We got back on Tuesday, August 26th and my sister, Rachel, got married on Saturday, August 30th. (Photos by Jessica Strickland.)
We bought a car that next week and took a few trips to Indianapolis. On September 13th, we took my aunt, Karen, and Zach's brother, Ben, zip lining.
On September 23rd, we took an Amtrak train from Indianapolis to Chicago and spent four nights in Chicago.
There was SMWC Homecoming.
And our last big trip was to Maine on October 11th-18th to see Carolyn.
We've visited with friends and family. There were several new (and not-so-new) babies to meet. We've also sold almost half of the stuff in our storage unit and it feels so good!
Zach and I have also been substitute teachers with the Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools. Zach has been doing it for about one month now. After having to wait on my FBI background check, I have finally been put on the list and have been in the classroom twice. It feels good to be back with students.
We have also taken important steps in our certification process. To be certified teachers, we have to take three tests: General Knowledge, Professional, and Subject Area tests. We took and passed the General Knowledge test. We will take the other two this month (and hopefully pass) so that we can get our background checks completed and become certified to teach in the state of Florida.
That leads me to answer a question we've been getting a lot lately: what's next? Good question! It's also a hard question to answer. The plan, for NOW, is to continue subbing for the rest of the current school year. We are talking about moving down to Florida for the next school year and teach for the next two school years in order to obtain our teaching licenses. Once we get our licenses, we want to go abroad and teach in international schools or for the DoDEA.
So, that is the plan for now. As most of you know, those plans could definitely change and I will try to keep you all in the loop as changes occur.
