was a blast! So far, I am loving this new job. Heather and I scrapbooked in my hotel room every night. I got all 22 pages done for a swap I'm in tomorrow and I finished 12 pages for my cruise album. It rocked to have all that uniterrupted time to scrapbook without anyone needing me.
At the training, I learned so much about how to teach adults, which is what I will primarily be doing in my new position. I love children, but I am so glad that in this job I get to teach adults about children, which is what I truly love to do. I've thought many times before about finishing my PhD and I may end up doing that sooner than I thought.SEMO offers a decent incentive program for completing a PhD. We'll see how things go during my first contract year as Inclusion Specialist.
I'd only been to Jefferson City once before, and I really didn't pay much attention then. The town is getting better,as far as more large retailiers and chain restaurants, but there are still so many dumpy areas. I wasn't expecting The Emerald City, but I just thought things would be nicer. My training was in the Governor's building, located across the street from the Governor's Mansion. Matt wasn't there. I walked by several times hoping to find him lounging in his swing or walking on the grounds. No luck. Probably best, given that I'm really unhappy with our fair governor at the moment, as I have been since he was elected. Apparently, I'm not alone. I read last week that his apporval rating was at 35%. I don't know how accurate that is, but given the comments I heard at my training meetings, everyone's pretty diappointed with how Missouri legislators are treating our children. I'll be in Jeff city fairly often with the new job, so there will be plenty of opprotunities for protest on the capitol steps. I've got some buddies who will either be in jail with me or be happy to bail me out (hi Clubbs family!)
The mall sucked. We ended up making one quick walk through last night and heading back to the hotel to scrapbook. We did spend a fair amount of time in TJ Maxx, where I got Carson the coolest magnets, that he is in love with. I also snagged some great Christmas gifts on sale.
Heather and I were overjoyed to find the only scrapbook store in Jefferson City. It was decent and located next to a nice Target, which made the evening even better. We were able to feed the scrap supply addiction and get some actual snack rations right across the street.
Greg and I ended up taking Carson to Homecomers tonight. He had an absolute blast. He was very disappointed to find out that he couldn't keep the boat he selected out of the "Pick a Duckl" pond, and was very reluctant to put it back in the water and select a plastic horn instead. That horn is obnoxious and may find it's way to the trash can one night next week. He and I rode the Ferris wheel and the flying pink elephant ride together and he and Greg went down the giant slide together. He had so much fun.
I am off to shower and go to sleep in my own bed! Yay!
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Amy glad your home and that you like your new job. Can't wait to see your new scrapbooks. See ya.
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