Redoing the spark plug wires on my old truck and pulled off the valve covers and cleaned the rust off and painted them.
They’re looking real pretty now. Excited to get everything put all back together.
I took a couple of very cute selfies in a new outfit and had a difficult but fruitful conversation with my girlfriend about some insecurities that I was having in the relationship.
And thank you for the question! I include this opportunity to share my joy as a good thing that is going on with my weekend.
What good things are going on with your weekend?
I went all out on additional teaching certifications before my state switches vendors and they double in price. I’ve passed 3 out of 4. Fingers crossed for 4 out of 4 tomorrow
I might end up studying to get a math/physics endorsement when I start teaching in Oregon next year. The district I’ll be teaching for has in their collective bargaining agreement that each teacher can request funds for certification exams, and they offer $1000 each year for postgraduate work, so why not? No district I’ve taught for in Texas offers anything like that.
It’s a close family-friend’s birthday. We’re going to visit a local Oddities Expo event tomorrow, so that should be a fun little adventure.
Visiting my grandma for her birthday.
Testing out my meshtastic setup and seeing friends.
TIL: Meshtastic - An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.
Our local city went from a couple of hobbiest to around 20 people getting into it. It’s like a pager lol. But it does have a phone app as well as a web one.
I made the equivalent of 1 week wage in like two hours today… money can’t buy happiness but I feel good about it anyway.
That sounds really nice! May I ask what you did?
Sales
Got a session of Pathfinder in with my group who seems plagued by the scheduling monster. Always glad to get a session in when we can.
I finally got a looper guitar pedal I’ve been wanting and after a couple 12 hour shifts finally got to mess around with it this evening!
Which one? :)
Just the Donner Triple. So far I’m really happy with it! I’m not doing anything super fancy, just wanting to lay down rhythms to practice.
Seen the specs, seems great. Enjoy!
swimming
Swimming! The summer heat is here (it was 98F/36C today) and the neighborhood pool is open, so there is no better place to be in the afternoons.
Did you come up with your username while you were jumping in the pool? :)
Yeah. I love water!
Helping the in-law hang some lights in their new place.
I have been trying since January to get a teaching job in Portland (I live in Dallas) for the next academic year, and this week I was offered positions by two different school districts. This weekend, I have been working out which job to go with, I think I’mma go with the one that pays a little more, might be able to offer funds to offset relocation costs, and has less trafficky access to downtown and Vancouver (I have friends in North Portland and Vancouver.
So yeah…got that figured out; tomorrow I’ll be looking for an apartment, taking my kids to Terry Black’s for some world-class barbecue before Texas is forever in my rear-view mirror, doing some packing, and playing some THPS 1+2.
Congrats! Going from Texas to Portland, think about transit going into it. In the right mindset for less commute, but play your cards right and maybe you won’t even have to drive to work!
I finally saw beardyman live yesterday! It was an absolute blast.
The heat hasn’t killed me yet
What do we tell the god of heat?
Summer is coming
Even the heathdeath if the universe is too warm for me