Greetings:
I've been at my mechanic for 2.5 hours so I'm sure they will wrap-up and finish now that I've started blogging. I got a decent amount of work done today while I sat here as keeping up with my email is a struggle. Summer Youth Fitness starts on June 3 so I have emails from parents, interested families, employees, etc. flowing in regularly. I believe that everyone I need to hire has been hired. Only had one employee back out due to finding a job with full time hours. I have my mandatory orientation meeting on Thursday. First meeting is at 1pm and a second option is in the evening. I'm not at full capacity with enrollment yet but I predict a few parents panicking as they look at the calendar. I think I can still enroll 15-20 kids and abide by my ratio rules.
Figures that I would start things off talking about work. I should have started things off by talking about my brief but wonderful get-away this past weekend. I jetted off to Michigan to visit Nicole. It was nice going off by myself without many worries. I do have to admit that I'm still not a fan of flying, even at the ripe age of 30. The security requirements at airports continue to suck too. I did have some anxiety beyond the basic fact I was flying. I am always so nervous about cramming my butt into an airline seat and using the seat belt. I would be so embarassed if I needed a belt extender or something like that. Fortunately I could sit pretty comfortably and the seatbeat fit...barely. It was still comfortable though. I was lucky on my way to Detroit as no one had the seat next to me. I did have a lady next to me on the way back.
Nicole and I had a fun, laxidasical weekend. I went to a Botanical Center for the first time in my life. I saw pineapples, Swiss Cheese plants, grapefruits, a room of cacti, a solar house, hens/chickens (plants not animals), etc. I was also pleased to get a pedicure for my poor toes. It had been months...2012 since I had gotten my feet worked on. Thanks for letting me crash with you for a weekend Nicole!
In my head I thought I had more of a break before things got hectic again but time is slipping away fast. My DMACC summer class starts next week (Thursday nights). I've already mentioned my SYF meetings and that prep. My ISU summer class starts in the middle of June. June 17 to be exact. I shouldn't have oodles of planning for that as I just taught it this spring but I need to merge content together to fill more time each day since it's shrunk down into 6 weeks.
Jon and I bopped around town last night to buy dirt and plants. I plan to do some planting today. We bought bags of dirt to try and fill a corner of our garden that is low. Water likes to sit there when it rains and I'm hoping to remedy that. It's supposed to be 95 here today so I just want to be outside in the sun. Yes, sunscreen will be applied as I'll be burnt in like 10 seconds.
I got ballsy yesterday and cut my hair. We'll I finally went in for a hair cut and had her go to town. She took off two inches but the amount of layering she did made my hair look much shorter and it thinned it out a lot. She used a straightener yesterday and I wasn't too thrilled with the look. I don't even own a straightener so I was confused as to why she went that route. I washed it last night and it looks really good this morning with it's natural body and wave. She cut off a lot of my blonde though and I think I look odd with primarily brown hair. Odd but more professional. I think the cut itself looks more professional.
I found out today that I've been named as a chair for a search committee for our department. We are hiring a new martial arts person and the boss thought it would be logical that I lead the search considering I'm the Physical Activity Coordinator for the department. I'm rather nervous though as I've never chaired anything my life...including a search for a new faculty member. I hope the boss or someone else is willing to show me the ropes or deal with a lot of questions.
I made a new recipe last night (the chicken salad recipe Nicole!). I'm usually not a spicy food person but hot sauce is starting to grow on me for some foods. It was essentially a salad with the basic ingredients: lettuce, green pepper, red pepper, tomatoes, etc. I added avocado, black beans, and corn. Instead of using chicken breast, I used turkey breast that was left over from last week's crock pot experiment. It shredded nicely into the salad. The Bolthouse salad dressings in this area do not include the Salsa Ranch we used in Michigan. I grabbed Wishbone Buffalo Ranch and it worked well. I added a little more of the hot sauce and it was well balanced. Jon wasn't wowed but I'll definitely make it for myself again.
Ok...they have to be done with my car soon. I'm sick of staring at my computer. I'll blog again soon when I have pictures of my garden and flower pots ready. Adios!
1 comment:
Good luck with your summer program. I don't think I could give up my summer or a majority of it like you do. Although, I will be busy this summer nonetheless.
It's good you got away for awhile. Too bad it wasn't longer. I'm not a fan of planes either, mostly because of my ears.
Sounds like you had a nice week or so - pedicure, hair cut, etc. I'm sure your garden is coming together.
Good luck with your new position as chair. It speaks to your character and the amount of trust your department has in you. I hope it doesn't pile too much more on your plate though.
I haven't cooked anything worth reporting like you guys. I have gotten extremely lazy. It's mostly salads, pasta, and other foods that take no cooking or preparing. I'm sure that's why the food at Grandma's tasted so good. It was actual food. I'm kinda eating like a college student.
So, when are you visiting Waukon again? I keep finding more things for your garage sale. I don't want to hang on to them much longer, so if I can't get it to you, I will give it to Goodwill. It would be nice to make a few bucks on it though.
My turn to blog.
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