- Annie flew down to Tucson for an interview
- Erik went backpacking
- Wyatt ate a lot of duck feed
- Sawyer woke us up regularly by vomiting
- Finding a place to live
- Getting Erik ready for med school
- Annie gets in shape with some senior citizens
Interview:
About a week and a half ago I received a phone call from Catalina Foothills School District. A high school health/PE position opened up unexpectedly. So I flew down the following Wednesday to interview. Prior to flying down I was able to get lots of advice from veteran teachers. They really helped me in understanding the best way to communicate and present myself. Now this was the first time I had ever been to Tucson and in fact I had yet to see a Saguaro Cactus (pronounced so-waar-o) until this trip. I had a wonderful experience interviewing and was able to take a tour of this really awesome high school. They had over 5 buildings on 40 some acres. A sunken in football stadium, an outdoor AND an indoor climbing wall,
a dance studio, 3 basketball courts, 12 tennis courts and anything else you can think of, they had it. Not to mention this school, the previous year, received a 5 million dollar technology grant. Basically, this school is loaded. To top it all off, they have wonderful staff. I was able to tour the campus and talk with a PE teacher there. She was very helpful in helping me understand their program and the overall school.I flew out the next morning so I wasn't able to see much of Tucson aside from looking for a hotel to stay at. By the way, if you are ever in Tucson, La Quinta was phenomenal. They had wonderful service and were very reasonable. Now that I am back in Fort Collins I am getting anxious and doubtful but I will hear more at the end of this week of what the status is on hiring.
Backpacking/Med School:
Erik and his close friends Cameron and Zach were able to enjoy a 3 day backpacking trip up in the Reiwa Mountains. Cameron had flown in from Palo Alto just for the trip. They enjoyed some hiking, fishing, and the joys of snow in June. When they were fly fishing, Cameron was just about 30 yards from a bull moose who meandered over to the river. Overall it was a great trip that they all needed.
Erik, Cameron, Zach and Papa (Z's grandpa)
Since we have been in Colorado, Erik has been practicing Spanish with Rosetta Stone. Recently he signed up for his classes and is getting the list of things he needs for school. Man are they specific! Especially with the programs and computer specks he needs. He is getting more excited about getting down there and is in even more awe than ever. It can be pretty amazing to where God takes us on our journey in life.
This is a collage all in coming med students had to submit. I actually was the one who made it and turned it in for him :)
Sawyer/Wyatt:
Since our brother Spencer has ducks, it has been Wyatt's daily mission to get into their feed. Yesterday when I was picking up our dogs' excrement, I had the pleasure of finding mostly duck feed that Wyatt had proceeded to discard throughout the yard. Oh the joys of puppies.
Saywer on the other hand has been struggling with his digestive system. We now have him on a mixture of dry dog food, wet dog food and some plain yogurt. Apparently the plain yogurt's active ingredients helps with dogs' digestive systems. So we will see.
Housing:
We have started the house hunt via Craigs list. There are some really neat places down in Tucson. However, we have realized that there is some words that are lost in translation so to speak. For example: "Huge backyard, great for the 4th!" really translates into....."Hey, here is an open pile of dirt, there is no vegetation that will get in your way when you shoot off bottle rockets!"
There have been some really neat older homes near campus that look very fun and I think we will find a neat place to live that will work for all 4 of us. We just need to keep an eye out for those "gems" that are a little too deep in the rough for us :)Annie and the Senior Citizens;
Since we have been down in Fort Collins, I have had a great time working out and taking fitness classes at this local gym. They offer these really neat classes that I have enjoyed thus far. I went there this morning and though I would try a new class. I saw that BodyCombat would be starting soon so I rushed over to the class. I introduced myself to the instructor and she explained what equipment I needed for the class. I noticed it was a small class and I figured it was because it was 9 am on a Tuesday. Just before the class started I took a look around the room. Wait a second....I was the youngest o
ne in the room by at least 30 years! In fact,, I could safely say all of these women were probably grandmas! It was too late, class had started and I was the furthest one from the door. Hmmm.....well I guess I will just go through with the class. Overall, it wasn't bad. In fact, I was able to get a good workout. After the class, I thanked the instructor and she said to invite others and let others know about the class. I left thinking, this really didn't seem like BodyCombat. Maybe I misunderstood what the class was. Maybe the name was really deceiving. I went up front to clarify thinking they made a mistake and misprinted the schedule. The woman, informed me that BodyCombat was going on right now, it had just started. I looked at my watch, it was 9am. What the? Great....I had looked at the class at 9am instead of 8am. Well what class was I in then. The woman laughed, "oh, you were in the Fabulous 50's class. That's so funny!" Funny, was not the first word that had come to my mind. I smiled and shook my head. I couldn't figure out what was more pathetic, the fact that I was an hour off or the fact that I had a hard workout in a senior citizens' class. I guess I need to eat more brain food :)That's all for now. I hope to become better at posting blogs more frequently. Here's to hoping :)
