From Zero to Two

Today was my first official day as a part-time teacher aide in a preschool for children with autism. This preschool is part of Farrer Elementary school in Provo and luckily is only a few blocks away from my secretary job. (This is very helpful since Derrick and I share a car.) It's pretty weird going from being unemployed for two months to having two jobs. Now I'll be working 33 hours a week. At least 20 of those hours are pretty low key and at a desk. I don't think I could handle any more than that with being pregnant. The kids I work with are Monday-Thursday are really cute but pretty high maintenance. We'll see how this goes.

On a side note: this job finding experience has been a big answer to prayers. I really needed the break after a crazy Fall semester. Having to pull a couple of all-nighters for projects is not pleasant but is especially hard when pregnant. It was frustrating to wait so long for things to work out because I didn't know how long it would take to work out and finances were getting tight. When the secretary job finally worked out things started happening with the preschool job opportunity. I really wanted to do both but wasn't sure how since there were scheduling conflicts. I didn't know how it could be done but prayed that somehow it'd work out to do both.

The opening I was interviewed for at the preschool were for the afternoon and didn't fit with my work schedule. I did become a substitute aide though because it was much more flexible. I substituted in various classes Monday to Wednesday of this week and a morning position opened up yesterday that needed to get filled quickly. I was asked to fill it. It's amazing how small things can fall into place and prayers answered.