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30 days till blast off!

July 3rd, 2011 at 06:07 am

I was supposed to work tonight and tomorrow (insurance processing) but all the jobs I could do were already finished, and no more will be indexed til Tuesday. Not totally bummed about that. Smile

I have 3 guys from my church lined up to pack my truck for me on the 31st - my brother should arrive on the first, and then we're off!

I found out that I will be in charge of the newspaper and the yearbook - both starting in October. Yikes! I was the editor of our high-school paper my senior year and basically had no direction and did a lot of it myself. When I did my student teaching, I put together a very simple cut and paste type yearbook for the small school (25 kids and 2 teachers) I was at. I had no real training for either one. So ... this should be interesting. Smile

I'll be having a partly fixed and partly flexible schedule. Really ... if I can run with this and make things fly ... I might just end up staying longer than two years ... I already have ideas for what I'd like to do for summer school in computers ... Big Grin

I really need to get back in touch with my finances ... been way too loosey goosey with them lately. Even though I have this real job to look forward to, I don't have the first paycheck til Aug 17, and even then I really hope to SAVE more of it than SPEND!!

For example - I finally got my $20 Amazon gift card from Zoombucks which I ordered towards the beginning of June. I had it spent within five minutes - 4 books for classroom ideas ...

One awesome thing though showcasing how much better two heads can be than one. I was looking at these flipcard management system holders - green for "doing fine" yellow for "need help but can keep working" and red for "Help ASAP!" They wanted $10 each. Not!! So I showed them to JJ (my landlady) and we came up with the idea of tri-folding a piece of cardboard and three-hole punching laminated colored index cards with some kind of ring attached. We figured that we could make 20 of them for the price of one!

It's 12:01 on Sunday morning now, so I probably ought to catch some ZZzz's - will try to catch up with everyone later today. Big Grin

5 Responses to “30 days till blast off!”

  1. patientsaver Says:
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    This sounds like such a wonderful opportunity for you, a real learning experience. Working and teaching Navajo Indians, did I get that right? I think it's going to be extremely interesting for you. Sorry, i probably missed some posts you wrote about it. Will you be on the reservation? Where will you live?

  2. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks patientsaver. Yes, it is working with and teaching Navajo Indians. Smile I won't exactly be on the reservation, but right next to it. I will be living in a faculty housing mobile home park - my very own 3 bedroom single wide! Big Grin

  3. patientsaver Says:
    1309779548

    It's an entirely new culture, religion and way of life. With a great deal of poverty and alcoholism. I would love to see pictures. You'll have an opportunity to learn firsthand how the Navajo live today, something that few others have. What's the population, do you know?

  4. Jerry Says:
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    So, you are doing occasional insurance processing on the side, in addition to your new duties? You are keeping plenty busy, it sounds like! I hope that your experience there leads to many rich rewards and wonderful opportunities.
    Jerry

  5. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    PatientSaver,

    I don't know for sure what the population is - it will definitely be full of new experiences. Smile
    Jerry,

    My last day doing the insurance processing will be next Friday. No way could I do the insurance processing + everything else I'll be doing. Smile (not that I'd want to anyway - I'm *very* glad this was a short term gig)

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