It's official!

I can finally make this public. I will be teaching full time by the end of the month! The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, aka ECOT, has called me in for all the HR paperwork and training my heart can desire. In addition, they have scheduled someone to come out and set up my own Internet work line.

Right now, the hubby and I are having some conflicting ideas of where I'll set up shop in the house. He thinks I'll be fine in the living room since the strongest wireless connection is there. I think that's a terrible idea because I can't sit comfortably and work in there and would prefer to neaten up the office, which is currently more of a book repository (our combined library is more than our shelf space). We'll see how this pans out when the cable guy comes out on the weekend.

Migod, even after a full month of pretty much knowing I had this job in hand, it's still so crazy knowing that I was one of the lucky people to land a full-time teaching job. It's even crazier that I'll be telecommuting instead of driving halfway across the county as I have been for the past three years. I'm hoping to put my first paycheck towards that bicycle I had been eyeing this summer. If I'm not going to be running around a "brick and mortar" classroom, I'm going to need a reason to stay in shape.

BTW, I will be blogging about my school experiences, but that will be in my super secret journal that allows me to make entries private for friends. Let me know if you're actually interested in reading, and I'll send the link!

RIP Laptop

Unless my second opinion from The Laptop Guy yields an ability to repair a fried motherboard for under $300, I may offer to sell what's left (including a new hard drive) for scrap. Crudbunnies. According to my first opinion, I had neglected to unplug it during a lightning strike or some other power surge, and the whole thing went to hell one system at a time. I don't totally trust that first opinion, which explains why I'm getting a second one.

It's been an interesting week. Rockmaster hubby is still playing with bats all night and stumbling to bed between 3 and 4 am. I've been trying to amuse myself during the evenings, including taking myself out to dinner last night for amazing green pizza (The Hulk from Bono TO GO) and the most decadent nutella crepe I could imagine. The sugar high kept me going well through The Daily Show.

To be honest, I'm enjoying the opportunity to explore The Town of Cow on my own. I like going out and hanging with the guys over a beer, or just sitting with a book over a plate of something yummy.

Good deed by the drama queen

A quick word of advice. If you're scheduled to give blood in the morning, make sure to get a good night's sleep as well as a good breakfast with PLENTY of fluids. I kinda screwed this up on Saturday and almost took a nice belly flop trying to get to my cookie and juice. Thankfully, another donor saw me start to swoon and got someone over to help me to a cot. It was a little embarrassing having to lie down right at the entrance while swathed in cold towels. Apparently I sweat like a maniac when my blood pressure crashes.

Ah well, at least I didn't hoard my spare pint. Just need to be a little smarter about it.