Melissa's Job

I had a meeting today with HR to discuss what this next year is going to look like for me. In the original plan, I was taking a one year leave of absence with the guarantee of my same job when I come back for the 2011-2012 school year. In this plan, I was going to get paid out all of my sick days, get 6 weeks maternity leave, and health insurance for 12 weeks. Normally, I would not get all of this but since I was doing them a favor, they made exceptions for me. (I would tell all the details of how I am doing them a "favor" but that gets complicated.) Essentially, I would get a full-time paycheck for just over 3 months and not have to show up... GREAT deal for me!

Obviously, the situation has changed drastically so I had no idea what to expect when I went in there today. They can't give me my regular job back because someone else has already been hired for the position on a one year only contract (this we already knew). As a result, my best bet is to sub for the year. If a FACS job comes up, I will have first dibs but since that is not likely to happen, I will be subbing. Subs make GREAT money in our school district ($150 a day) so financially, this is an awesome option. Also, the school district is sticking with the original plan so I will still be getting paid for all of my sick days, maternity leave, and get 12 weeks of health insurance. WOW! I am so thankful that they are willing to stick with our agreement even though they don't have to. I can't start subbing until my maternity leave is up (sometime in early October) so what's my plan until then? Iwill probably get a retail job at the Gap Outlet in Castle Rock or the Gap at Park Meadows mall (where I worked when I first moved to Colorado and was waiting for my teaching job to start). Oh and I still get my regular job back for the next school year. :)

Even though this next year looks NOTHING like what we had planned, we are so thankful for how God is already providing for us. For those of you that prayed for this job situation, THANK YOU! This is definitely the best case scenario for a terrible situation.