Working Towards That Raise

As a teacher, education is tied to pay.

I educate to earn a paycheck and my personal education can influence how much pay my educating receives. That’s why I started this big push to earn more credits over the summer. The sooner I get the raise, the sooner it starts factoring into my retirement and the rest of my career.

Right now, I’m taking an online course, an in-person course for 3 hours a week through October, and another 3 hour a week course in November. Last night, I got home at 7:45 PM. (Actually, I would’ve gotten home a few minutes sooner, but Carrie and Shane decided to get their kicks by ambushing me at the high school my course was at. It was a pleasant surprise.)The online course is a lot of writing, so you’ll probably see more resurrected journals when I get a chance to do them.

I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about how busy things were and they haven’t let up. There was a crisis in my school’s community the day after I posted, Carrie got sick over the weekend, and then she had an operation today that’s she’s feeling like total crap from. Her parents came up to help with Shane for today and tomorrow. I’m sitting in the car typing this up on my work computer while I wait for Carrie’s pain meds prescription to be filled.

The good news is: the excitement should be done for a little bit once Carrie heals. The first big holiday coming up is Halloween and that should be a fun one. I’ve been ordered to find a Halloween party for us to attend, but who knows if that will happen or not. I wonder how many trick-or-treaters my new neighborhood will have…

Note: I wrote this Thursday, but then didn't have an opportunity to post it. It's Friday night, Shane and Carrie are both snoozing and I just got done with all of the dishes. Carrie's folks left after I got home from work. Carrie's still on bedrest and hurting, but I've seen improvements in her demeanor. I'm hoping she'll be feeling much better by the end of the weekend. Time will tell!