Today I applied for a faculty hiring initiative program at Dallas county community Colleges. There are openings of English professors at 4 campuses. But it is still far from home. TJC wrote me back and said part-timers can teach up to four courses (my college only allows two) so I could conceivably make enough to get by the semester on the two college jobs IF TJC can give me four courses! That is a big IF with lots of part-timers established already

I am very subdued today. Very discouraged. My greatest hope is becoming my greatest disappointment Two more periods and I get to go home. Darrell and Terry coming to dinner is going to help. Tomorrow during the day I will pack for PA next week, pay bills and work on my sub lesson plans. Then, assuming the freeway remains open from the fires, I will drive up to Jenna’s and have dinner. Sunday is church—that takes the day. So I will be busy. The only tough spots are Saturday day and Sunday night when the thoughts might be too much—and the decisions scary and almost tortuous. I am ready to do something just to have DONE. No road is easy, no way right.

The narrow road has no obvious path.