Jeremy and I moved in to our new apartment last weekend. The move went quite well in part because we were ready to go and because we had some friends help us! Normally we move everything my ourselves so it was nice this time to have the help. We had our walk through and they were very impressed and we are getting all of our deposit back. The property manager wrote on the move-out sheet "In better condition than move-in". That felt good to hear. Hopefully we'll get the money before our vacation.
It has been just over a week since we moved and we are almost all unpacked but unfortunately we need to get a storage room somewhere because there isn't enough storage space here for all our empty boxes, sports equipment, and Christmas stuff. We really like this new place. It has a really nice pool and hot tub outside in the courtyard. There is also a nice gas grill you can use whenever. The fitness center is also very nice with all the equipment you need to get a good workout. There is also a Starbucks coffee machine you can use whenever you want that also does hot water for tea and hot cocoa. :)
I started my new job with OtterTail on Tuesday last week and it has gone well so far. The first day we all were just in a room learning about mosquitoes, the job, pesticides, procedural stuff, etc. Wednesday through Friday we were out in the field. The job is really pretty straightforward. Go to where there is water, scoop up the water, look for mosquitoes, if there are some--kill them! Killing them is really pretty easy, all you have to do is spread this stuff called Bti that looks like GrapeNuts. There is a lot of paperwork though which sort of sucks. It is really pretty where I get to work up in Boulder County. I can see Long's Peak and Meeker Peak along with the Boulder Flatirons and other foothills/mountains. It was fun last week because we were working in small groups for training. This next week I will probably will be working alone although I don't know for sure. I plan on taking some pictures next week so I will post those later.
The biggest news of all though is that I GOT A TEACHING JOB!!! :) Bruce Randolph called me before we moved and hired me over the phone after asking only a few questions. This is the school I had the in person interview for in April for the Earth Science position. They told me a had been a strong candidate for that one (but obviously didn't get it). The job they did hire me for is sophomore Biology! Exactly what I wanted. They even use BSCS for their Biology cirriculum which is great. Ater I got in their system I signed up for the first orientation session I could which happened to be the day before we moved. I wanted to get it done ASAP becuase I wasn't sure I was going to be able to take a day off of my new job and then I was going to be on vacation... So now I have my DPS email address and I am all signed up for benefits and summer time professional development. Another good thing about working in Denver Public Schools is that I get to participate in the ProComp system which is a pay for performance program Denver implemented a few years ago.
Also, Jeremy had is Engineering Leadership Development Program interview last Wednesday and it went really well. We will find out if he got in maybe the first or second week of June. If he gets in that will really push his career forward but regaurdless of whether or not he gets in he is going to start his Master's degree in June after we get back from our NYC/Washington D.C./East coast vacation.
That's it for now!
It has been just over a week since we moved and we are almost all unpacked but unfortunately we need to get a storage room somewhere because there isn't enough storage space here for all our empty boxes, sports equipment, and Christmas stuff. We really like this new place. It has a really nice pool and hot tub outside in the courtyard. There is also a nice gas grill you can use whenever. The fitness center is also very nice with all the equipment you need to get a good workout. There is also a Starbucks coffee machine you can use whenever you want that also does hot water for tea and hot cocoa. :)
I started my new job with OtterTail on Tuesday last week and it has gone well so far. The first day we all were just in a room learning about mosquitoes, the job, pesticides, procedural stuff, etc. Wednesday through Friday we were out in the field. The job is really pretty straightforward. Go to where there is water, scoop up the water, look for mosquitoes, if there are some--kill them! Killing them is really pretty easy, all you have to do is spread this stuff called Bti that looks like GrapeNuts. There is a lot of paperwork though which sort of sucks. It is really pretty where I get to work up in Boulder County. I can see Long's Peak and Meeker Peak along with the Boulder Flatirons and other foothills/mountains. It was fun last week because we were working in small groups for training. This next week I will probably will be working alone although I don't know for sure. I plan on taking some pictures next week so I will post those later.
The biggest news of all though is that I GOT A TEACHING JOB!!! :) Bruce Randolph called me before we moved and hired me over the phone after asking only a few questions. This is the school I had the in person interview for in April for the Earth Science position. They told me a had been a strong candidate for that one (but obviously didn't get it). The job they did hire me for is sophomore Biology! Exactly what I wanted. They even use BSCS for their Biology cirriculum which is great. Ater I got in their system I signed up for the first orientation session I could which happened to be the day before we moved. I wanted to get it done ASAP becuase I wasn't sure I was going to be able to take a day off of my new job and then I was going to be on vacation... So now I have my DPS email address and I am all signed up for benefits and summer time professional development. Another good thing about working in Denver Public Schools is that I get to participate in the ProComp system which is a pay for performance program Denver implemented a few years ago.
Also, Jeremy had is Engineering Leadership Development Program interview last Wednesday and it went really well. We will find out if he got in maybe the first or second week of June. If he gets in that will really push his career forward but regaurdless of whether or not he gets in he is going to start his Master's degree in June after we get back from our NYC/Washington D.C./East coast vacation.
That's it for now!
Yes :) you should blog again!
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