Archive for December, 2004

say goodbye to the old buildings; never cared much for them anyway

Thursday, December 23rd, 2004

A quick update from the field. It’s been almost a week here in woodburn, and most of that time has been spent being dreadfully sick. It just brings up flashbacks from the summer of ‘03 (sorry to all of the Bryan Adams fans: not ‘69). But I’ll spare you the detail.Things are going well, the [...] Read more »

Isn’t it lonely? How I still hang around here

Sunday, December 12th, 2004

Well, it’s happened again–Jess has headed home for the three weeks of winter vacation. What does this mean for me? It took me two hours to drag the computer into the living room, an hour later–I rented Curb Your Enthusiasm (which is too realistic) and Supersize Me. Welcome to seclusion.First week of teaching has come [...] Read more »

and if your train is on time, you can get to work by nine

Friday, December 3rd, 2004

From the looks of it, as of 9am on Monday morning I will be gainfully employed. It will be weird working a job where I don’t have an apron or certain shirt that I have to wear to work.
I have to admit, I have been kind of reserved and timid as far as the prospect [...] Read more »

Mama likes to think that he’s taking a nap ’cause he’s working so hard

Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

Received the call today from South Lane School District, by the grace and virtue that is unbeknownst to me, they offered me the job.
Tomorrow, I’ll call them up and tell them that they can take their stinking job and sign me up for it. on top of 16 credit hours of course work. It should [...] Read more »

rather go down in familar flames, rather than that endless blue

Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

Meeting with the Superintendent of South Lane High School tomorrow. Welcome to the big time. Read more »