The Ides of February
Yes, *technically* the ides of February was yesterday, but since I didn't get home from work until after 9 due to a staff meeting, I didn't have the time to update like I thought I would.
The biggest story from Grand Forks is that after the unseasonably warm December and January, winter is back with a vengeance. When I woke up this morning the air temperature was -21, with a wind chill of -33. Tomorrow the high is forecast to be -10, a type of weather that the national weather service categorizes as "bitterly cold". The only category colder than that is "dangerously cold". And of course, since I work every day, I'm sure to be running around out in the bitter cold.
I, however, am not that bitter about it - and Matt is tickled that I'm finally seeing what winter in North Dakota is actually like. I've slowly come to realize that after this "real" winter in North Dakota, I could pretty much live anywhere. I've also realized how geocentric I was after coming from California - I really didn't understand how people could live in the snow, but most of the country's population does. It's been an eye-opening winter. And, now that I've learned this life lesson, can we make it warmer again?!? Please?!?
But life in the bitter cold goes on. I'm working more than ever, as more and more high school age students have come into Sylvan looking for math help. And next week starts a six-week ACT prep course that I'll be teaching the math section of every Monday, so that I'm now spending every Monday through Thursday 1:30 until 7:30 at Sylvan. I continue to work at Michaels to make up the difference between that and an actual full time job, and it seems to be working out well.
My biggest accomplishment this winter was taking the Praxis II, a standardized test for potential teachers, and actually scoring better than I thought I would - apparently I'm really hard on myself right after taking the test. But the good score has boosted my confidence and I'm planning on taking the GRE sometime in March.
Matt has been applying to regional airlines left and right, and recently heard back from Pinnacle airlines, based in Memphis, Detroit, and Minneapolis. He'll interview with them at the end of this month, and is really motivated to move on from flight instruction and move OUT of North Dakota.
That's about all the news from me! Hope everyone is enjoying February - I know those of you in Southern CA certainly are, but save a warm thought for those of us enduring what the weather channel is calling the "Arctic Invasion". :)
The biggest story from Grand Forks is that after the unseasonably warm December and January, winter is back with a vengeance. When I woke up this morning the air temperature was -21, with a wind chill of -33. Tomorrow the high is forecast to be -10, a type of weather that the national weather service categorizes as "bitterly cold". The only category colder than that is "dangerously cold". And of course, since I work every day, I'm sure to be running around out in the bitter cold.
I, however, am not that bitter about it - and Matt is tickled that I'm finally seeing what winter in North Dakota is actually like. I've slowly come to realize that after this "real" winter in North Dakota, I could pretty much live anywhere. I've also realized how geocentric I was after coming from California - I really didn't understand how people could live in the snow, but most of the country's population does. It's been an eye-opening winter. And, now that I've learned this life lesson, can we make it warmer again?!? Please?!?
But life in the bitter cold goes on. I'm working more than ever, as more and more high school age students have come into Sylvan looking for math help. And next week starts a six-week ACT prep course that I'll be teaching the math section of every Monday, so that I'm now spending every Monday through Thursday 1:30 until 7:30 at Sylvan. I continue to work at Michaels to make up the difference between that and an actual full time job, and it seems to be working out well.
My biggest accomplishment this winter was taking the Praxis II, a standardized test for potential teachers, and actually scoring better than I thought I would - apparently I'm really hard on myself right after taking the test. But the good score has boosted my confidence and I'm planning on taking the GRE sometime in March.
Matt has been applying to regional airlines left and right, and recently heard back from Pinnacle airlines, based in Memphis, Detroit, and Minneapolis. He'll interview with them at the end of this month, and is really motivated to move on from flight instruction and move OUT of North Dakota.
That's about all the news from me! Hope everyone is enjoying February - I know those of you in Southern CA certainly are, but save a warm thought for those of us enduring what the weather channel is calling the "Arctic Invasion". :)
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