Another job opportunity....

So my Texas trip was cut short.  I knew it would be risky taking a two week vacation right in the midst of job-hiring time.  As you know, I have been on two interviews...both fails.  So even without a job, the Chief and I decided that I would risk it and go ahead and take the trip to Texas.  If I got a call for an interview, I would simply hop back on a plane and head home.  Job comes first.  Little Man and I are on our way to Texas and we have a short layover in Baltimore.  Just as we land, I power up the phone.  About three seconds later it rings.  I look down at the phone and it is an 860 area code aka home area.  I immediately knew it was about a job.  I fully expected to be called for an interview at some point, but not before I even landed in Texas.  I answer the phone.

Hello?

Hi!  This is L T from J Elementary School (the school I did my long term subbing in).

Hello!  How have you been?

I am fine.  We have a third grade teaching position open and we would love for you to take it.

Wow! Well, I am not certified for third grade.

I thought you were 3-8?

No, I am four through eight.

Oh my!  Geez, I am so sorry!  

Not half as sorry as I am.  Please please call me again if you have something that comes open in fourth or fifth because I would love nothing more than to be back in your school!

We will, and again I am so sorry for the confusion, I really thought you were 3-8.

GRRRR.  That flipping close.  She wasn’t asking me to come in for an interview, she was offering me the job.  I am actually a little relieved because I didn’t really think they like me that much because before the end of the school year I had briefly talked to them about working there next year.  They flippantly told me they would keep me in mind but as of right now there just wasn’t any openings...or any money in the budget.  Sadly, I tucked my phone away and headed off the plane. 

I enjoyed my first week in Texas, spending time with my niece and nephews, and seeing three very close friends.  Early in, I logged onto the school websites (a every-few-days routine that I have taken on).  I noticed immediately that New London had an opening in a middle school...my dream area.  Then I noticed that it happened to be a school that I knew.  I had subbed in the school only one time, but made sure to introduce myself to the principal while I was there.  At the time, she didn’t have openings, but asked me to send my application and resume over to New London HR with a sticky note on top telling HR that I was asked to send my info over anyway (even though there were no positions).  At the end of the school year, I sent the same principal an email reminding her who I was and that I was still looking for a job.  She responded and told me she would keep me in mind throughout the summer.  So I pulled up that old email, and resent it to her saying I noticed she had an opening.  She responded and asked if I was available to come in the next day.  I told her I was on vacay, but that I would be HAPPY to shorten my trip if it meant a job opportunity.  She responded and asked me to come in Tuesday.  So here I am.  Interview three tomorrow.  I am not sure how I am going to overcome my lack of experience (if you remember is what killed me in my last two interviews).  Now, just to add a new wonderful obstacle, I am looking VERY pregnant.  There is no wrapping myself in duct tape this time around.  I have to come clean.  I’m afraid this is going to be my deal breaker.  No one wants to hire someone that is about to have a baby.  They are going to take one quick look at me and think the worst.  

1. She is going to need at least a six week maternity leave
2. She is going to be taking off all the time for doctor appointments
3. She is going to take more sick days than anyone on our staff
4. She may not even come back...so many new moms don’t

Somehow, I need to explain that...

1. I am a surrogate and don’t need a maternity leave
2. I will schedule all my appointments after school hours
3. I don’t take sick days.  Pregnancy is not a disease.
4. I WILL come back, because the best part about surrogacy is I don’t have to raise the kid!

Good luck, right?  I am a wreck.  I have no idea how I am going to work this in.  I have no idea how I am going to sell myself with a belly that is oversized and practically knocking the table over.  I knew going into the surrogacy, this was a risk I would be taking.  I knew that just as I started to show, I would be trying to get a job.  I prayed long and hard, and still chose to move forward.  It may bite me in the ass...and it may not.  The Chief thinks its going to hurt my chances.  So a few things I need to remember going into interview #3...

1. The book I am currently reading is NOT Fifty Shades of Porn, but A Tale of Two Cities.
2. Social Studies/History are NOT mindless subjects, and CANNOT be taught by just any hobo off the streets.
3. I was indeed NOT paddled in school for calling a teacher “devil woman”.  I was, however, captain of the football team, voted “most likely to succeed”, homecoming queen, AND President of the Student Council and National Honor Society.
4. Why yes, I AM pregnant...but don’t worry, it’s not mine, and I have absolutely no responsibility for it after I push it out.

Sounds like a plan right?  WRONG.  I’m never going to get a job!  Well, either way, pray hard for me.  If anything, pray that I don’t stick my foot in my mouth.