Will be on Hiatus for the next month because we still don't have internet at home (and won't until we get settled in our house in a month) and my new job is busy :) and they blocked gmail and blogspot. Sad. So if you don't hear from me through email or the blog i'm ok; i will resurface in a month.
PS. I'll try to post more pictures of the house on the weekend when i can get to the real internet.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Teacher Ed for life!!!
Today is my last day at work. Surprisingly I'm finding it very bittersweet. I'm so excited to leave the job. It's pretty tedious work a lot of the time and some of the professors we work with can be challenging. I'm so happy to not have to deal with students everyday. I'm excited that i don't have to come up on campus everyday because I'm done with school and I've earned the right not to.
However, i came to the realization last night that not only am i losing the bad stuff about the job but I'm also losing all the good stuff. (Duh! but it was a realization for me) Not only am i losing obnoxious professors but I'm also losing all the great ones who are so appreciative and are more like friends than professors. I'm probably losing a lot of free time, although I'm happy to see that go, i think.
The saddest thing I'm losing are my co-workers, my friends. I've really made some great friendships the 2+ years I've worked here. We've laughed so much. We all get frustrated over the same problems and work together to get things done. But the thing I'll miss the most is the friendship. Breakfast club. The talking about the weekend/boys/school/whatever. Taking ridiculous pictures. Learning presidents. Going on rafting trips together. People have left the office here before and it's hard to see them go but there's always a new friend to be had when they get replaced. I think it's harder to leave because not only am i going to a job where i don't much about the job, but I'm also going to a job where i don't know anyone and don't have the support I've grown accustom to from the friends i have here at work.
I'm sure that I'll learn the jobs and I'll make friends but I'll still miss the Teacher Ed gang. Thanks for being great guys! I'll miss you. "This too shall pass!" LOL Teacher Ed for life!!!
However, i came to the realization last night that not only am i losing the bad stuff about the job but I'm also losing all the good stuff. (Duh! but it was a realization for me) Not only am i losing obnoxious professors but I'm also losing all the great ones who are so appreciative and are more like friends than professors. I'm probably losing a lot of free time, although I'm happy to see that go, i think.
The saddest thing I'm losing are my co-workers, my friends. I've really made some great friendships the 2+ years I've worked here. We've laughed so much. We all get frustrated over the same problems and work together to get things done. But the thing I'll miss the most is the friendship. Breakfast club. The talking about the weekend/boys/school/whatever. Taking ridiculous pictures. Learning presidents. Going on rafting trips together. People have left the office here before and it's hard to see them go but there's always a new friend to be had when they get replaced. I think it's harder to leave because not only am i going to a job where i don't much about the job, but I'm also going to a job where i don't know anyone and don't have the support I've grown accustom to from the friends i have here at work.
I'm sure that I'll learn the jobs and I'll make friends but I'll still miss the Teacher Ed gang. Thanks for being great guys! I'll miss you. "This too shall pass!" LOL Teacher Ed for life!!!
Our House
So the first house didn't work out. We got in a bidding war and didn't win it, which i was ok with by the time we actually found out because it was just ridiculous working with the bank (it was a foreclosure). So we went out shopping again this week and the first house we saw was better than the other one we had offered on and we love it. We put in an offer and it was accepted so we're under contract. Our closing date is set for the 21st of October so we should be all moved up before the first snow which will be great! Here are a few pictures that David took last night after work. I'll get more up of the inside when we go through again for the inspection next week. Love it. :)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Danger
Bike riding is dangerous! This I've learned in the past two weeks while riding to work because David takes the car to get up to his job. (Need i mention how excited that i am that we'll be commuting together starting next week? No? Ok didn't think so)
Well riding is very scary. Between trying to avoid pedestrians who are oblivious to you and vehicles that are oblivious to you it's a pretty involved process. Usually things don't go too bad but it seems like when it rains it pours with the bad drivers. Don't get me wrong i don't think they are intentionally trying to kill me or run me off the road but that's the result of their obliviousness. A couple examples from yesterday:
I'm waiting at an intersection while the light is red. There is a car sitting next to me that will be turning right. The light turns, she (yes it was a woman driver) rushes to turn the corner right as I'm starting to ride through the crosswalk. She didn't even notice as i stopped abruptly and shook my head at her because she was so involved in her cell phone conversation that she apparently forgot to check for pedestrians before almost killing them.
Further down the street there are a lot of driveways of businesses so people go in and out pretty frequently. I'm riding down the sidewalk and someone is pulled completely over the sidewalk waiting to turn. Never looked my direction, i had to completely stop while they turned, still without looking in my direction.
So I'm not a big fan of bike riding because it seems that i have to be ultra aware and pre-judge how everything will play out. I'm getting more and more cautious, both biking and driving, i don't want to be one of the people who nearly hits a biker or pedestrian because i was oblivious.
Another thing that made me happy this morning: Jimmy Carter and his idea that racism might play some part in the opposition that Obama faces. Thanks to him for being the one to put it out there. Don't get me wrong, i think that people oppose his ideas because they don't agree with them. I'm not saying that if he wasn't Black then everyone would be gung ho about health care etc. I'm not. But i do think that racism plays into HOW he is opposed. He is taking on many of the same issues that Bill Clinton took on, in a similar way, but he is getting a much more disrespectful response than Clinton did. No one interrupted Bill during his speech to congress. No one protested and took their kids out of school when Reagan and Bush talked to the kids. There are just some things that aren't quite right about how we're reacting to the man we (collectively) have chosen to lead our country. I know not everyone voted for him but it's still our duty to at least respect him as a person, no matter how much or little we agree with his politics. Thanks Jimmy you're one of my new favorites.
Well riding is very scary. Between trying to avoid pedestrians who are oblivious to you and vehicles that are oblivious to you it's a pretty involved process. Usually things don't go too bad but it seems like when it rains it pours with the bad drivers. Don't get me wrong i don't think they are intentionally trying to kill me or run me off the road but that's the result of their obliviousness. A couple examples from yesterday:
I'm waiting at an intersection while the light is red. There is a car sitting next to me that will be turning right. The light turns, she (yes it was a woman driver) rushes to turn the corner right as I'm starting to ride through the crosswalk. She didn't even notice as i stopped abruptly and shook my head at her because she was so involved in her cell phone conversation that she apparently forgot to check for pedestrians before almost killing them.
Further down the street there are a lot of driveways of businesses so people go in and out pretty frequently. I'm riding down the sidewalk and someone is pulled completely over the sidewalk waiting to turn. Never looked my direction, i had to completely stop while they turned, still without looking in my direction.
So I'm not a big fan of bike riding because it seems that i have to be ultra aware and pre-judge how everything will play out. I'm getting more and more cautious, both biking and driving, i don't want to be one of the people who nearly hits a biker or pedestrian because i was oblivious.
Another thing that made me happy this morning: Jimmy Carter and his idea that racism might play some part in the opposition that Obama faces. Thanks to him for being the one to put it out there. Don't get me wrong, i think that people oppose his ideas because they don't agree with them. I'm not saying that if he wasn't Black then everyone would be gung ho about health care etc. I'm not. But i do think that racism plays into HOW he is opposed. He is taking on many of the same issues that Bill Clinton took on, in a similar way, but he is getting a much more disrespectful response than Clinton did. No one interrupted Bill during his speech to congress. No one protested and took their kids out of school when Reagan and Bush talked to the kids. There are just some things that aren't quite right about how we're reacting to the man we (collectively) have chosen to lead our country. I know not everyone voted for him but it's still our duty to at least respect him as a person, no matter how much or little we agree with his politics. Thanks Jimmy you're one of my new favorites.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Welcome Fall
So fall really isn't here yet, the date nor the weather. But I'm welcoming it anyway. Fall is my favorite season and I'm so ready for it. Ready for hot chocolate and sweater weather. Ready to move into a new house and start the next phase of life. Ready for the change of season. So please fall, hurry up. I'm ready.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Oh my
I'm glad that our country is run by responsible, mature adults. People that can listen to the president without interrupting him with insults.
NOT
Too bad everyone in this country are as immature, and rude as the average citizen. Sad to say but I'm not surprised.
NOT
Too bad everyone in this country are as immature, and rude as the average citizen. Sad to say but I'm not surprised.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
House
We are buying a house, hopefully. We put in an offer yesterday so we're waiting to hear back on it. We're feeling positive though. I was talking to sukie about it and she had the perfect way of explaining the agony of waiting to hear back on an offer.
"it's like remember in school, when you liked a boy and you wrote him a note like : if you like me check here and pass it back. . . you're waiting for the house to pass back the note that it likes you"
LOL so true.
"it's like remember in school, when you liked a boy and you wrote him a note like : if you like me check here and pass it back. . . you're waiting for the house to pass back the note that it likes you"
LOL so true.
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