Packing...

I am busy packing today.  Our car is to small.  So we are only taking the things that are absolutely necessary. 

Going private

So my blog will be going private this week.  Which means that only people who follow it will be able to see it.  I figure it is a good idea to protect our privacy in the new school/work setting.

WE ARE MOVING!!!!!!

We are moving to Bullhead City, Arizona next Saturday.  Ahhhhh!!!!

I am excited, I will be teaching 2nd grade.  Yay!!!

Huge road trip as we are driving from Portland to BHC.  3 days of driving stopping in Sacramento and Bakersfield.  Woohoo!!

I guess Maggie and I are moving for sure

So, while I don't have a contract or anything in writing that says I have a job.  Maggie and I are packing up some stuff and getting ready to move to Arizona.  Yay!  I am excited and nervous. 

I have found daycare - 2 different options depending on what I feel the most comfortable with one is an in home daycare and the other is at the high school.

I have been looking at apartments on craigslist.org hopefully once I get there and look at these places one will really sick out for me.  My requirements are A/C, 2 bedrooms and a pool. 

We are only taking what will fit in or on our car.  As in Maggie's crib is going on the car everything else will be in the car.  I am starting over when we get there.  New/used everything. 

Hopefully, I will get something in writing soon saying that I have the job.

Luck is changing!!!

I had a great job interview for a second grade position in Bullhead City, AZ.  The principal who interviewed me for this position sat in on my first interview and she loved me!!  She called me while I was in Arizona for a different interview.  Today was our follow up interview on Skype which was a formality since the principal who interviewed me last had thrown my information out.  Hopefully, I will hear soon.

I smell this horrible smell and I cannot find the source -plus no one else can smell it

I think I am going crazy.  I can smell this horrible smell - but it seems to move.  I cannot find it.  No one else can smell it. Ugh!

Job interview, monsoon, dust storm and no air conditioning...

Yep, that about sums up my day.

I had my interview in Holbrook.  I think it went well.  Not sure I will get it because I think the superintendent is pretty convinced I am an elementary teacher not a junior high teacher.  Who can blame him?  The town was nice, bigger than Stayton in square miles but smaller in population.  It would be a nice job great benefits but probably not for me.

I drove back to Phoenix to catch my flight on the way I encountered a Monsoon.  Apparently, Arizona has a monsoon season and this is it.  Ugh!!  I have never driven through something so horrible.  I actually had to pull over for a bit then decided to follow the Subaru and trudge on - glad I did it got me over the mountain and away from the storm.  I have video, never seen anything like it.  It was basically a vertical cloud from ground to sky.

I eventually made it to Phoenix and returned my car and caught the shuttle to the airport.  Once here could not get my flight changed so it looked like I was stuck for the next 26+hours.  Blah!  The Southwest Ticket agents weren't helpful at all.  So I left in a ball of sadness - all I wanted to do was go home.  I found a place to connect to the internet where I planned on slamming Southwest on every board I could.  But I thought, be fair Anne give them one more chance.  So I called their 1-800 number and talked to a customer service rep.  They were so nice they got me on a flight sooner - so now I will be leaving Phoenix at 7am tomorrow and arriving at 9:40am.  yay!  Not exactly what I wanted but a happy medium and I didn't have to pay the painful upgrade $269 to full fare.  Note to self find a different airline that charges a flat fee to change your reservation.