Busy Weekend

Today is only Saturday, and yet it has already been a really busy weekend. I started yesterday off with just not doing anything after a LONG day of substitute teaching with first grade. This morning started out busy. I woke up and got ready to go to the Richardson ISD job fair. It was indeed an experience. I had to wait in line outside for almost an hour just to get into the building. I feel this is one thing to hear about on the news and read about on the internet but to experience in person is something else. One big observation I noted was all of the older people changing careers or going back to teaching after an absence due to a spouse being laid off or just not being able to find a job in their desired field. So, once I got into the building and checked in I went on to the elementary gym where there were a lot of people crammed into a small area all doing their best to sell themselves in about 2 minutes along with giving the resume to the people working the job fair. So after giving out many resumes and talking to many schools I decided my work was finished for the day. Then I went by to find a family friend who works at the district to talk with her for a few minutes and after that my friend who came with me and I left. All and all we left around noon and spent a good amount of time there I thought.

This afternoon I have just been resting up and got some food. Tonight I have a friends wedding to go to and then tomorrow I plan to rest and figure out what my week will be looking like. I am excited about the wedding it will be held at St. Michael's church and then a reception I think at a local country club afterwords. So, I will update more on that later on. But that concludes by busy weekend.

Bill's home and the fronteers of flight

This past weekend was full of activities. Friday started out with Ben and I going to dinner and watching a movie. Saturday morning started off early with a call at 6 am from my mom waking me up, to go to DFW airport. Our whole family went to DFW at an early hour to welcome home the troops. A little known fact is that DFW has a welcome home celebration every week for the troops coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. My brother was coming home for R&R so we went to meet him. That whole ordeal is very emotional and it was fun to watch husbands and wives come back to families and watch the reaction of everyone. We got back home and just hung out. Ben came over after lunch and we went to the historical homes tour together which was so much fun. When we got back we were watching TV and my brother came over to see my place and brought mint chocolate chip ice cream my favorite. Saturday night I went to a dinner party for a friend who is getting married memorial day weekend. Sunday Ben and I went to church and to lunch. After that Ben and I decided to go to the fronteers of flight museum. It was sos much fun to see all of the old plans. We lucked out and there were also old world war 2 plans out to go in and see. It was very windy on Sunday afternoon that we got the true effect of what it would be like to be flying in the planes. I took lots of pictures, but then my camera was acting odd and when I put them on my computer half of them did not even come out or were loaded on my computer. Which was sad but about 5 or so of them did sorta come out. Sunday afternoon we just went back and hung out and had dinner in together. All in all it was a busy weekend with lots of fun activities.

March 2009

Well, as we end another month and are well on our way of beginning a new one I thought that I would do some blogging before there is a new month and so many things that are upcoming. This past weekend was very busy. Friday night I went to dinner with Ben at his parents house. It was a great dinner with everyone there. After that Ben and I came back and just hung out for a bit. Saturday, I had two job fairs to go to. Now this was a bit stressful part of the day. So, I got up early and Ben came by and brought me a muffin from JD's for breakfast. IT was great. Then I went off to the job fair. My first stop was the Highland Park job fair. I was thinking that I would start with that one because it was the closest to me. So, I got there at 8:30 to get ready for it and get in line. By the time I was there, there were already many people ready to go and the fair did not even begin until 9 AM. I went by and met the director of personal for the district and she told me to go around and talk with each elementary school. After that to go by the special education table to hand them a resume as well. So, I was making pretty good time. The interviews that day were like pre-screenings to the real interview. I was asked at least one question at each table. I was making really good time and then I hit a line that was very slow, and when I got to the front I heard that they did not have any openings at that point, but was so glad I stopped by and talked with them. The lady I talked to was very helpful and made it all end on a positive note. Then I stopped by the special education table and handed them my resume. At this time it was 10:45 AM when I left and got on to the next job fair. The second one I was off to was the Plano job fair. By the time I got there and found a parking spot I went in and as I got there a lady said how may I help you as I was about to walk into the gym. The lady then preceded to tell me that I could not go in unless I had pre-registered which I thought I had. So she checked and said I had not filled out an application even though I knew I had. So, I was stressed that by the time I got there i was to late for the walk ins mostly by maybe a minute or so. The odd thing is that they were talking about it on the radio and how anyone could go which was annoying. So, next I get back in my car and find my way back home to meet with Grace for lunch.

Grace and I had a great time catching up and talking about the job fairs. Then after that I walked back to my car and had a message from Dealey. So, I called her back and talked with her briefly. She said that she wanted me to participate in the afternoon activity but was unable to tell me over the phone so I was like sure I am in. So, then I talked with Ben on the phone and Dealey came by and picked me up in the afternoon. when I got in the car Dealey asked me about the job fairs and then asks if I want to be a bridesmaid in her wedding. I said I would love to, it was just so funny how she asked and totally like Dealey and something to laugh about for time to come. So, I am so excited that she asked me to be a part of her wedding and am excited for the upcoming events and hanging out more.

Saturday night, Ben and I went out to dinner and then back to his place. I was so tired that I was falling asleep at 8:30 pm. So I went home and went to bed. Then Sunday Ben and I went to the Dallas Arboretum and had so much fun seeing all the playhouses out there that different architect firms had come up with. There were several that we both liked a lot. Then Sunday night we were going to bring something in but ended up just eating at the place we went to get stuff to go.

So far this week has been going well and I had a job Monday for resource in Richardson, a half day job at HP Tuesday (today) and so far Wednesday I will be subbing for a high school teacher at a local private school. That will be a new thing for me so we will see how high schoolers are.

Job Fairs

This weekend I am going to two teacher job fairs. I am going to the Highland Park job fair in the morning and then on the the Plano job fair after that. I am hoping to learn more and to continue to get my name out there and hopefully get a job in the end. I am going to the Richardson job fair on April 18th. So, please be thinking about me during this process. That is all I know for now. Will update after the job fairs.

hello

Well, I realized that I have not posted in a while. There has not been a whole lot going on here. I have been housesitting for my parents last week and now I am back at my place and cleaned and did some laundry. So, that is all that is going on with me.