The future

Life's funny, isn't it? I remember thinking when I was younger how I wanted to be engaged or married by the age I am now (25) and was hopefully living on my own working in a school. Gosh, I was so naive! Here I am, almost three years since I graduated from college (what?!) and a year after being done with my Master's and I feel like nothing is accomplished, ha! Well, I have a masters and two certifications for teaching at age 25 which is pretty good. I do have a boyfriend. :)

I just think in today's economy & society, things are way different now then they were back in the day. More kids my age are still living at home. You can't even get a cardboard box for a decent price in NY haha. The topic of jobs came up as a discussion at Easter (somehow every family holiday/function it does) and even my brother Mark, who got his first teaching job when I was in 4th grade (there's a 13 year age gap between us), said I am better off moving out of New York to find a job because I am more likely to get experience elsewhere in the next few years. That is a reality I have come to accept and you know, it's not that bad. I have no idea where my future will lead me, but I am sure it will be one heck of a ride. My plan is to:

• update my resume
• send in my Special Education certification online (yay for another $50)
• apply to at least 5-10 districts for subbing.
• look into the states I'd consider moving to for what their certification requirements are (I already have Georgia's).

Wish me luck in this!

Also, I know Blogger changed their layout in the past few weeks (like Facebook with that stupid timeline) and I had switched. However, I am getting bored of my blog layout and I am having difficulty finding where you edit the layout/template on the new blogger to update it. HELP ME PLEASE! If you also have suggestions or your favorite places of where you get your layouts, let me know.

I would love if Shutterfly's website would stop being such a butt and would stop freezing as I try to upload the pictures that I want to print off for my mom's birthday. Or maybe it's just my computer.

I can't wait for my boyfriend to find the new car he wants and get rid of his mustang. He's probably going to get a Ford Focus. Apparently he just test drove it and loved it. Plus, with gas costing almost $4.15 a gallon here where we live, it'll be a blessing since it gets GREAT MPG.