Exciting new developments

Hi!

So, a lot's happened since my last post, and the next few weeks are going to be a lot busier. I'm really happy to have more things going on!

We'll start with what I'll be doing down here. I've gotten a regular babysitting job for the month of July. I'll be babysitting four days a week for a family from our church. Their babysitter recently moved and so I'll be watching their 10-month-old for them. I'm so excited! I'll have someone to keep me company here. :-) I'm planning to go to the library this weekend to find some kids stuff for Abigail.

So, I'll start babysitting on Monday of next week, but then I have another new development. I'm on my way up to State College on Wednesday to go to some interviews on Thursday! I'm interviewing at the Grier School for girls in Tyrone and with a program led by my adviser at Penn State. I'm really excited about the possibilities at either of these places. At Grier, I'd be teaching middle school general science. It's a boarding school that is about 50% international students. It would be a really unique experience and I would love working with them. They also have a really big arts program, especially in music. At PSU, I would have a research job working mainly on the same educational project that I did my thesis on. I would be helping to implement an educational outreach program at Harrisburg High School, one of the lowest performing schools in the state. I'm really looking forward to the opportunities at either place.

I got to get out today a little bit too. A friend from church asked me to go to the mall with her and her little boy today. We went to a big mall in Virginia Beach and just sort of did some window-shopping. It's been great getting to know her and some other church people more. It felt so luxurious to go to a high end mall and eating at a food court. :-) Here I mainly just walk to the grocery store or the library.

Well, Jon and I are off to figure out a way to cash some checks so we can have some money. Have a great July 4 vacation!

~Rachel