Hey fellow bloggers and blog followers! Sorry I've been a bit MIA for the past several months. Bad. I know. There has been a lot going on in this girl's life.
In mid-October, I decided I was not going to extend my lease at 1425 Punahou and was going to instead move to the North Shore. Through dating Nick, my boyfriend for those of you who do not know, I have had the opportunity to experience a side of Oahu that many would only get to indulge in maybe once a month (and not even in the way I had been doing). I loved the idea of waking up in the morning and going for a walk on the beach, or having the sound of the crashing waves put you to sleep. SOOO I decided to once again pack up my things and move.
For a while I had been contemplating quitting my job and finding a job in my field, teaching. Don't get me wrong, I love the family that I worked with and miss them dearly, but I needed to get back into my field. That was step one. Look for a job on the North Shore. Many of you would think this would not be so hard---wrong. Looking for a teaching job on the North Shore is like looking for a job on the North Pole. Okay not that's a bit extreme but you get the picture. I began searching and searching, trying to find the right job that would make me happy. Finally I gave up on the concept of teaching and went back to searching for a nannying job that would suffice until I could find that perfect teaching job. I decided I wanted to focus on the idea of living in North Shore and that the job would come later. (Side note folks: you will be working for the rest of your life-- you will NOT always have the opportunity to live in exciting places. Be happy where you live and the rest will fall into place).
As all of this is occurring, my right hand man--Nick, was asked to go to Australia for 6 weeks. Let's just say I started to panic. Luckily, he let me live in his place for a couple weeks while I got it all figured out. Or at least tried to figure it out.
As the weeks went on, and I searched for a jobs, a few part-time gigs fell into place. And then they started to fall out of place. It came to be the fact that nearly everything I got, in some way, shape or form, began falling apart. This held true so much that I had a live-in position that I was hired for, and was going to go look at my room one day, and on the same day the lady called and said they decided they didn't need anyone until June. AWESOME. That left me nowhere to live and no job, again.
Anywho--flash to today. I am living with Nick in a great area of North Shore--Pupukea--in his place with his roommate. Many of you are thinking, "WOW--they have only been dating so many months though. Don't you think that's a little quick?!" And normally I would be the person stating those facts, but now I get it. I get all you folks that move in together right away. The people I nannied for moved in together after a month. A MONTH! Old Jenna would have tsked tsked them and told them that's a ridiculous thing to do, but the new Jenna gets it. It's the feeling of rightness. It just feels right.
As for the job situation, I have a part-time nannying gig that I have worked a few times. HOWEVER, I am waiting on a call that is supposed to come TODAY about a preschool teaching position that I was interviewed for. I also have an offer to do the web designing for a surf shop.
Again, my life has just become one big adventure.
I used to freak about the unknown
but now
I just enjoy it.
You should try it sometime.. you know the whole not planning and just living thing.
Its great.
Aloha friends and family.
I promise to update sooner.
Love
Jenna
