Mighty Excitin! What?

So, basically, we are up in the air with where we are going right now.

Approximately 2 months left here in Chico.
(That means we are almost done with school)
I wish we could know where we are going,
but Kevin feels my anxiousness of wanting to know as stress on him...
So, I have decided to watch and listen on the sidelines instead.

(google images)
It is so hard to do!
Here is the happenings:
He's applying for accountant jobs outside of CA, UT, ID, and small states.
The options currently stand in:
Nevada, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Alaska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Michigan, Georgia, Oregon, Montana

Previously, we were seriously looking into going to the Cayman Islands for a few years,


(http://www.davidstanleyredfern.com)

as Kevin emailed a few recruiters to find out...
but they are not taking entry level accountants right now...
BUMMER!!
Anyway, anyone who moves there,
they ask of you to not bring any furniture.
All places there are fully furnished.
Just bring the clothes on your back.
Kevin and I did come to an agreement, however,
about this idea and dream...
Someday in the future we will move there.
Even if we have a child by then.
Yes cost of living is slightly expensive there, but
that is the only thing that is.
The US dollar is not as good as theirs.
There are excellent Montessori schools there...
(where I could have been student teaching)
The spoken language is English.
It takes an hour and a half to get to Florida, or to the Cancun area.
Not bad I might add...*sigh*

Enough of that...it is too wonderful to think about right now.
I would like to share with you that
I was accepted into the multiple subjects credentialing program for
Spring 2010 here in Chico.
Hooray for me! and that $500 put into it...



We will not be here for me to do the program, so
I'm not doing it!
Yesterday, I dreaded and avoided as much as possible in going to
the credentialing office at Chico State University
to tell them that I will not be doing the program with them,
and pretty much,
NEVER (in CA anyway).
They hold my folder of info on their file for 3 years before tossing it in the garbage.
I asked them for my application papers back and got back my:
TB Test page
Livescan ($72)
Letter of Recommendation
References
Resume
2 handwritten responses (a page each)

They could have given me the official transcripts from
American River College ($2), Sierra College ($5), and Butte College (Free..*whew*)
but, they are no good now for me to use...being that they are open.

The application for the program was $50-$100..
The CSET subtest I took was about $90
The CBEST subtest I took was about $60
Luckily I did not take the other two CSET subtests (another $200)
...EEEEEKK!!!!
So really, we only lost spent about $3-400...but still!
It was a lot of time and work and effort to make the application deadline
(especially since I did it within a matter of days)
Oh, and, I also had to apply for graduate school
here at Chico State for the program,
and was accepted...
but
OH well......

And yes, they made me write and sign on a piece of paper just to rub it in
that I will not be doing the program.
Here is what I wrote:
"I, Meghan Johnson, will not be participating in the multiple subjects credentialing program for Spring 2010 here in Chico, CA or thereafter."

I literally almost started crying walking out of the credentialing office..
I was so close to getting student teaching underway.



But, as I repeated to myself over and over and over and over..
"the lord does not want us here in Chico any longer,
it will be okay,
he will provide a way for us..."
I was pulling out of my slight, but ever so existent, depression
and soon wondering what will be happening next!

(Right Angle Photography!)

I hope we move somewhere totally COOL!
That will be full of FUN people,
abundant opportunities,
lakes, rivers, or water locations for sailing and rafting,
or for playing in the snow or rain or sand dunes,
and a place where we will be ready to MOVE on with life.
I want to be like this girl, reaching high! and ready to conquer!

(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212672/)

This next year will be both FUN and EXCITING as
Kevin prepares for his CPA exams and takes and passes them.
If I am not going to be going through with credentialing,
since I am not really planning on teaching anyway and since it would be there as a back-up in case we need it for various reasons
I will be working my lil' hiney off at a job.

Thanks for enduring this LONG blog,
but I have to say,
it was quite the adventure, right?