Yeah, I got to the end of the book and the end of the lecture series.  That was enough! (It took me until 4:30 to complete.)  I had no time for the Cliffs US history books.  I would say “maybe tomorrow,” but thanks to my friend Kristi, I now have a teacher’s edition of a CA History book.  I’ll pour over that over the weekend, then give it back to her so she can give it back to the teacher she borrowed it from.

Last week, Julius pressed me for a job.  This week, Bob has done the same.  And from what I understand, Trevor called a few days ago, no doubt wanting to see what’s going on at ASD (and to see if I’m free for a job perhaps).  Gee, I guess I shouldn’t have changed my LinkedIn status to “formerly at ASD.”  It made me available.

While I am appreciative of the interest, it’s not where God wants me to go.  God’s clear on that, and I’m clear on that.  It feels weird to turn down jobs, but it’s also the right thing to do right now.  These job offers merely attempt to take my focus off of my goal of teaching, and I simply can’t let that happen.

Now, when I’m settled in college, and I know my schedule, then I can start to consider employment that works within that frame.  I can’t take a full-time job right now, and I don’t want to commit the bandwidth on jobs that do not pay now, and likely never will (as I suspect both Julius’ and Bob’s jobs would be).  I did that last year, and I cannot do so moving forward.  Trevor’s job would want me to work 60+ hours a week.  Consulting still seems like my best option, as it provides flexibility.