Not-so-Unemployed Anymore...

So, I guess I'm no longer unemployed, but I don't have a full-time teaching job.  I am working at Nick's school as a teacher's assistant.  It has been really fun and made me realize how much I miss teaching.  I was so close to giving up on the profession and going back to grad. school.  I even had a program picked out and was getting ready to fill out the application.  This job came at just the right moment.  It made me realize that I wasn't frustrated with the profession, it was my school (not the students) and my district.   The politics and lack of respect was making me sick and depressed.  My new school is so different.  I feel appreciated and valued.  There is freedom from curriculum and they trust their teachers.  This week they asked me to substitute for our 4th grade teacher and it has been fantastic!  Some things came up, so I don't know how long I'll be teaching 4th grade, but I hope it's for a while.  The students are amazing!  I really enjoy being back in the classroom.  I hope that I can get a full-time position here in the next year or two.  It is nice being able to drive to work with Nick in the morning and teach in the classroom next door to him.  Things are definitely starting to look up!