Transition Time

This week marked a very LARGE milestone for my career life. I was offered a student teaching position starting January 16 :) CRAZY. I am full of all sorts of emotions including anxiety, anticipation and inadequacy. I will be teaching the second half of the Old Testament. Ya I don't know. I can think of Jonah and the whale.. Daniel in the Lions den.. David and Goliath.. that's 3 lessons. I have to teach like 50. AH! haha but I really am excited to have my own little class... well 2 classes to be specific.

The only really bad thing coming out of this is that I don't have time to work at the bank and also teach. Sad day. I absolutely love the bank. I love the people that I work with and I enjoy the clients that I have built friendships with.. and I am just going to miss it so much! I have been with working for this bank almost 4 years now. That's a long time! I won't lie.. after working as a teller for that long I am pretty good at my job. It's easy and I'm really comfortable with it. When I leave work I leave all thoughts and worries about it there.

Now switching from a job that is easy (granted there are days when it isn't, but as a general rule) to a job that challenges me in every sphere of my being is scary! Teaching is a game that cannot be won. A beast that is never conquered. The minute I think I figured it out, the Lord totally throws me a curve ball and I realize how small I am without His help! It's a beautiful process to learn and grow, but man it can be difficult sometimes!

Let's just say that a chunk of my Christmas gifts will be cardigans and skirts :)

"That's not that big of a difference!"

OH THE BANK..

Today I was working at the good ol' bank and there were these boys in a little suv in lane three. Tyler (my co-worker) and I were talking about how I need a date for this thing going on this weekend and we joked about asking the boy in lane three that I was helping. I laughed and sent the kids receipt to him. The boy turned to his friend and his friend looks at me and they both look over and are kinda chatting.. Then I hear Tyler say into the intercom "Dude just ask her.." and I turned to him and was like WHAT?! The boys ERUPTED with laughter

JOSH- I don't even know her name!

It's Kaylen.. she told you that when she completed your transaction...

(I am TOTALLY red in the face, embarrassed, & laughing hysterically because there is no way that his kid is more than 20..)

ME- Joshua.. How old are you?

19!

(me laughing)

I'm 22...

Really?? (thinks for a minute) That's not that big of a difference

I could tell you wanted to ask for her number.. so if you're cool with the age thing then I guess it's up to Kaylen..

(me still laughing while I write my number on a peice of paper)

Joshua this is going to make a great story.

You're really sending your number out!?

Why not.. (still laughing)

I sent out 2 candy canes, he said he'd call me, and they left. HILARIOUS. Tyler and I joked and giggled about that the rest of the shift. He seemed like a super cute kid but to put things in perspective-- six months ago he could've been my seminary student. SO SO SO funny. He texted me this afternoon and I told him to call me in a couple years haha.

Kaylen's dating life has been diminished to 19 year old bank clients. Not promising ;)