Today was a really great day! I woke up and did the usual and Dave headed to the woodshop. I had a really hard time waking up, but after a bit, I headed up to the house to check my email, look for pepper spray online and see what Kathy was up to. Kathy said she and Hannah were going to meet up with Matt for lunch and that they could drop me off in town so I could run some errands and we could visit some schools so I could give them a copy of my CV. Perfect!!! I ran back to the caravan, changed my clothes, brushed my teeth, got my bag together with copies of my CV and Dave’s inhaler and we headed out. First stop was the wood shop to drop off Dave’s inhaler. Then we went to Pukepoto Primary School, which was very cool. I was quite nervous when I came into the school and Principal Murray was in with his colleagues planning for the first day of school and I had a chance to talk with them. I talked for a minute, presented my CV to him and he said, “I will put you on the list straight away, in fact possibly at the top of the list. So we keep things within the community.” That was great! Both of the women teachers he was planning with were very nice, and asked me if I had a partner. I told them yes, and they asked if he worked with Steve. It ended up being that Dave has met this woman, and the other woman asked me if we are always on ‘push-bikes’ together, and I found out that she owns the horses we ride by everyday. Funny. Things couldn’t get much smaller. I like it.
Next stop, town. I got dropped of for a couple hours while Hannah and Kathy had lunch with Matt. It was cool to get to explore a bit on my own. I picked up an extra set of finger picks for Dave, a couple cards, some dried beans from an organic grocer, 2 cute drinking glasses from the Salvation Army and browsed through the sustainable living section in the bookstore. Kath and Hannah picked me up and then we went over to Kaitaia Intermediate School, which is the same as a Junior High in the States. It was really cool! The Principal, Sue was the woman who greeted me. I introduced myself and told her that I was interested in filling in as a relief teacher. She sounded very enthusiastic and told me that they haven’t yet posted it, but they are looking for a teacher 2 days each week with 3 students that have special needs. Sweet!!! I would definitely be interested in doing that. Sure could learn a lot and have a lot of one on one time.
I came home that night, and soon as I came home, Kathy told me that a woman from Ahipara had called and said that she had some work for me!!!
Yaaaaaaay!!! Dave came home and was very happy to hear all my great news.
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