US Airways will let me get Dividend Miles credit for any flights I’ve taken in the past year! I’m looking forward to getting out of New Jersey and into Arizona, though I still don’t know what to do there. I have heard about the Vortexes in Sedona, a “spiritual” location where hippies live and where energy is emitted from and sucked back into the Earth: One vortex takes something away from you that you want but gives you back something you need, kind of like the Rolling Stones song. This is going to be one expensive vacation, between hotel rooms and experiences, but I’m sure it will be worth it. I just hope I’m able to afford it somehow.
This weekend I spent more time at the high school where I could end up working next year. The music teacher and the president of the Board of Education (a band parent, of course) took me out to dinner. We talked about the school, we talked about me… it really seems like a perfect match. They have not announced the position opening yet — they have not even created the position yet. They said that there’s very little doubt that the position will be created, but anything could happen. Right now I’m number one on their list, but their list has one name on it. I was told that they would warn me in advance of the position announcement, so I could call and schedule an interview right away.
This could also mean that I could end up working at my current location longer, if they don’t get rid of me first. With all the “money issues” my organization is currently facing, that is a concern.
hi. Yeah, we really need to figure out what we’re doing in AZ so we can book hotel rooms and whatnot.
(Oh, and I got the credit card bill last week with the airline tickets on it….)
How was he planning to take the whole office to see the Blue Man Group and Stomp if he doesn’t even have enough money to employ you? Stuff like that drives me nutty. My boss always tells me he doesn’t have enough money to give me a raise, but then he goes out and buys a new Nintendo Game Cube and a bunch of games, and he’s talking about getting an Xbox for the office, too. Hello? As if 3 Playstations aren’t enough. Grumble.
I had a boss (until I got fired) who, right around the time I got fired (this was a big fight between us) cut back everyone’s hours by 5-10 hours per week because he said he didn’t have the money to pay everyone full-time, and he’d rather cut back hours than fire people. This was in March of 2001. Now, in November of 2001, he has since bought TWO new trucks (not used, NEW) for the business, and a new BMW for himself. It is impossible that in the course of the last 9 months business improved so dramatically that he was able to make those purchases. Therefore, it stands to reason that people only don’t have enough money to do the things that they don’t want to do.
That last comment is quite true, I think. I’ll repeat it for those who many have missed it… “People only don’t have enough money to do the things that they don’t want to do.” Of course there are exceptions… I don’t have the money to buy a house, for example. But in most cases… in the words of the agency that handles Budweiser’s advertising, “True, true…”
Here are some of the places that I went to in AZ…if you like this kind of stuff…the missle musuem was kind of cool…
http://www.bigwaste.com/photos/az/
Here is another place that you can look up for things to do…again…if you’re in to this kind of thing:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/roger/QueryTips.php3?tip_State=AZ
Missle museum?!? Kick ass!
ok, those things look really scary. I don’t think I want to see a giant hobo statue, a 20-foot baby or “The Thing.” How about something of the rock-formation or giagantic hole in the ground variety?