I HAVE A JOB!

Yes, that's right! I have a job.

So, naturally this has become the best day ever. It's just until the end of the year (for now), but we'll see what  happens!

For the past three months, I have been so stressed (actually, I've been stressed from like Term 4 of last year), and depressed and... in a really dark place (admittedly probably not helped by writing a really depressing fanfic). I've been questioning everything- am I even a good teacher? Is this really what I'm meant to be doing? Could I ever be happy doing anything else?

And now... I honestly didn't even think I had a chance of getting this job! The application was for History/Ancient History/Drama teacher. I'm qualified for History, taught Ancient History last year, but haven't taught Drama. But they offered it to me!

So, Manilla. It's a town with about 2000 people in it, in New South Wales. It's about 28 minutes from Tamworth, and 5 hours from Sydney. So that makes it probably about 7 hrs from home unfortunately. But Manilla has buses, and trains and an airport in Tamworth!

I just... ah, I'm so grateful. It was my new Head Teacher who I spoke to and she seems so nice! At the moment, it looks like I'll be teaching Junior (7-10) Drama and History and combined Senior (11 and 12) Ancient History and Drama. But that could change! The school has 159 kids just in Yrs 7-12, and I'm just... thrilled.

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported me these past few months and listened to me mope for so long, and who prayed for me... it means a lot.

I'm strangely not terrified! I probably will be when it gets closer, but right now I'm just so grateful and excited! My new Head Teacher said I got a "glowing" reference from my last principal, which I am so appreciative of.

I can't think of anything else to say right now!