02-22-21, 09:20 PM | |
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Stephanie, Ex has the kids two days a week. He does live close, though he moved over the state line. I think our housing market is doing fairly well. I'm in a pretty desirable neighborhood, so that should help. I'm more back in school (again) than still in school. The K-12 Licensing Board doesn't think that a PhD and 13 years of college teaching counts for anything in terms of K-12, so I have to take all the classes for licensing. I found a place where I can take them as graduate courses, and they'd count toward a MA in Teaching if I could finish it within 7 years of last fall.
For my current program, if I could go 3/4 time, it would be around 2 years. I'm not sure how long it will take me--I tried 3 classes last semester, and that was too much. This semester I'm taking one class, but I'm also taking a class that's an advanced certification for online teaching through the Online Learning Consortium. It's more manageable. So we'll see. I've been doing the January Jump Start rotation from Jessica Smith. I'm on Day 20. I did sign up for Chris Freytag Get Healthy U TV with Gold again because they had an offer for $12 for both for a year. I like being able to just click on a workout that's part of a pre-planned rotation. It'll also allow me to pack up most of my DVDs now. Have you all mostly switched to streaming/online workouts, or do you still use mostly DVDs? Maybe it's a mix of both?
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02-23-21, 01:28 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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mbramer, I am glad you posted! I was just about to email you. It sounds like you are stuck between several rocks and hard places. Is moving away from that area/state an option? Is that something you might want to do? I say that mostly because there might be more job options elsewhere, and it sounds like being around your family and ex isn't a positive thing. I realize of course that would make it tough for them to see their dad.
Here's a position here in AZ...just in case. ASU faculty How is that OLC course? I took one class through them and I did enjoy it. If it makes you feel any better, my FIL has been like your mom the entire 20 years I've known DH and his health is generally fine! I guess it really is largely mental. How far away do they live? Stephanie, I haven't been able to get myself outside on the dark, cold mornings. Yesterday it was 37 with the icky wind until about 9 AM. No snow of course, but just ewwww. I'm impressed you walked! What options are you looking at for DS2's birthday? For DD last year, all we were able to do was an Easter egg hunt at home (which I'd bought eggs and fillers for weeks in advance) and a Zoom call with friends and family to sing happy birthday while she blew out her candles. For DS we had a couple of his friends over and the two neighbor boys. DS has been reading up a storm. He read 4 of the 5 Percy Jackson books in 2 weeks. He should finish the fifth here in a few days at most. A friend of mine has a couple of books from another of that author's series so he can work on those next! I did also buy some board games when Amazon had a sale. He's already mastered Rubik's Cage and Labyrinth. I keep playing him in the hopes I'll win! I just made an appointment with another ortho for DD. Her wrist bugs her on and off and I don't want to take any chances. I'm creating a lot of work and driving for myself but maybe this will end it once and for while. I had a job interview with a nearby town for an IT Trainer position. It's new and sounds perfect on paper. It would be remote at least for now, mostly creating training videos for town employees on various types of software. The pay range is huge though, and I'd want near the top of it to leave my current job. The second interview is Tuesday, via Zoom of course. Today I did the 4th rowing workout in the series. Yesterday's was all rowing, today's had bodyweight exercises on the floor. Tomorrow I'll probably do Les Mills spin or BodyAttack to give my body a break from the rower. It's low impact but I do feel like it works upper and lower body quite a bit so a break is probably needed. Feel kind of weird, in this not-yet-normal place. I realized it's been a year of COVID, a year of not doing things on weekends other than ordering in, watching movies, and playing games. Seems like we should be at a different point now, doesn't it?
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03-04-21, 06:15 PM | ||
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Not saying you HAVE to go or anything, but if it isn't getting better and limits your activity, an ortho or PT (if you can see a PT without a referral) probably could figure out what it is. This place just opened up near us and I'm thinking of taking DD. Someday, like everything else! Right now it seems like a bad idea...how do they clean those?
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