Mid-term Update

In my "home" state, I'm in a program for career-changers seeking to become teachers. I missed the deadline to enter a similar program in the state in which my youngest children live, so I had to go a different route there. Because I'm not in the program in that state, my odds of getting a job there are lower, but presumably still pretty good, particularly now that I've passed the Assessment for the Certification of Educators (ACE) in that state.



Anyway, the final interview for the career changers program was Thursday, and it seemed pretty clear I passed that hurdle, based on the end-of-interview conversation. Moreover, the lead person for this program was very careful to state that, because of the budget cuts, even people who are in the program may not have jobs until December or January. But then the other people in the room spent a lot of time trying to avoid completely undermining what the lead person said while still indicating that, as someone with a masters in math, I am almost certainly going to have a job in August. So I guess the probable worst case at this point is that I'll have a job in the home state. Still obviously would prefer a job where the kids live, of course, but we'll see.

One new wrinkle as of noon today... E's mom lost her job. (That now puts E's mom, KB's mom and me all out of work. Sheesh.) Anyway, there's a solid chance she'll need to leave the state to find a new job. So at this point, my taking a job in the home state for a year and then figuring out what to do based on where E's mom (and E) have landed is actually looking like a solid option.

Meanwhile, K is a lawyer. Or at least, a graduate of law school. Or at least, a person who has gone through the graduation ceremonies at law school, and is merely awaiting notice that she's passed all her last semester courses making her officially an actual graduate of law school. The bar exam in July will, as I understand it, finally determine lawyerhood. Whatever, it's a pretty cool thing. And, as an added bonus, I learned how to play Flip Cup, a game I wish I'd known about 30 years ago. (Did it exist?)