So ,from my point of view, things have been a little crazy here at the Morris home. Jeff is finally finished with school!!!!! YEAH!!!! At least until he decides he's not making enough money and wants to go back to school for a doctorate, which probably won't happen for a long time. Anyway, we have made it past that hurdle in our lives, which inevitable brings us to the next hurdle......finding an administration position for next year......meaning...a new job and the possibility of having to move. He has applied to many different school districts here within Utah and just had his first interview for an assistant principal job in Vernal. (I know, Vernal?...What's in Vernal?) SO we packed up teh family and took a mini vacation to Vernal to check out the area and see if it was somewhere that we thought we could be happy. Let me tell you, the ride to get there was horrible. Especially when you have 3 screaming kids in the back seat and still an hour before you actually get there, not so much fun. It took us about 4 1/2 hours to get there from Logan. It was late when we got into Vernal so we got a room for the night and spent most of the next morning looking around town and sightseeing while waiting for Jeff's interview. As for Vernal, it's not that bad of an area. Housing prices on the other hand are a bit rediculous. Everybody had jacked up the prices of their homed being sold becuase they think the value is greater becuase of the oil fields out there. I don't get it, but that's pretty much why. It was good to be able to stay a little longer to get an idea of the area. And then came time for the return trip home.......just as bad as the trip out.
Anyway we made it back home, Jeff was a little bummed because he didn't think he impressed the interviewers as well as he would have liked to and he didn't expect to get a call before the weekend. (meaning their weekend because they don't work on friday's in the Uintah school district so he was expecting to hear from them by Thursday night) Well they didn't call by thursday evening so we said "okay" and tried to not get any hopes up and decide what to do next. It's all a little frustrating when you are trying to decide what would be best for your family and you've been praying about it and hoping to feel inspired and are totally worried about where we're going to be living for next year and if we need to put the house up for sale and etc....etc....etc.....and getting nothing.
This is just about how crazy it's been for the last 2 1/2 months. It's been very stressful on myself and my dear husband so much to the point that it has made me sick. (And also probably from some bug that's been going around because Sarah is sick also).
That's is a little bit of an update with us. Oh and, just to mess with us I'm sure, Uintah school district called Jeff back the next day (Friday) and invited him back for a second interview this next Thursday!!!!! Crazy huh!!!! I asked him if they were going to pay for your gas and lodging? I don't think they are. He told them he'd be there. He also has 2 other interviews this week in Salt Lake, so I get to stay home with the kiddos while my sweet husband gets to travel everywhere.
We'll keep you all up to date on our happenings.
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I tried to leave a comment the other day but it didn't work, so I'm trying again. So glad to hear that Jeff got a second interview. Although, I am partial to the Salt Lake one...for my own selfish reasons. I would love to have you guys closer. So we are still not in our house yet. I really hope it happens this week, but with the way things are going I'm not so sure. Have the new owners moved in to the house yet? We aren't getting all the mail we were expecting. Usually we get alot more. Kind of worried that it's disappearing through the cracks with us not being able to do a change of address form yet. Keep your fingers crossed that it will all be fixed this week. Keep us posted on all the details with Jeff. Talk to ya soon.
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