as soon as i wrote that previous entry...of course i can be contradicted. i talked to my dad and he is going to do some business trips in cali at the same time that i schedule interviews. while i was eating dinner, a school in MONTEREY!! called me. they seemed really nice, actually, and invited me out for the end of april or beginning of may. AND ( Read more... )

i'm feeling a little frustrated i guess. today it is that a school in Los Angeles called me for an interview, to come in the next two weeks. I am supposed to call the other schools I had interviews with a few weeks ago in San Fran to come to their school to teach a demo lesson and meet people there and interview more in-depth. I can't call them ( Read more... )

right now i am trying to decide what books to use this summer to teach creative writing to 5th and 6th graders. I have to turn in the titles this month. i am teaching poetry for a week, fiction/short stories for a week, and creative nonfiction/memoir the third week. i think i might use destination unexpected, which is a collection of short stories ( Read more... )

i am trying to find print services for the newsletter, the one i got the grant for. people charge outrageous amounts for color copies, it seems to me. if anyone knows of a cheap online print service for color copies, let me know. we are trying to do 200 copies of an 8 page newsletter (4 pages front and back), with 3 editions, all for 500 dollars. ( Read more... )

today meg came over and brought her dog bella. we went to a trail by the 129 highway. it would have been peaceful walking the mulch trails, except for loud cars zooming by, as well as the anxiety arising from the nearby mangled fences from a car wreck? maybe WON'T go walking there again! then we sat on the front porch and watched bella chew on ( Read more... )

so i had a bunch of job interviews over the weekend, 10 to be exact. it was this interview fair thing at two hotels in san francisco. some of the interviews went well. others i don't know if they would be a good match for me. i also had a phone interview today. i am going to write some follow-up letters. it is overwhelming to see how many people ( Read more... )

i'm home, FINALLY!

got snowed out of part of today, but not much. snow in dc. low visibility. security made it so we couldn't do the photo opp at the white house. now i am waiting for dinner and to take a shower. can't wait til i go home on saturday! counting down the days! Leighann :)

right now i am still working at that leadership program. i had to stay in all day yesterday and sleep from a migraine. the kids left yesterday so i have this evening and the next day off and they come again on sunday ( Read more... )

hey i am getting ready to go where i will be the next 3 weeks, at u of md. yesterday i had a day off after six barely endurable days of training. i am sure it will be much better when the kids get here. they are coming tomorrow afternoon ( Read more... )