Adding injury to injury

Today was a snow day. The majority, if not not all of Connecticut schools were closed or delayed due to Winter Storm Christopher. Now, I don't know about you, but I'm not really all that afraid of anything called Christopher. That's a nice name. Seriously, why do meteorologists INSIST on giving storms names anyway? And, if they must, why easy names? Why not something horrible that would really get the message across: DON'T GO OUTSIDE IF YOU WANT TO LIVE?

Anyway. We had a lot of kids at the center today. Yes, WE were still open. But, due to some crazy miracle, a lot of my kids did not show up. So I had five for the majority of the day. This evening, about an hour before I left for the day, I was sitting with "Carla" and "Meghan". We were sitting on the floor, playing with blocks, looking at books etc when Carla jumped on me. She's four, I didn't get angry at her. However, I did tell her that it hurt and asked that she not do in again. She did, after all, land directly on my knees which are still swollen from whatever I did last week. Meghan thought this was hilarious and joined in and she and Carla took turns jumping on me. Now, you may be asking, "Why didn't you just get up and walk away?" I know, it seems odd that I sat there and took abuse when I could have easily walked away from the situation. However, that's the problem. I couldn't get up and walk away. If you have never experienced severe knee pain then I envy you. It is not a fun time at all. If you're already IN pain, however, and something comes along and continues to make it worse... I'm sure you see where I'm going with this. I drove home in agony.

I am actually shocked that my knees aren't swollen more than they already were and bruised. But now I face a real problem. As my earlier posts would indicate, I am already seeking new employment and will stay at the center only as long as I have to or until my bills are paid. Unfortunately, it looks like I'll be there for a while. Maybe until April. I know it doesn't seem that long and if I wasn't in such pain it would be nothing. However, I am and the employment market is horrible this time of year. Sure, there are lots of day cares jobs available but how much sense would that make? I can't do retail because, number 1, I despise it with a fiery passion that consumes my very soul and number 2, it's longer hours on my feet than what I do now. I'm still waiting on the nature center but they won't be making a decision for another "few weeks".

On the bright side, I spoke with a woman today from Kindermusik and she informed me that I do not need to be able to play guitar. In fact, all they require is that I can sing, unaccompanied and stay in tune. I can do that. I think I'll start training with them in February and little by little purchase the instruments and programs that I would need. There is a woman in Toronto that is always hiring new Kindermusik teachers and if I get accepted to graduate school t here and can swing it, I might transfer it and go up this year after all. I guess we will all just have to be patient. I am still waiting for transcripts and letters of recommendation anyway. Hopefully I'll have everything in by next week. Really guys, pray that it happens soon.