CORTNEY'S CORNER

That's right people, I'm a working woman again! For about three weeks I worked part time as a substitute teacher in the Chillicothe city schools here. It was fun and I liked it. I got to hang out with students all day long and I often had time to read or browse the internet. And in a few rare moments in math and science classes, I actually got to teach. But it was hard for me to go to bed at night and not know if and where I would be working the next day. And I was out of work for a straight week because mother nature dumped EIGHT inches of snow on our little town. So although I'll miss hearing things like "Do you think I could get my butt surgically removed? Like the whole entire thing?" (yes, I literally overheard this from a 7th grade boy), I am excited and ready to go back to working full time... and getting paid regularly. I'm now working at Ohio Christian University as the Trailblazer Academy Admissions Coordinator. What is the Trailblazer Academy, you...

Yay! Dan and I have officially been living in Chillicothe for two weeks! It's been a fun two weeks. We've spent a lot of time working on our house. Packing up and getting here wasn't too hard but sheesh, unpacking is a whole different story. We're finished with almost everything and soon I'll dedicate a whole post to our fun little home.  The fact that we're living in a house now, not an apartment, is super different. I've been living in an apartment for over the past four years. I sort of forgot a few things about living in a house like OMG STAIRS SUCK. And it's way bigger than I'm used to. I keep misplacing my phone. There are too many rooms for me to forget things in. We've also been hanging out and getting connected in the community. Dan has had a few meetings with people. I've also had a meeting with the superintendent of the city school district here, started substitute teaching and last Friday I judged a middle school science fair ...