Transitioning
The hours of puttering around the house and watching endless DVDs are now over until official school breaks and next summer comes :( I started teaching high and junior high world history and literature on wednesdays (today), and as of September 12, I'll have 13 TKD class a week. Oh, and for the next 6 weeks I'm co-teaching a college finance class. So I'm feeling torn between happiness of being "busy" again, and annoyance of my lazy lifestyle ending. Actually, I'm really excited about teaching; the only true trauma with that so far has been getting up early. While I enjoyed the fresh cool morning air driving down, I nearly wrecked the car when the I realised people did this every day. It's amazing how you can forget the years of getting up at 4am for work and school.
17 August 2005
Corn Dogs
John's blog's reference of corn dogs reminded me of my recent and fastastic discovery of corn dogs. Eric and I went to the rodeo Sunday, and he insisted that I try the strange concept of cornbread wrapped hotdogs. Noting my dislike for hot dogs, I did not hold out much hope, but I have to say that corn dogs are AWESOME! I tried to explain my excitement to other people, but I just these strange looks. Apparantly it's a common food, but it's new to me and I'm in love :)
John's blog's reference of corn dogs reminded me of my recent and fastastic discovery of corn dogs. Eric and I went to the rodeo Sunday, and he insisted that I try the strange concept of cornbread wrapped hotdogs. Noting my dislike for hot dogs, I did not hold out much hope, but I have to say that corn dogs are AWESOME! I tried to explain my excitement to other people, but I just these strange looks. Apparantly it's a common food, but it's new to me and I'm in love :)
12 August 2005
Urgent! LOTR NEWS!
As most of you know, there is a Tolkien Exhibit shuttling through Indianapolis from Oct 6 until January 2006. The important issue, however, is that they are playing the whole trilogy at the IMAX next to the Indiana State Musuem (location of exhibit). It isn't the extended version, just the normal movie version in normal widescreen (not IMAX screen), but it's still cool. $37.50 will get you a seat at all three movies and a midnight showing of the exhibit on October 6. Let me know if you're interested...Ellen and I want to purchase tickets ASAP.
As most of you know, there is a Tolkien Exhibit shuttling through Indianapolis from Oct 6 until January 2006. The important issue, however, is that they are playing the whole trilogy at the IMAX next to the Indiana State Musuem (location of exhibit). It isn't the extended version, just the normal movie version in normal widescreen (not IMAX screen), but it's still cool. $37.50 will get you a seat at all three movies and a midnight showing of the exhibit on October 6. Let me know if you're interested...Ellen and I want to purchase tickets ASAP.
05 August 2005
It Must Be My Imagination
I'm looking at a calendar and seeing free weekends. This is ... like ... huge. I always look forward to a more "relaxed" or quiet month, and then everything fills up before I even GET to the month. It's officially August, and no major plans :) That's actually wonderful because there's so much to do around the house AND lesson planning for the school year starting the last week of August. *gasp* MAYBE I'll even get ahead in my episode planning for Stargate!
I'm looking at a calendar and seeing free weekends. This is ... like ... huge. I always look forward to a more "relaxed" or quiet month, and then everything fills up before I even GET to the month. It's officially August, and no major plans :) That's actually wonderful because there's so much to do around the house AND lesson planning for the school year starting the last week of August. *gasp* MAYBE I'll even get ahead in my episode planning for Stargate!
03 August 2005
Catching My Breath
Arizona was awesome! If it wasn't so far from England and the East Coast where I love to visit, I would move out there in a heartbeat. Maybe it's all those westerns I read when I was a kid that came to life for me. Regardless, I loved the terrain and openness, although there WAS some fear factor in the lack of large cities. Apparantly Pheonix is the only decently sized city as we visited Yuma, Prescott, Flagstaff, and just outside of Tucson with no visible sign of true civilisation...they were just small places with a general store and bank...or it seemed like that. We drove over 1000 miles in the rental car visiting the Apache and Navajo Reservations, Grand Canyon, California (going through the Chocolate Mountains and sand dunes), then back through Yuma. I couldn't help but notice that AZ is a freakingly huge state. The Grand Canyon's big too, btw. I've been to all of the states on the the east side of the Mississippi many times, but not a whole lot on the west side of the Mississippi, so I was pretty excited to go to new places...and I'm anxious to go to even more new places out there.
Arizona was awesome! If it wasn't so far from England and the East Coast where I love to visit, I would move out there in a heartbeat. Maybe it's all those westerns I read when I was a kid that came to life for me. Regardless, I loved the terrain and openness, although there WAS some fear factor in the lack of large cities. Apparantly Pheonix is the only decently sized city as we visited Yuma, Prescott, Flagstaff, and just outside of Tucson with no visible sign of true civilisation...they were just small places with a general store and bank...or it seemed like that. We drove over 1000 miles in the rental car visiting the Apache and Navajo Reservations, Grand Canyon, California (going through the Chocolate Mountains and sand dunes), then back through Yuma. I couldn't help but notice that AZ is a freakingly huge state. The Grand Canyon's big too, btw. I've been to all of the states on the the east side of the Mississippi many times, but not a whole lot on the west side of the Mississippi, so I was pretty excited to go to new places...and I'm anxious to go to even more new places out there.
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