2023 Week XX.

 Hello Internet,

Good news!  I (very likely) have a job lined up for the school year, and it's a real-to-life teaching job, as well.  Now, I say very likely because of the regular bureaucracy of education.  To tell it short: I interviewed for and was told by the principal the next day that my name was being put forward to be hired and to wait on a phone call from HR.  Technically speaking, I am not hired until HR makes the offer, and I accept the offer.  Principals aren't supposed to tell their prospective employees about their hiring decisions, but I have never worked at a school that didn't tell me ahead of time that I was going to be hired, so there you go.

This means a number of good and bad things for me.  On the good side: I don't have to job hunt anymore!  I hate job hunting with the bitterest of passions, and I am glad to be done with that.  This is also one of the few districts that could pay me adequately enough to justify a return to in-person working.  So, I will have to give up on remote work for now, but I will be working in a building I am excited about and with an age group that I am passionate about.  I'll also be teaching ELA, which is exciting on its own!

On the bad side: I will have less time to write and will have to figure out a writing schedule that will work for me.  Being a first year teacher also comes with added work for me, including silly meetings.  I'll be working with Middle Grades students, too, which means parent-teacher conferences.  Kangaroo will have to be put in a daycare, which I am excited and nervous about.  I love that little dude, and it will be hard to be away from him, but I think it will be good for him.

The added money will be good for the household and for Noodle, and this will be something akin to a return to normalcy for us.  From here, we can start rebuilding a lot of the resources we spent while I was out of work with Monkey (whose treatment is about to change in a good way).  Things are looking up, and I am excited for the first time in a while.  So, here's to waiting for the phone call that will redefine my entire life.

Sincerely,

RWS

P.S.

-Short Rest-

Schedule

1. Fullmetal Alchemist/Nostalgia/Critical Role: Campaign 3 Part I

2. One-Punch Man/Fable: Anniversary Evil/Outlaw Star

3. My Hero Academia/DnD5e/Firefly

4. The Emperor and I/Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix HD Remix+/Seven Deadly Sins Season 1

5. 7th Garden/Mass Effect 3 Jean Shepard/Gargoyles

6. Boruto: The Next Generation/.hack//OUTBREAK/Young Justice

7. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat/Persona 3 Portable/Dimension 20: Tiny Heist

Books

Tower: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

0. One Piece 100% New Chapters Every…

1. Sun: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 5, Ch. 21: “The Brothers’ Secret”—21 100% (5—5)

2. Mon: One-Punch Man Vol. 18, Punch 88: “Because I’m a Monster”—90 00% (1—3)

3. Tue: My Hero Academia Vol. 14, No. 133: “Catch Up, Kirishima”—137 44% (5—9)

4. Wed: The Emperor and I Vol. 2, Ch. 19: “Emperor and His Health”—18 88% (15—16)

5. Thu: Soul Eater Vol 2, Ch. 2: “Remedial Lessons (Part 2”—Ch. 5 25% (2—4)

6. Fri: Boruto: The Next Generation Vol.10, No. 37: “United Front!!”—39 25% (2—4)

7. Sat: Books

-Fiction: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

-Library: Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by Stef M. Shuster

-YA: The Giver by Lois Lowry

-Fan Fiction: Final Fantasy: Fated to Ch. 50 by tinygaia Ch. 50—50, 100% 

-Nonfiction: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat 12% (54—440)

View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman 26% (130—502)

-DnD5e: Player’s Handbook by Wizards of the Coast 0% (?—??)

-Reread

Games

Tower: Dragon Age: Origins Kallian Tabris 100%

0. Stardew Valley

1. Backlog/Nostalgia 0% (0/31hrs)

2. Multiples/Fable: Anniversary Evil 0% (0/21hrs)

3. DnD5e/Movies

4. Replay/Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix+ 0% (0/16 Trophies)

5. Mass Effect 3 Jean Shepard 2% (1/56hrs)

6. Series/.hack//OUTBREAK ??% (?/21(41/63))

7. Free/Persona 3 Portable 74% (61/83hrs)

Shows

Tower: Fullmetal Alchemist Season One 84% (22—25)

1. Critical Role: Campaign 3 Part I Ep. 3: “Trail and the Toll”—11 (Level Up to 5) 18% (3—11)

2. Anime: Outlaw Star 19% (6—26)

3. Online/Owned: Firefly 29% Disc 2 (5—14)

4. Netflix: Seven Deadly Sins Season 1 83% (21—24)

5. Disney+: Gargoyles Season 1 46% (7—13)

6. HBO: Young Justice Season 1 42% (12—26)

7. Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy: “Keep Sharp”—19 16% (4—19)

8. Movies: 14% (2—7)

Disney/Bambi

HBOMax/My Neighbor Totoro

Star Wars/Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Owned/Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Marvel/X2: X-Men United

Anime/.hack//LIMINALITY: “The Case of Yuki Aihara”

DCAU/Batman: Mask of the Phantasm