Another opportunity, another day...

I passed up on a job opportunity today - they hadn't actually offered the job, but rather were going to recommend me but wanted to make sure it was an opportunity I truly wanted.

It paid well, but was only temporary, ( i.e. Summer) and WAY too far from home.

 

It's such a bizarre feeling to pass up on a potential job, it surely doesn't happen every day.  Yet at the same time, it makes me feel confident about other opportunities that are coming my way - If I could get a job I wasn't even sure I wanted, surely I can get the ones that I do want...

Time will tell I guess.

Why Sustainability Education?

This is a callout to students of all ages - educate the educators!

Gung Hay Fat Choy

Wikipedia knows WAY more about Chinese New Year than me, and I've been half Chinese my entire existence. :D I perpetually forget that just like in North American Culture we celebrate on the eve of the new year, not the new year itself.

But the tradition that affected me for the first time this year is the one thing my siblings and I have always known.

The married people give the lucky money to the unmarried people. Period. End of story.

Now being married, this was the first time I went to the bank, requested new 5 dollar bills and stuffed the little red envelopes. I may have been a little begrudging - I did make my siblings and cousins come to me for their lucky envelopes - but we teased each other equally, we always do.

My parents, grandmother and aunt couldn't resist giving J and I envelopes, so in the end we still came out pretty well. It was a new Chinese New Year tradition, and I think it went just fine.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!
go eat some chinese food to celebrate...
...mMMMmMMmMmMMmMMMmm...

New Boots!

Aren't they kickin' rad?!

Thanks Mom!

NEW IPOD!

It was a huge hassle and I spent about 2 hours on the phone last Friday, but I got my ipod covered by warranty. I ended up paying $13 more than I would have to pay for shipping and that extended the warranty for another whole year.

They couriered the box on Monday.

J couriered it back on Tuesday.

And now it's Thursday and i have a brand new (or possibly refurbished - though it doesn't look like it) IPOD color (20GB) in my grubby little hands.

Now I'm finally loading up an ass load of Cd's onto the new computer - ROCKIN!