19 Days to Awesome

Well, it's the start of one of my favorite times of year. Saturday was wrestling sectional. We advanced all 14 to regional with 8 champs, 4 runners up, and 2 3rd placers. We have team regional Wednesday against Bellmont, we should either beat them by a little, or if the guys wrestle at their best, a blowout. Saturday is regional, then semi-state the next Saturday, and State on the 21st at Conseco. We should get about 8 guys to state, on par with Mishawaka, Perry Meridian, and Mater Dei.

In addition, academic bowl is gearing up and I have my team together for the Indiana ACS Exam and the US Chemistry Olympiad.

To make life more fun, I still can't get ISU to get back to me on anything. I've developed a deep hatred for state schools, between my dealings with ISU, Purdue, and IPFW. Also, Ball State messed up my Praxis reservation, so I have to set up another time.

To make life more entertaining I taped The Office last night and I was all excited to watch it. Well, because they felt the need to spend 30 minutes on commentary they started The Office 15 minutes late. So when I went to watch it today I missed the last 15 minutes of the show.

Now it's time for me to go to bed and get up early to work again!

Snow again? Are you serious?

We'll I'm snowed in with 13 inches of snow and school is canceled again today. The guy in my apartment with a Mustang decided to try to go to work and was able to back up far enough out of his spot to get stuck and block the road. Now nobody in the other apartments can get out. Smart move.

I'm bored and can't really do anything but sit around, so I plan to make several batches BBQ sauce looking for the perfect recipe. I've already got a lot of dry rubs made up, I'm moving to liquids now. If I get enough made I might start making batches of salad dressing too. Oddly enough I don't have any meat or salad in the apartment, but I do have a lot of Ramen. Ramen and BBQ sauce, maybe...

So here's a funny story...

So yesterday we had a 2 hour delay because of cold. I had to pry my door open because of the cold, no ice really, just so cold it wouldn't work. Then I had to let it warm up for 20 minutes before the power steering fluid was thin enough to let me turn. Awesome. And the snowplow had left a ridge of snow behind my car. We have about 6 inches, and the pile was bumper height, so I had to work back and forth before I could get out.

Now today most of the schools in Indiana are closed because of the cold. It's -5 still with a -30 windchill. To make it worse it's 35 in Alaska. Alaska! Isn't it supposed to be cold there? I tried to go to the store so I can buy food (all I have are crackers and condiments), but it's too cold for my car to start.

Tomorrow is wrestling conference, we should win it easily. We're 22-0 with several undefeated wrestlers and 8 ranked guys. If we get less than 8 into state it will be a disappointment, we could have up to 10. Should be exciting.

Welcome back old friend...

Yeah, so it's been a while. Life has been busy. I've been teaching chemistry at Yorktown High School since August now. I'm all settled in to my apartment, and my projector makes a nice 90'' TV. I'm helping coach the wrestling team, who is 22-0 right now and has a decent shot at winning team state. Kelli started her job and is working 6 days a week.

I don't have much going on outside of work, I have enough work to last about 12 days a week. I love teaching, and I'm starting a program to get my teaching license soon. In addition I want to start a Masters program in Chemistry after the wedding.

I'll try to keep this updated more often in the future.

Wow

Quite possibly one of the dumbest people I've ever heard. This is why we need IQ tests to determine who can and can't breed.

Rainbows are Unnatural

The whirlwind

Ok, so for those of you who didn't know already my life has been a whirlwind this past week. I went from signing up for classes at IPFW to moving to Muncie and quickly too. So here it is.

Monday morning:
I get a call to do an interview at Yorktown High School, they need a new chemistry teacher. They want me to interview at 5:00 that day. I had just been trying to sign up for classes at IPFW the previous night.

Monday evening:
After a very short interview I felt like I didn't have a shot. So at 8:30ish when I get a call offering me the job I'm excited. The catch? I have to get a packet of information ready and get signed up for an emergency license. Oh, and school starts in 1 week.

Tuesday-Wednesday:
Got everything ready so I could leave work on Friday. It was sad, but it was fast enough I didn't have time to think about anything.

Thursday:
Got my books and everything I would need to start making lesson plans and such. Got a tour of the school and their expectations. Then I went apartment hunting and found a great on in Mill Pond with a balcony and a second bedroom for an office. Awesome.

Friday:
Left work at noon, had a meeting at Purdue, then packed up my stuff from home and headed out with the van and trailer.

Saturday morning:
Got up at 5AM and started loading the van here. I'm almost completely ready to go. When Kelli is ready we're heading to Yorktown to start getting the room ready and unload at the apartment. Tonight mom and dad come with the other van I loaded at home and then we head back to the lake for my desk, bed, and whatever little things are left.

Sunday:
Unpack and keep getting ready for school.

Monday:
First teacher day, meetings and training all day, meet people and hope to remember their names.

Tueday:
Students start and I sink or swim.

Microsoft supporting OSS?

Interested in Microsoft or open source? Read more:

http://tillamookrage.blogspot.com/2008/08/oss-friendly-microsoft.html