It wasn't even a week ago that Wakana and I were sitting at breakfast talking about how well we are doing, how good life is, and how happy we are.

A lot can change in a short time.

I had received a notice from the school about a new president, a nun that has been working at the university. This was not unexpected. We had an older nun filling that task and she wanted out.

On Thursday I ran into one of the other teachers from ND. She told me that the principal had resigned with no notice and isn't speaking to anyone.

The teacher I spoke with is the world history teacher and she told me she is leaving ND to move back to the States. That leaves TWO openings in the history department, my ultimate goal.

I went to ND yesterday to find out for myself what was going on. I spoke to the former president. It was a very sad interview.

She told me there was a new president for the school. Apparently she and the principal butted heads right from the beginning. She told the nuns they have a vow of obedience but that she did not and she walked out.

This is, in itself, a shock. If anyone defined the unique qualities that made Notre Dame the school it is it was she. But it gets worse.

The former president was ordered to go on sabbatical. She had just come back from one recently. She doesn't know where she's going. She just knows she has to report to the headquarters in Milwaukee.

She told me that there had already been some conversations criticizing my classroom management. I guess it comes from my letting the kids listen to their music while taking tests and not paying a lot of attention to the proper wearing of the uniform. She said it "confuses" the kids. Hah!

So now my life is uncertain. And I'm feeling stressed.