training

This has been an exciting week for us!

Jason started his training for his new job. He said that it is very boring, all safety issue things, but they provide pop and Starbucks coffee which has made it all worth it! We are not as concerned and worried as we have been anticipating the dangers of working with asbestos. 75% of the job will be building and tearing down "decontamination rooms". Each 3 man group will be assigned a section of ceiling. They then have to build a room to contain what they will be working on and then another adjacent room to become decontaminted before they leave. He is also getting all the safety gear: respirator, ty-vac suit, etc. So we are not as worried as before. There is also the possibility of an addition 6-8 months of work after this and a possible permenant hire. So, we are excited about what we may have in the future, before Jason gets his schooling done and recieves a pastoring job. Tomorrow is his last day at training and then we have to wait 6 weeks to get his certification card from the state. Once he recieves that he can start working.

My second spring break starts today! The school I am at is on break until next Friday, so I get a whole week and a half off. I am looking forward to spending some quality time with my boys, hopefully with weather that will cooperate. I would love to go to the zoo again with Jerek! Also, yesterday, my cooperating teacher let me have the reigns to the classroom and I taught all day long. It wasn't as intimidating as I thought it would be. I taught language arts: I read an easter story and they had to illustrate the pictures; I taught math: we learned about measuring in 1/4, 1/2, and converting from feet to inches; and then I administered the science test for the unit I taught. My teacher said I did really well and was impressed that I did such a good job with it seeing as how she told me at the end of class Monday I would be teaching! The affirmation of my cooperating teacher, my supervisor, and other teachers has really encouraged me to not slack off, but to keep pressing towards my passion. I am so sick of school, but I just keep holding onto the fact that I have one year left, that is it!

Below are some pictures from the last zoo visit. I ment to add them with Jerek's birthday pics because we took him the day after as an extra gift.

Looking at a sea lion

the polar bears were really playful