Haven't been contacted yet for interviews, etc., it's too soon yet.

I've been to three of the four Montessori schools near our home and think I have figured out what I'd like to do. I have one more interview with a school I don't have a really good feeling about, so unless that one seriously impresses me, I think we'll do a Kindergarden program that's six minutes away from our house this year and for First Grade we'll apply in January for the really-totally-awesome-drop-yer-jaw-amazing Montessori elementary school that's only 15 minutes away from us.

The key is for me to get a job in the next few weeks that makes enough money for us to a) pay DD's tuition, b)pay off our debt, and c)isn't an outrageous commute.

I wouldn't object to a few prayers or good vibrations sent my way for this, if you've a mind too. I'm still prayerfully meditating on these every day (I usually get two in a day, morning and night).

Throwing myself out there like this is a crash course in Trust and Confidence. DH keeps saying how impressed he is with how focused I've been on this and how much I've gotten done in one week. He's also really looking forward to the idea of getting out of debt which I think has really helped his attitude lately--like part of his heavy load has hope of lifting, if that makes any sense.

And DD is so eager to start school, it's not even funny. I'm convinced now that no matter how much I'll miss being an at-home mom and my knitting circle play dates that this is the right thing for our family right now.

I fantasize that my job is really close to Lynn's house so on Wednesdays I go to her knitting circle during my lunch hour. And that I'll make enough to hire a housekeeper once a week to clean the floors and bathrooms. If I could swing those two things, life would be near-perfect.