Well, I have a new job starting the first of June. It will be for Elk City Public Schools, and it's not related to music. My official job title is "Technology Technician," and I'll be taking care of the district's technology: computers, networks, etc. It comes with the same benefits and retirement plan as a teacher, but the only drawback is that it is a year-round job. However, they will provide me with an office, a car to drive between campuses, and a cell phone to use for business.
Last night Elk City's Grandview 5th and 6th Grade Center caught fire. The building is still standing and stuff; the damage was pretty much contained to one room, even though you could smell the smoke throughout the entire building. One of the classes had an incubator over some chicken eggs, and it fell into the box. Today they had torn out the ceiling tiles, carpet, and much of the cabinetry when I saw the room. The had giant blowers with air filters to help circulate some fresh air through the building. Luckily this happened when no students were around, so everybody was safe.
Well, for those of you who don't know, I've been student teaching the past five weeks in Elk City. I would say overall it's going pretty well. There are a few things I have to to work on, but at the same time there are some other things I think I am doing well.
So, I was supposed to get an iPhone as a surprise on my birthday which is on December 1. Anyway, Mom has bluetooth in her car and was on the phone with Dad. He didn't know I was with her and started talking about it while he was at the store shopping, so I found out and got my phone early! This was all great until I went to activate the thing.
So, I had a PowerBook G4 that I purchased in the summer 2005. It was a nice machine that served me well, but it started intermittently going to sleep. So I called up Apple tech support, and after they finally decided that it was probably a hardware problem, they had me ship it off for repair. On the 23rd of October I got an e-mail saying they were waiting for the part. OK. On November 4th I still hadn't heard anything different, so I called them.
My sister had her baby today. Joaquin Cruz Flores was born sometime around 12:30, is 21 inches in length, and weighs 8 pounds. He seems pretty healthy so far. I would have pictures up already, but we didn't have a cable to connect the camera to the laptop. Anyway, I'll put pictures online soon.
We recently launched a new theme at Life@SWOSU. Check it out and let us know what you think. This is the first theme our new graphics guy has created, and so far those of us working there like it. Anyway, back to working on new features. We should have a webcam active pretty soon.
So, I was looking at my laptop screen while playing some upper register notes. Anyway, the screen dimmed and for a second I thought I was starting to black out. lol Anyway, I've never blacked out before, so for a second I was a bit concerned, and then a second later I realized what had happened.
I recently went to Jenks for a mouthpiece consultation. Why Jenks? Well, the only GR dealer in the state happens to be there. It was a really good experience, and the family was really nice. Anyway, I showed up around 8:45, worked for about 3 hours, took lunch, came back, listened to the dealer's sound system, and then went back to my friends' house.