I went all out on additional teaching certifications before my state switches vendors and they double in price. I've passed 3 out of 4. Fingers crossed for 4 out of 4 tomorrow
I might end up studying to get a math/physics endorsement when I start teaching in Oregon next year. The district I'll be teaching for has in their collective bargaining agreement that each teacher can request funds for certification exams, and they offer $1000 each year for postgraduate work, so why not? No district I've taught for in Texas offers anything like that.
I took a couple of very cute selfies in a new outfit and had a difficult but fruitful conversation with my girlfriend about some insecurities that I was having in the relationship.
And thank you for the question! I include this opportunity to share my joy as a good thing that is going on with my weekend.
What good things are going on with your weekend?
Friday marked 5 years of sobriety from alcohol for me, which was nice. Then on Saturday I went to my city's pride parade. I asked a friend to come with me, and another friend if they wanted to play a round of disc golf afterwards, but both cancelled. This usually means I wallow in self-pity, but instead I got geared up in my gayest outfit, and enjoyed the festival anyway! it was like 100 degrees, but I was proud to see so many happy people having a great time in one of the most welcoming, accepting environments ever.
Thank you! I texted my father, saying "oh, look another year down!" and he replied "ok," and told me his plans for later that day. So you're actually the only person to have congratulated me on this so far. So, thanks!
I have been trying since January to get a teaching job in Portland (I live in Dallas) for the next academic year, and this week I was offered positions by two different school districts. This weekend, I have been working out which job to go with, I think I'mma go with the one that pays a little more, might be able to offer funds to offset relocation costs, and has less trafficky access to downtown and Vancouver (I have friends in North Portland and Vancouver.
So yeah...got that figured out; tomorrow I'll be looking for an apartment, taking my kids to Terry Black's for some world-class barbecue before Texas is forever in my rear-view mirror, doing some packing, and playing some THPS 1+2.
Congrats! Going from Texas to Portland, think about transit going into it. In the right mindset for less commute, but play your cards right and maybe you won't even have to drive to work!
I made the equivalent of 1 week wage in like two hours today.. money can't buy happiness but I feel good about it anyway.
I finally got a looper guitar pedal I've been wanting and after a couple 12 hour shifts finally got to mess around with it this evening!
Just the Donner Triple. So far I'm really happy with it! I'm not doing anything super fancy, just wanting to lay down rhythms to practice.
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TIL: Meshtastic - An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.
Our local city went from a couple of hobbiest to around 20 people getting into it. It's like a pager lol. But it does have a phone app as well as a web one.
It’s a close family-friend’s birthday. We’re going to visit a local Oddities Expo event tomorrow, so that should be a fun little adventure.
My internet went out but my phone has a data plan so I'm good.
The bad part is I'm gonna teach dad how to use his phone data plan to get more ebooks for him and mom to read. That will suck.
Update: The internet was back on this morning. Tech support told dad last night the modem was toast and they are shipping out a new one. Idiots didn't even know they had an outage.
The rain held off long enough for me to get a good start on building a new back deck. Just a small 3x4 foot one.
