Living in Nashville: Weeks SIX and SEVEN

It's official, I've passed PST and will be recommended into the classroom this Fall.
I have accepted a position at New Vision Academy as a teacher of science for 5th and 6th grade.

I'm very excited about all of the above.

It's going to be a really challenging year, but I'm ready to put the work in and fortunately I'll have a really great support system through my school, Nashville Teaching Fellows and at home. I'll be starting "Gear Up," next week, which is an additional week of training that prepares you for creating unit plans, and objectives aligned with the curriculum. It will be a lot less time-intensive which is a relief, but the beginning of the school year is creeping up very, very quickly so there is no time to waste.

Cameron and I went out with some friends last night to celebrate, we experienced our first Nashville mini bar hop. We ended up at a pretty interesting Karaoke bar, but no one was feeling up for the hour and a half wait to sing (maybe next time). Cameron and I did ask if they had "If It Means A Lot To You," so we could sing a duet, alas, they did not.

Our 4th of July was spent watching Independence Day, a variety of other television shows and napping. Despite being able to openly purchase fireworks here, we didn't. It's been very stormy all day so it wasn't prime firework watching weather, and we really wanted to do was be lazy today. So we did.

Oh, and for my birthday Cameron and I went to a place called Arrington Vineyards, not too far from us. Apparently it's owned by one of the singers in Brooks and Dunn, there's 100% free wine tasting, live music and places to picnic. Needless to say, we both enjoyed the atmosphere more than the wine but it was really fun nonetheless.

We're missing everyone quite a lot, I wish I knew when I was going to be able to make a trip to Cali, but I don't think it's likely to be in the near future. Cameron will be out there at the end of the month for a day or two, but i'm not sure how much time he'll really have to spend with people.

I've been listening to this today, missing all my loves in Carlsbad.

Hope you all have a wonderful Independence Day!