The tile is coming in!

Well, the most exciting news this week is that we bought our new tile! Floors N' More is removing the carpet on Friday, and they start installation on Monday. It will be a huge pain in the tooter to have to move everything in the garage, but it will be worth. We will also be boarding the animals all next week-AND-they are moving our appliances, which means we will be eating out every night until they are done. Yippeee!

Chris and I started playing EQ2 pvp yesterday. We are newb characters, so we haven't really seen any pvp action, but I did get jumped by a group that was waiting for people to run by in one of the outer zones. I couldn't fight back because my lag was so bad. So, I bit the dust.

Tutoring is ending this week-thank god. I am tired of being at work an extra 2 hours everyday more than I normally am. I don't care about the money now. I just want it over with.

This week my goal is to work out three times. So far, I have only made it once. We shall see how I do.

Exhausted!

This week has been totally hectic per the usual with this month. This last weekend I was in charge of my first highschool dance. It went great, and we had the highest attendance rate at a dance ever! WOOT! There were no major problems, except many of the kids bailed on helping me set up and take down. They will here about it at the next Student Council meeting.

The latest on the job front-well, I checked out my transcripts to see if I qualify for the FACS certificate, and it turns out I need to take about 3-5 more classes. So, I have to call the principal of the school who hired me to see if they will still have me eventhough I won't have my certificate until late August due to ADE time length. Hopefully, he will work with me.

Yesterday for Valentine's Day Chris and I tried a new restaurant. It is called Transylvania on 35th and Bell (south of Bell). It was really good, although Chris isn't really big on Romanian food (although his dinner was great too). We split this fried donut thing for dessert and it was fantastic! It was interesting, because our waitress had the accent (vamp, of course)- and everyone in there seemed to be from Eastern Europe.

Still tutoring. It is a pain in the butt, but I only have a few more days. Thank god I have Monday off.

I HAVE A NEW JOB!

Well, I have been super busy the last few weeks and I haven't spent the time to sit down and blog, so here I am finally. The first big piece of news is that I have a new teaching job for next school year!!!WOOOHOO! This was one of my "resolutions" and it has been accomplished. I went to Phoenix Union High School Districts teacher recruitment fair this last weekend to practice interviews. I have to renew my Social Studies certificate which I am in the process of doing, so I figured I wouldn't find a job there. BUT-they were in desperate need of Family and Consumer Science teachers-and I interviewed with three schools about their jobs. The last school, North High School, interviewed me and gave me a letter of intent that day! I am so excited because the school was written up in Newsweek Magazine for being the top three of Arizona high schools and in the top 1000 high schools in the nation. I even got a t-shirt! So YEEHAW! Now, I just have to get my paper work together and apply for my certification. Hopefully, ADE will accept my credits from my classes.

In other news-I got a cell phone. My car is scary, and I have finally broke down to get one. It is fun, and I am learning how to use it a little bit at a time.

Chris and I watched the Super Bowl yesterday to cheer on the Seahawks. Unfortunately they lost and I was totally bummed for awhile (surprisingly). Our cable went out during the 3rd quarter, so I had to call my parents in Washington to hear the outcome of the game.

I have started AIMS tutoring at school (last week). I am doing 9 tutoring sessions a week and it is tough. I have lost all sense of time management, and I certainly don't want to bring work home with me, so getting things done is rough. But, it is only for one month, and I should get about $1000 dollars, so it isn't too bad.

I have also decided to quit my Pearson consulting job this week. It is boring and I am not interested in working on the weeknights and weekends. If I didn't have other things going (like a full time job) it would be fine, but I don't want to work anymore than I have to-to do something boring.

Well, it seems I have been tagged by Audra, so here goes:

WHAT WAS I DOING 10 YEARS AGO: I was attending the University of Puget Sound as a Sophomore, Vice-President of my sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta), working three jobs-a deli, at a law firm, and at Sylvan Learning Center.

WHAT WAS I DOING ONE YEAR AGO: I was working as the principal at the school I am teaching at now. I was totally stressed out. In addition, I was playing Everquest a ton with my husband. I was very unhappy with my professional career, and it was spreading into my personal life.

5 FAVORITE SNACKS: ice cream, avocados, hot chocolate (not a snack, but it fills me up), pistachios, chips and cheesy con queso.

5 SONGS TO WHICH I KNOW ALL LYRICS: Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time". Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" and "Private Dancer", and Dolly Parton/Kenny Roger's "Islands in the Stream".

5 BAD HABITS: Eating when I am not hungry, leaving bath towels all over the house, turning on every light in the house, leaving clothes on the floor, not cleaning the cat's litter box consistently.

5 THINGS I LIKE DOING: Playing all sorts of computer games, hiking, camping, reading, scrapbooking

5 THINGS I WOULD NEVER BUY,WEAR, OR GET AGAIN: a mini-skirt, candles with wire wicks, white stockings/hose, a wrap around skirt, a movie by Steven Seagal, Van Damm, or Vin Diesal (sp).

5 FAVORITE TOYS: My computer and the Internet(pc games included), my books, my scrapbooking items, my art supplies and materials, and my cross-stitching stuff.

No tags-it ends here.