But I decided to try the method one of my references gave me regarding getting a job... she suggested I try faxing all my documents to schools... less gas $$$ spent by hand delivering resumes... and more chance they are viewed VS. sending an email with the info... :) We'll see...
So far I have a list of about 75 elementary schools... and that's not even ALL the districts I'd like to contact... AND... that's not including the intermediate and/or middle schools that I could contact about a job...! whew! We'll see what happens... I'll be sending all this out tomorrow (hopefully... unless the fax person or I get tired of faxing stuff out!)
WISH ME LUCK!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Memorable Vacation
Well, my family and I had a very memorable vacation. We'll start from the beginning...
First and foremost, this was my nephew Conner's first trip to the beach (he'll be 1 next month!) and it was very interesting to see how an 11 month old likes the sand/wind/water/pool, etc. :) He's so incredibly adorable and an explorer!
Second, there have been many accidents on 361 that I've heard of... (this is the main drag of all the condos/beach houses/hotels that are on Mustang Island/Port Aransas beach). This was the first time I've seen one... and it didn't look good at all. It looked as if 3 cars were involved in the accident... one of which was a pretty large truck... and it was flipped over and the tires were up in the air... not to mention there was a TON of emergency personnel there... and lots of people being attended to on stretchers and gurneys and such. It was definitely a moment that you hope all the idiots that repeatedly like to speed along that stretch and try and pass people by on the shoulder, etc. take notice of the scenario... and that they internalize that they are not immortal and it could be them. This was Saturday... our first day there... Kinda puts a sting on the mood... but only temporarily... this is because....
Sunday was Mother's Day... We all ate some breakfast and hung out in the condo... we tried going down to the beach but it was WAY too windy for any of us... the wind was blowing the loose sand onto us and it felt like little needles! We ate an early big meal around 2 (which I prepared) of loaded spaghetti, salad, and fresh garlic bread. It was delicious... and very fun to watch Conner try spaghetti for the first time! :)
Monday my Dad and Rob went down around 7:00am to go fishing... my Dad came back up around 9 to check a print out of different kinds of fish because he had caught something he'd never seen before... turns out he caught a GREAT fish (Florida Pompano) which ended up being a delicious dinner the next evening... in total the two of them caught 6 keepers on Monday. After they cleaned and cut them they returned to the room... my brother was showing my the fillets in a baggie and asking me if I thought they looked good... my response was... "are they supposed to smell like burning?" We then noticed that the smell was coming directly from the AC vent above us... so I quickly went and shut off the AC unit. When I turned around and looked back at my brother... I could see SMOKE flooding out of that AC vent in the sunlight in front of me!!! We called the maintenance guys... they came up and immediately made sure that the thing hadn't caught fire.... it was (obviously) really smelly and smoke-filled in there... not to mention HOT and HUMID because there was no AC... so we were quickly moved just a couple units down on the same floor... So, the rest of our morning til about 11ish was spent moving all of our luggage and refrigerated things to the other unit.
We had a fairly uneventful rest of the vacation... Later on in the day Monday we went down to the beach with Conner and he played in the sand and in the water... and then went to the pool and had a blast... and then that night we watched Dan in Real Life (which was better than I expected it to be). Tuesday we went to the beach and pool with Conner again and then went to play our annual mini golf game... then that night was our fish fry... well... fish and chicken... Kathy (my S-I-L) isn't too big on fish either... so the 2 of us mostly had some broiled chicken and tried some fish... everything was pretty delicious!
Wednesday morning Rob, Kathy, and Conner headed home... and my parents and I went to try a new restaurant in Port Aransas and then went and spent some time in town at the shops and at one of the public piers. We headed back to the condo and just relaxed the rest of the night and vacation.
On our return we stopped at another restaurant in Port Aransas we had never eaten at before for lunch... they're on the bay/in the docks... they had quite possibly the BEST shrimp I've ever had. Then when we got back in town we went and picked up all the animals from boarding. So... all in all... catastrophies aside... we had a spectacular, fulfilling, and relaxing vacation!
First and foremost, this was my nephew Conner's first trip to the beach (he'll be 1 next month!) and it was very interesting to see how an 11 month old likes the sand/wind/water/pool, etc. :) He's so incredibly adorable and an explorer!
Second, there have been many accidents on 361 that I've heard of... (this is the main drag of all the condos/beach houses/hotels that are on Mustang Island/Port Aransas beach). This was the first time I've seen one... and it didn't look good at all. It looked as if 3 cars were involved in the accident... one of which was a pretty large truck... and it was flipped over and the tires were up in the air... not to mention there was a TON of emergency personnel there... and lots of people being attended to on stretchers and gurneys and such. It was definitely a moment that you hope all the idiots that repeatedly like to speed along that stretch and try and pass people by on the shoulder, etc. take notice of the scenario... and that they internalize that they are not immortal and it could be them. This was Saturday... our first day there... Kinda puts a sting on the mood... but only temporarily... this is because....
Sunday was Mother's Day... We all ate some breakfast and hung out in the condo... we tried going down to the beach but it was WAY too windy for any of us... the wind was blowing the loose sand onto us and it felt like little needles! We ate an early big meal around 2 (which I prepared) of loaded spaghetti, salad, and fresh garlic bread. It was delicious... and very fun to watch Conner try spaghetti for the first time! :)
Monday my Dad and Rob went down around 7:00am to go fishing... my Dad came back up around 9 to check a print out of different kinds of fish because he had caught something he'd never seen before... turns out he caught a GREAT fish (Florida Pompano) which ended up being a delicious dinner the next evening... in total the two of them caught 6 keepers on Monday. After they cleaned and cut them they returned to the room... my brother was showing my the fillets in a baggie and asking me if I thought they looked good... my response was... "are they supposed to smell like burning?" We then noticed that the smell was coming directly from the AC vent above us... so I quickly went and shut off the AC unit. When I turned around and looked back at my brother... I could see SMOKE flooding out of that AC vent in the sunlight in front of me!!! We called the maintenance guys... they came up and immediately made sure that the thing hadn't caught fire.... it was (obviously) really smelly and smoke-filled in there... not to mention HOT and HUMID because there was no AC... so we were quickly moved just a couple units down on the same floor... So, the rest of our morning til about 11ish was spent moving all of our luggage and refrigerated things to the other unit.
We had a fairly uneventful rest of the vacation... Later on in the day Monday we went down to the beach with Conner and he played in the sand and in the water... and then went to the pool and had a blast... and then that night we watched Dan in Real Life (which was better than I expected it to be). Tuesday we went to the beach and pool with Conner again and then went to play our annual mini golf game... then that night was our fish fry... well... fish and chicken... Kathy (my S-I-L) isn't too big on fish either... so the 2 of us mostly had some broiled chicken and tried some fish... everything was pretty delicious!
Wednesday morning Rob, Kathy, and Conner headed home... and my parents and I went to try a new restaurant in Port Aransas and then went and spent some time in town at the shops and at one of the public piers. We headed back to the condo and just relaxed the rest of the night and vacation.
On our return we stopped at another restaurant in Port Aransas we had never eaten at before for lunch... they're on the bay/in the docks... they had quite possibly the BEST shrimp I've ever had. Then when we got back in town we went and picked up all the animals from boarding. So... all in all... catastrophies aside... we had a spectacular, fulfilling, and relaxing vacation!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Work and then VACATION
Well, I'm starting the week off subbing for a teacher I've worked with before... I'm preparing a cover letter/resume/reference letter to leave with the principal... it's a campus where they have a lot of teachers come and go (especially being Title I)...
Then, Saturday morning... my parents and I are leaving town and meeting my brother, sister in law, and nephew... in Port Aransas! This is much needed after the blow of rejection. Which by the way wasn't as quick and painless as a bandaid... remember how I heard back from the principal on Tuesday? Yeah, Friday Daughn and I were out running errands and I get a call from the Vice Principal at the school... I'm thinking (with my ever-optimistic attitude) that Andrea got to them and had them call me back to offer me one of the newer positions that opened... No... It was just Mr. Nice Guy letting me know that they weren't offering me a position after my *GREAT* *WONDERFUL* *SPECTACULAR* interview... niiiiice. Thanks for communicating with each other on that one guys... build my hopes up again to smash them into the concrete.
So, as I said... the near week-long vacay is much needed.... I need to just escape and get away from everything for a bit. Anyhow... back to preparing documents for tomorrow and such....
Then, Saturday morning... my parents and I are leaving town and meeting my brother, sister in law, and nephew... in Port Aransas! This is much needed after the blow of rejection. Which by the way wasn't as quick and painless as a bandaid... remember how I heard back from the principal on Tuesday? Yeah, Friday Daughn and I were out running errands and I get a call from the Vice Principal at the school... I'm thinking (with my ever-optimistic attitude) that Andrea got to them and had them call me back to offer me one of the newer positions that opened... No... It was just Mr. Nice Guy letting me know that they weren't offering me a position after my *GREAT* *WONDERFUL* *SPECTACULAR* interview... niiiiice. Thanks for communicating with each other on that one guys... build my hopes up again to smash them into the concrete.
So, as I said... the near week-long vacay is much needed.... I need to just escape and get away from everything for a bit. Anyhow... back to preparing documents for tomorrow and such....
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