back to the big easy

a storm over the city
almost 4 years and places still look like this.

well, i'm moving back to new orleans.

yep, that's right.

well so as you know, i took on a special ed teaching position at keller and was getting geared up for that. while in new orleans, i was looking at job opportunities but one door after another closed so i thought, fort worth is where i'm still supposed to be. a few months back, i had applied to several schools in new orleans, but nothing materialized. i had forgotten all about the fact that i had sent my resume to a charter school website. i got an email thursday night from a principal at a charter school in new orleans asking if i'd be interested in an autistic teaching position. i figured it couldn't hurt to find out more- i was already down there!- so i met with him on friday in what ended up being an interview with him and an assistant principal. long story short, i took the job! the principal is so nice, and the job sounds challenging and rewarding all at the same time. my first day is next friday! 

well so obviously i need a place to live. so friday night and saturday morning i looked on craigslist and the classifieds, found a couple that looked hopeful, and called one of the classifieds. i went to that one, walked in, and it was perfect. ok now i don't know if you guys knew about the last place i lived in down there, but let me tell you it was interesting. one window unit in living room, bedroom had fan but no window unit, and my "office" had no fan or window unit period. in other words, it was ridiculously hot. to make matters worse, there were fleas, termites and cockroaches. but i loved the neighborhood. so this house is in the same neighborhood, but everything in it is remodeled! the house was built in 1860, but the landlord put in all new hardwood, paint, windows, appliances (including dishwasher and w/d which are pretty much nonexistent in new orleans homes)- it is beautiful. 

so i left new orleans saturday around 2:30 with a new job and place to live- i move monday! the hardest parts were telling my principal here and telling my parents, but both went well. fort worth is great- my school was great- but new orleans, well there's just something about it. i feel happier there than anywhere else. and i feel with a decent income, nice place to live, and more responsible outlook, it will be a great new chapter. i really do want to find something that makes me happy that i can stick with and be successful in. here's to hoping!

love you all