New Job, New Journey

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of change. I had fully intended to return to Singley Academy for my 4th year. I was going to be the CTE Department chair and I was excited to grow my leadership experience. My teaching position was great, the people I worked with were great, and the school leadership was great. Everything was good.
Then, my friend applied for a job in Grapevine and listed me as a reference. I filled out the reference check for her and this is where GCISD is sneaky. Once you finish the reference check, you are dumped into the open jobs listings for GCISD. One particular job title caught my eye; "STEM Technology Integration Specialist." Clicking on it showed me a job listing for every fun technology used in schools, including robotics, coding, Arduino's, Raspberry Pi's etc. I had to apply. It was a Wednesday evening that I submitted the application. Thursday morning, I dropped the kiddos off as Wesleyan Academe for their summer programs. There was also a big church garage sale going on and I was perusing the wares when I got a call from an unknown number. I answered and a VERY energetic woman started speaking. She was talking a mile a minute and described the job, asked a few questions, and scheduled an interview for later that day. Her enthusiasm was very clear and I wasn't sure what I had just gotten myself into, but I was excited. I ran home and started researching the school district, the campus, teacher blogs, etc. I had a great job already, but I take interviewing very serious. And everything I saw about this new job seemed awesome.
Interviewing for a job is much easier when you don't NEED a new job. If I didn't get the job, I would still have my current job to go to. I felt very comfortable going into the interview and, to both of our surprises, a previous coworker was on the interview panel. The interview went well and my new principal called that evening to offer the job. To recap, I applied Wed. night and, less than 24 hours later, had a job offer on Thursday night. This was fast and I had to talk it over with the family and sleep on it. But, it was fate and I accepted the offer on Friday morning. There was some stickiness getting out of my contract with Irving, but that was sorted and I started this new journey with Cannon Elementary.
I started the job and had to hit the ground running. I'm learning as fast as I can, helping as many people as I can and trying to figure everything out. I still haven't finished unpacking my boxes in my new office. I'll get to that eventually, I'm having too much fun right now.