Sam got settled in at the hospital. It was an interesting transition from having him be gone all the time to him being around occasionally. I was really, really bored. I had been working 2-3 jobs since I graduated from college and the last year of teaching at GCA had me coaching 2 sports and the drama club. Up until the last day of school I was incredibly busy. I knew that finding a teaching job in CA was pretty much not going to happen for many reasons. The school term had already started and there were over 400 teachers in the San Diego school district alone that were out of a job from the previous year, just from pay cuts.
Fortunately, I had sent in my resume to a charter school at the right time. They were needing to replace an Activities Coordinator and I had a degree in Education. It was a perfect fit. I began to work at High Tech Middle School. It was a good fit and I really enjoyed the people that I worked with.
Sam was put on the night shift while he trained. He would leave at 5 in the evening and get home around 8 in the morning. He then slept all morning. I usually saw him for about an hour before I had to leave for work. He worked every other weekend, so we only got occasional time together, but I was so happy that he wasn't deployed.
We had our first Christmas in our own place. Sam isn't big on decorations, but he humored me and let me do what I wanted. We decorated our tree to Christmas music and I was able to put up some of the crafty things that my sister Amber had given us.
We went to my sister's house for Christmas eve dinner. It was nice to have them only an hour away.
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