OK, this week was a different kind of exhausting.\u00a0 My family was home all week, due to Spring Break, so I spent some time with them.\u00a0 Even so, I still spent a lot of time in my home office.\u00a0 Because of the many hours I spent in school last week, I made sure that I only went to class four days this week, but that didn\u2019t mean that I didn\u2019t spend my time doing other things.\u00a0 For much of the week, I helped my pastor and family move from their rental home into a home that they now own.\u00a0 It took three afternoons to do this, and each day, the stuff to move got bigger and heavier.\u00a0 By Thursday, I could barely lift my arms!\u00a0 I also spent two days doing my quarterly stock review.\u00a0 This takes a lot of mental power, and a ton of time simply putting numbers into a spreadsheet (at some point, I should really figure out how to automate this with a macro).\u00a0 My discoveries weren\u2019t all that great either.\u00a0 The market is flat for the first quarter and is beginning to go down.\u00a0 What is yet to be seen is if this is a false flat, or the moment when the market crashes.\u00a0 I\u2019ve put in a lot of stops and replaced risky stocks with more stable stocks as a precaution.\u00a0 Especially without a job, I can\u2019t afford to lose a ton of money, like I did in 2008 when I didn\u2019t have stops on any stocks.\u00a0 I also spent a day doing chip work.<\/p>\n
On Friday, after spending three days moving, my wife and I went on an all-day date to Berkeley.\u00a0 We did this because she is taking ~80 AVID kids there next week.\u00a0 I also wanted to check out the Art History department, which has the only Doctoral program in the Bay Area that I can take, should I decide to get my PhD.\u00a0 The thing is, Berkeley is built on a hillside, and it\u2019s pretty expansive.\u00a0 The BART ride there offered some rather uncomfortable entertainment, as we sat next to a mentally deranged person (possibly possessed and homicidal?) for about half the trip, but once off the train, we found some awesome Turkish food and then began our trek up the hillside.\u00a0 We hit two museums, four libraries, the stadium and the bookstore \u2013 several uphill miles and several stairs!\u00a0 This was great practice for next year\u2019s Turkey & Greece trip.\u00a0 It also showed that I could survive that trip, but that some extra walking and stairs between now and then would be advisable.\u00a0 At our last stop of the day, Jeffrey called.\u00a0 He\u2019ll be at Sheppard until early June and then he\u2019ll be ready for his first duty station, which will be in North Carolina.\u00a0 He wanted something overseas, but nothing was offered overseas.\u00a0 He did get the only stateside base that deploys people overseas, so he\u2019s still hoping to get deployed somewhere.\u00a0 After a couple of years, he may be ready for his next duty station, and that one may be overseas.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, I did 10 solid hours on a single, 5 point assignment.\u00a0 Most of these 5 point assignments take a day to do.\u00a0 I can \u201chardly wait\u201d to do the 10-12 point assignments in weeks 5 & 6.\u00a0 After doing all that work, I got chastised by the teacher for doing it wrong.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think that I did it wrong, based on the rather vague assignment requirements, but she gave me full credit none the less, possibly because of all the extra effort I put in (?).\u00a0 I\u2019m hearing from other students that they too have been \u201cdoing it wrong\u201d on some of their assignments as well.\u00a0 I guess maybe I should ask more questions before I launch into these projects, but truthfully, I\u2019m just trying to get through this class.\u00a0 The class is an unnecessary burden placed on us by the State of California, and I am not happy about it.<\/p>\n
Oh ya, I passed my English CSET!\u00a0 This class, and $70., are all that remain in getting my English credential.\u00a0 I was so excited that I emailed my principal and the vice principal who interviewed me a few weeks ago.\u00a0 They had both asked to be “kept in the loop” on my progress.\u00a0 It seemed prudent to do as well, since I have seen or heard nothing about a job at the school.\u00a0 I know there will be multiple job openings next year, but so far, they haven’t posted any.\u00a0 Maybe this has to do with the change of principal.\u00a0 They’re still interviewing for that position and whoever gets it will likely want to be the one to hire the new teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OK, this week was a different kind of exhausting.\u00a0 My family was home all week, due to Spring Break, so I spent some time with them.\u00a0 Even so, I still spent a lot of time in my home office.\u00a0 Because … Continue reading