July 04, 2008
Happy Fourth!
And to celebrate the beautiful weather here, we went on a walk (seriously, we probably walked 5 miles)
To see my pictures of flowers, go here!
I'm getting better at close-ups and understanding a few things about adjusting for lighting. Next I'll work on understanding the F-stops.
July 03, 2008
Crazy Thursday
After 2 trips through an hour-hour and half line at the temporary offices of the county, our cars are now officially Iowan.
After eating at the only Chik-fil-A in town, I accepted the job offer with Buckle Down Publishing company. It's going to be a whole new world for me and something very different from what I had expected and planned for the last 8 years. Apparently, God has been molding me for a different direction. The thought that crossed my mind last night, as i pondered and attempted to sleep was "remember that dream you had about writing?" and "maybe my name will appear in a long list of authors or something!!!"
So, after hoping next week will help us find a house and turn ourselves into official Iowans, and more other little stuff I'm sure....I will be starting July 14th in the world of publishing! The other thing that sealed the deal for me is that this would be a good start for my theoreticaly dream of maybe one day get involved with textbook publishing or test writing....I always thought it would be neat to work for Pearson (which happens to be based in the area also) or one of the other educational publishers.
What next, dare I ask?
July 02, 2008
An offer
I received a job offer from the publishing company today. Please be praying with me tonight as I prepare to (most likely) accept the job unless something huge comes up for me to not accept it.
The thought of closing the door on teaching is kind of sad for me...but I'm not sure that the door hasn't already closed itself. This job would also make certain things a lot easier...like transitioning into a grad program and give me something for my resume for a career outside of teaching, but still in education. (There are some big name education/publishing/testing companies in the area) I would also be able to do some tutoring in the evenings...and not have the stresses of school politics, grading, parents, .... and the other things that have caused me so much frustration the last few years. Granted, this job will come with its own frustrations.
Well, I need to break a bit....the allergies have not been friendly to me today.
June 29, 2008
Twists and Turns
Musings from the first two weeks:
Why is that all the big expenses come all in the same month?
What is up with the bizarre layout of the streets here?
Is it already time for me to leave the classroom and pursue other areas of education?
Post-flooding = mold in air = allergies react = migraine = BAD
Liquor? at Sam's Club? Seriously?
Canned tea != Iced Tea
Fried PB&J? on the "lighter side" of a menu for a Mexican/Italian restaurant?
They call that a margarita????
Could we have really found a church home this quickly?
You want me to cook in that "kitchen" closet?
What is up with small kitchens here?
What is up with all the pizza restaurants here?
They really think that taking a pizza crust and folding it over itself makes it a calzone?
WALL-E = awesome fun!
Thank goodness for Netflix. and working Internet.
I'm going to miss Mexican food.
Yay for finding a GREAT Bible Study so quickly!
I have lots of thoughts going around and around in my brain right now. I'd really like to try and make a coherent post of them soon--if possible.
