Eeep. I’ve been applying for positions in Idaho, I got some follow up reference checks for one of them. I’ve had a lot of “uhh you don’t have a license here.” emails from HR departments. lol I think I might not be able to get my ID certificate in enough time to get something for this upcoming year, though.
We should come into about $6k in the fall, which I think means we will just move one way or another at the end of October, at the latest. I am still applying for other positions, in random places… I just sent in my resume and intro letter with references to a private school in Kalispel, MT. Ross’s mom lives in MT and so do Jesse (Ross’s brother) and Jamie (one of my best friends), so it sounds like we’d have somewhere to land/stay if all else fails.
That prospect scares the hell out of me, though, because I really don’t want to live with Ross’s mom, and I’m terrified about moving somewhere that we don’t have jobs or living arrangements. It seems irresponsible, when we have two small children and we have to provide for not just ourselves but them… Its scary!
Alaska has the tendency to suck people back in. It’s a very specific way of life up here, and it’s hard to escape it.. you get used to the way things are done up here. It’s spacious, there are very few rules, it’s very freeing and open and wild. People in Alaska are also very supportive of one another, and the people you meet are almost always warm and helpful, inviting and friendly. It’s hard to leave and not come back. Plus, when you grow up here (which we both did) it’s all you know and we honestly don’t know anything else, we don’t know about other places. I had a team of people at work explain to me what “central cooling” is yesterday.
On the other hand, what’re the chances that we’ll be able to afford to move down there and THEN move back?! haha… slim. We can barely entertain getting there in the first place.
Which reminds me- part of the problem in applying at schools is that if I get hired in a school, I’d have to move by August, and Im not sure how we would manage that, financially, unless there was a relocation benefit with the new school district. I would definitely lobby for one, but there are no guarantees.
The average teacher salary in this country is absurd, it varies from like 20k/year to almost 50k/yr. You never know what you’re going to get. It’s sort of crazy. I just sent a resume and intro letter with references to a private school in Kalispel, MT. MT averages $27k/year for starting teachers, but obviously private schools are their own deal.
Time will tell, I suppose. It’s hard not to think about it and stress, though… I want to just be excited, but there’s so much that’s uncertain. It’s such a half cocked idea at this point. I feel so anxious about trying to make it happen in such a short amount of time and not having a solid plan.. this is why we haven’t done it sooner.
Well. Alright. That’s the current. Whenever my life gets stressful, I become a frequent blogger. lol Miss you guys! :)
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