new job and new dojo

well, i have made it through a week and two days of teaching and i love it... the faculty members are so nice and helpful, the kids are great, and i am having a blast... the new dojo opened yesterday and classes are going well.... the dojo looks so beautiful.... we are really doing great on all fronts... i have a million things to do so i suppose i will go do them...
just as a footnote, i sure am glad i don't need a friend who knows about computers to help me get rid of stoky.net on my blogroll... i figured it out all by myself...
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numa numa

the hubby just showed me the numa numa guy gary brolsma... wow, wow. www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php wow
if you haven't seen it yet, please do...
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just a few more hours

well, this is my last shift at the csu... thank god, because i am so tired... i can't wait to be on a normal schedule again.... and have a career as opposed to a job.... i really cannot complain about anything in my life.... things are going great!!! that being said, please check out this www.peerflixgame.com ... i finally won it, but it took me ages and several experlatives... the graphics are cute and it is a fun paparazzi game.... well, i should finish up here... i'm not sure how often i'll be able to post on here from now on, but i'll do my best....
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happy martin luther king, jr day!!!!

i haven't posted in almost a week, sorry about that!!! i have had a lot going on... let's see, what shall i report?
bummer of all bummers, the pats lost on saturday night! they played badly and denver definitely did not beat them, the pats beat themselves...we had another party and we had a great time, until we lost... jeff and i watched a couple of good games today... indy and the steelers... my two most hated teams... but the steelers won and they are the lesser of two evils in my eyes.... and then we watched the bears and the panthers, and i think the panthers won, but it is 4am and i didn't care much about the game, so who really knows???
i had 30 things on my to do list for today, but then i realized that it is martin luther king jr day and the schools are closed, and maybe the post office and the bank too!!! sheesh, so now my list is down to one thing, cleaning... well, a few things... anyway, i want to have my house and life in order as much as possible by the time i start teaching so that i can concentrate on that... oh who am i trying to kid, i have two little kids and a crazy husband, i am lucky if i make it out the door with matching shoes on.... by the way, i can't wait... i am so excited for the new job!!!!!!
i also need to go to the reading corner (mary went there)...
i should be getting my new glasses any day this week too!!! first new frames since 94, my god, that is 12 years ago.... they are cute and a little funky... (just like me) and i'm back to wearing contacts too, at least part time... hallelujah, hallelujah, etc., etc.
i'm so very happy!
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i got the job!

well, it's official... i am going to be best known by my last name... i am the newest addition to the high school english department... and i start on the 23rd... that's right, less than 2 weeks... whihoo!!!! i have a ton to do, including paperwork for payroll and benefits, so, maybe i'll do that and try to get back to this later!!! yay me!
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oh boy, oh boy, oh boy

my interview is in a few hours.... gotta get ready.... oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.....!
thanks to everyone who is out there with crossed fingers, toes, and eyes, for me... i'll post later and let y'all know how it went.
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argh

i am so exhausted... i just fell asleep for like 5 minutes when the phone rang and now i am all shaky and feeling ill from no sleep... please let me get done at this job...
btw, i don't think i have ever seen anyone have quite as bad a game as eli manning did yesterday... just thought i'd mention.
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Updates and oh my gosh

well, the inside of the dojo is painted, the front is sided, and the word on the street is that it will be done by the end of the week, although i don't believe it... tonight i have been working on revamping my philosophy of education and expectations for the classroom, because OH MY GOSH, my interview is tomorrow!!! what a wild and crazy 6 months it has been.... i really hope i get this job, but if i do, it means almost everything that could have been upheaved (?) in my life has been upheaved (?)... it is quite overwhelming actually. my stable little life is all in a tailspin!! a good tailspin though, because all the changes so far have been positive...
well, i have decided to post one new years resolution (not that i made any, but if i had) i'm going to get back to my martial arts training... since i have been working nights, i haven't really been able to get to class, but seeing as how my husband is the instructor and soon i won't have to leave the house to attend class, i really have no excuse not to go... also, hopefully, i won't be working nights anymore!!! cross your fingers for me....
i actually have a ton of work to do and "studying" for my interview, i will sign off for now...
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World Records

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots do it again... They continue their undefeated post-season record at 10-0 with a great game, beating the jaguars 28-3 and breaking the record for the longest streak of undefeated post season games. we had a great time last night, fun party, good friends, good food, incredible game!!! oh yeah and they broke a bunch of other records too, cause that is what they do.... go pats.... can't wait till next week... anyway, i'll post more later...

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oh, the irony

I just love ironic crap! like that time the POST OFFICE (see post FILL IN THE BLANK dated somewhere between November 16th and November 20th) sent me the postcard announcing a soon to arrive evaluation survey that was so ripped up that it had to come in a little baggie, well, i just looked up the Northeast Health website and found,
NORTHEAST HEALTH
WHEN YOU NEED US, WHERE YOU NEED US

HTTP 404 Error - File not found
Dear User,
The page you are looking for may have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

http://www.nehealth.org/pbmc.asp

awesome.

Exhaustion, to the max

well, i am here at work and i am exhausted... there is absolutely no way i will make it through the night without sleeping... unfortunately, we had two clients discharged today and two new clients admitted which equals a humungous amount of work for me to accomplish tonight... on the other hand, my boss is out of the office until tuesday, so anything i don't get around to tonight, i could probably do sunday night and it won't matter....
we are having a big football play-offs party on saturday night... that will be fun... god-willing, tom brady will contiue his amazing undefeated play-offs record... got to sleep... got to
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Where have I been?

sorry i haven't posted in a while... i guess not a lot has been happening... or consider this, maybe a lot has been happening and it is too good to post on the internet for all to read, or maybe just nothing is happening.... the dojo is getting sided, so that is good, but our general contractor (my stepdad) is out of town for my great aunt's funeral, so going is slow... my great aunt helen was 90 and went quietly in her sleep... so although it is sad, she had a good long life and then peacefully went home...
i guess the new year is going well so far... i didn't officially make any resolutions and if i did, which i didn't, but if i did, i wouldn't post them here, because resolutions, although meant well, are often abandoned or failed by january week 2 and that is like two days from now and i hate to admit defeat, so....
i'm adding a few pics... hope you enjoy.
that is our new floor in the background of the second pic, nice, right? also, marina looks about the same (minus the curley hair), but wow, cadence sure has changed from pic one to pic two!!!!