Jobs, knitting and such

I have an interview! An interview for a REAL TEACHING JOB!!! Can you tell that I'm feeling good about this? I can't say that I'm excited because I've had too many interviews at this point where I didn't get the job to feel excited about it. I'm not sure if I even feel optimistic. It just is. It's on Monday at 11:30 a.m. It's one of the next counties over. I'd still have a bit of a commute, but not as much as I currently do. I am also still hoping/expecting a call from the 'ville where my parents live. There is an opening at an elementary school there. They were supposed to interview before Christmas, but rescheduled due to weather and late applications(mine, definitely! Possibly other people, too). 

In the meantime, this job that I have is not bad at all. I've made some mistakes--missing medications for one of the participants in the house where I was working--but I've also had some triumphs--convincing the 23-year-old not to wear a seriously short skirt to a church-sponsored coffee house and discovering that one of the ladies likes knitting. She talks to herself/has hallucinations, and she doesn't talk to herself while she's knitting. I thought I would cry I was so happy to have made her happy. The program director praised me effusively for finding this out and giving her yarn/needles. Cuz I'm awesome. I would really love the chance to revamp their structured day program as well. I'd use all the staff that they have, make sure that everyone has their needs being met, etc. They have people who don't have a background in education doing their program. What are they thinking? I wish I could pitch it so that I could design the programs for all their facilities, not just the one nearby. That's kind of arrogant, isn't it?

And I have to go get ready for work. I plan to post about my achievements from last year and my goals for this year tomorrow!