Lucky Jobs

First, the very happy news: sounds like Kenny has a new place to work next year! A more local high school in our school district emailed him tuesday, set up an interview wednesday and all but hired him Thursday. They pay would be slightly less, but his commute would go from 45 minutes to 13 minutes, and hopefully the insurance benefits will be better so we can have maternity coverage for whenever we decide to give Daniel a sibling.
But the happiest news is he can get away from his current department. Kenny teaches in a Title 1 school currently- something like 97% minority. But they're good kids, that's not the problem. The problem is the school district admin and his own little math department have some stupid and just plain toxic people in them. His daily department meeting is draining his soul away a day at a time.
So anyways, the interview went very well, the lady was VERY impressed, and told Kenny she will make it official as soon as the opening becomes official (two math teachers are retiring but haven't made their retirement official yet). WOOHOO!
On top of that, a lady in the ward (who I barely know) overheard me chatting with someone about how I have some free time on my hands these days and offered me a job as a respite care worker for her 18-year-old autistic son right there on the spot. It won't have a lot of money, and it won't be often, but a little extra money goes a long way. I can bring Daniel with me, and apparently the autistic kid just sits on a couch and reads books anyways.
The same lady heard that I'm into photography and asked me to take some pics for her. After explaining that I'm really not a photographer and am just a beginner, I took some free pictures of her that I think turned out rather well. They are to go on the back cover of a book she is publishing, so now I can say I'm a published photographer:).

So yeah, things are looking quite shiny for us right now. Yippee!