The weather is so beautiful out right now that I'm sitting myself down just long enough to write a post before I go out to the pool. 

The race went well yesterday.  I went a minute and a half faster than my last race.  Tim thinks that I need a different training regiment, and I probably do need a bit more of a kick in the butt to get myself moving faster.  I mean, I've been running for a while now and I can basically only run one mile before I have to stop and walk (which I am proud of), but for the length of time that I've been running, i should be a little bit better than that.  The folks that I run with are all really fast and they are winning their categories, and I am coming up behind at close to twice their time.  :-P  One guy literally ran a 10k in the time that it took me to run a 5k.

The contra dance was so much fun!  Tim came and some of his friends all joined, too.  It would be more fun if I was more experienced.  It takes a lot of concentration to learn all the steps and do them correctly.  I am really looking forward to the contra dances at the Folk Festival to try out my skills again.  After the dance we went to a delicious Sushi placed called Jasmine's that's in a cute little storefront downtown.  It was DElicious.  Our friend, Dan, decided that Sake Bombs were a good idea, so we went with it.  (he was buying.  ;o) )  sake, Sake, SAKE BOMB!!!  Two of my attempted four ended up on the table, ground, and my lap rather than in my stomach.  :-P  Maybe not the best primer for the night before a 5k, but still, very fun.  

Still no great news from Texas.  One of the positions that Tim had been in the running for, but wasn't openly advertised, just opened up.  It has a lot of potential because it's an AP history class and regular history.   The job that I interviewed for won't be finalized with a teacher until the end of the month, so I still don't know, either.  It would be nice to have at least some "yesses" or "nos" instead of having all of these "I don't knows" floating around.  However, I am remaining positive.  No matter what, I have a job for next year at my current school.

Well, it's about that time!  Pool, here I come!

I have been living in the dark ages of LJ.  I just now updated to ...I don't know what it's called, but now I have ads to the side, and an inbox, my journal is all pretty, and all that stuff.  It's great!  Well, the ads aren't great, but I can deal with them. 

Tonight The Young and the Old String Band is playing for an old time contra dance at the Senior Center.  I'm really excited!   This is our first performance of the year in public.  I Love contra dancing.  I'm nervous though, because I'm playing the upright bass for the first time ever in a performance.  Yikes!!!  I'm really not that good at it because I've been playing for a few months.  I know there will be some people who are really good at it who will be there and that is what makes me nervous.  I've got to start somewhere, though.

Also, tomorrow is the Palace Saloon 5k.  Yay!  It was so fun last year.  I ended up running by myself because the girl I had been training with was doing much more independent training than I was and was therefore much faster than I was.  This year I think is going to be the same story...sort of.  Tim said he would run it with me, but when he get's going, he can go for miles and miles without a break at all.  I have to have some resting points or I feel like my heart is going to explode.  I'd rather not feel like that, and he thinks I should.  So, he's going to run at his own pace. 

No updates on the job market.  I'm applying for a summer music camp instructor position here in Tally, and I could teach some classes at "The Brogan."  That was just so stressful for me when I taught it last year.  I taught Magic Camp and MySummerCamp.com.  They were fun in the end, but I just was way too high strung for my comfort level. 

I need to start tuning up my autoharp for tonight's show!  Hopefully everything will be fun this weekend.  :)

Hello LJ Friends! 

I miss how much I used to write in here.  I am going to get back into writing here because I can look back and see all the interesting things that I was doing at any point just by going through my LJ, and I miss that.  So, lets catch up, shall we?  okay.  hmmm....so...

Last week Tim and I went out to Texas to interview for jobs and look at houses.  I had a pretty decent interview on Wednesday, but the woman didn't let me leave feeling all warm and tingly.  I answered all of her questions well.  In the end she told me that she is interviewing a woman with 15 years experience from out of state, so she wouldn't know anything until after that interview.  Tim had good interviews, too, but because he's not certified, the people at the schools where he applied were stand-offish about offering anything to him.  Also, on our way home, Tim's brother called and there were 2 new positions posted for history teachers at a school right next to the neighborhood where we might get a house (if we get jobs). 

We're in a tough spot with the jobs right now, and I don't think it's going to get any easier for us.  Tim graduates in May with his masters in history.  yay!  but, the job market SUCKS right now.  :-/  We're looking at Texas because the market there is really good for in terms of jobs (well, sort of), houses, and we like the area.  Everything is bigger in Texas.   

And, everything is Blonder in Texas, too.  I got my hurr did while we were out there and it is much more blond than I was anticipating.  I think I'll grow accustomed to it, but it is still shocking to me to see.  I've been working my way very gradually through hair changes.  I started with tiny highlights that you could hardly see.  Then, this guy who Sucked butchered my hair and gave me these crappy bronze colored highlights that you could hardly tell were there, but I hated them.  Next, the girl Rocked my hair.  It was shocking for a while, too, but I LOVED it.  Now, erm...I think I'll get used to it.  The girl was like, Let's go Blonder and Bigger!  and i was Pumped!  so i did.  Well, it is more blonde, but I'm not sure I like it.  I'll try to put a picture up so I'm not leaving you hanging.  :)

I really like my job right now.  I'm working at an elementary school as an Associate Teacher.  It was a tough one when I started, but I have much more responsibility now...however, I'm not getting paid a penny more.  That stinks. 

I've taken up running.  I don't know if I've written about that here yet.  I started running last fall, and have sort of kept it up.  I was HOTT for the wedding. ;) (and modest, too) but it is a hard one to keep up with in Florida over the summer.  Basically between November and March the weather is right for running.  There's a race this Saturday, The Palace Saloon 5k, where you get free beer at the end. 

I'm feeling rather self-centered in this post, however, it is a post about me, so I guess it's going to be that way.  me, me, me. 


K, that's it for now!  :-D  I will be back!

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USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES,NAMES,THINGS.

USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAD THE SAME 1ST INITIAL.

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1. What is your name: Ginny
2. A 4 Letter Word: Gone
3. A Boys Name: Gary
4. A Girls Name: Genevieve
5. An Occupation: Geisha
6. A Color: Green
7. Something you wear: G-string.  ;)
8. A Beverage: Gin
9. A Food: Granola
10. Something found in the bathroom: Grapefruit Shampoo...?
11. A place: Grand Canyon
12. A Reason for being late: Gone shopping!  :)
13. Something you shout: Great!!!

we got our wedding pictures back a few weeks ago, but I'm just sitting here and i am so annoyed at my father for one thing. He INSISTED that he held up my train while we were walking from the little cottage to the ceremony and I am upset because you can't see the beautiful train on the back of my dress because of this! It was tangled up when I walked down the aisle because he held it across my back in his opposite arm. ARG!!!!!!! ***Fumes poutily*** I realize that I'm being INCREDIBLY whiney in this post, but I'm really kinda pissed off! I Told him that it would be fine! We were walking on gravel, not red clay! >:-( 





:(  

I SERIOUSLY realize that I'm being incredibly whiney because all of the rest of the pictures turned out really beautiful. 
Just one little whine to write down.  :-P


Here's a link to the website with our wedding pictures from the Photographer

It's only 17 days until the wedding!!! I can't believe it! Mom hadn't bought a dress yet, so we went shopping today. It was very fun. The dress she bought is perfect!! We got the rest of the favor stuff today, so now I can check that off of my list. Now for the little details.

I have a new Officiant now because my original has a gig as a DJ that night. lol. Now Richard Craig is the Officiant. This will be hilarious. I know he'll do a great job, though.

Just a little update :)

Latah!

Today we went crabbing with the history department at St. Mark's Wildlife Preserve. It was a great day outside, but it was really windy so there that we only caught 2 crabs. We were expecting to catch 60+. So, instead we went to the Blue Crab Festival in Panacea, FL. It would have been more fun, but I used all of my cash up yesterday. Together, Tim and I had enough to get into the festival, but we didn't have enough to get anything to eat, so we went on a journey to find an ATM. We were sent around our asses to get to our elbows, and still didn't get any money because no one would do cash back, and by that point I was Pissed and hungry. :( We left and went to a seafood restaraunt down the street, and had delicious food! I tried gator for the first time today! It really does kinda taste like chicken :-D So, that is what we did today.