Well I noticed it had been a long time since I said much of anything.  I had a tough year, but lets start with the good news.  I am now going to be a full time k-6 elementary art instructor.  No half-time, no part-time no weekend or night shifts.  You see the prior school year I took a job for 1 instructional hour a day, now obviously I could not live on that.  Around November I took up more employment when my substitute hour were short and I became a paraprofessional or a classroom aid (more or less).  This meant in addition to my full-time night job (which was a sleep shift) I also worked full-time at the school in various capacities.  I also dug up enough money to keep going to school, but it was tight.  This resulted in an insane schedule that I am glad I will no longer be keeping.  I literally worked 16+ hours a day during the school week.  True 6 of those were spent asleep, but still that was time I could not be at home.  In short I really had no time for deviant art and barely had time for my family. But its over, done kaput.

This summer I took nearly a year's worth of classes in about 2 months, hence my long absence into summer.  I got my master's, a loan for school, and should get my principal's license next year.  I am getting the license as a sort of fail safe, should the economy tank further.  

So these days I am cleaning out my 3 new classrooms (new to me, district wide job - means I work in three buildings) and starting to get ready for another round of college classes.  I am finally starting to get excited, I was so burnt out that I had trouble feeling much of anything before.  I got to go on a few vacations, Rapid City, SD and Duluth, MN and reconnect some with my family.  Its been nice to have a beak, though its all too short.


Not much to say really, but things are looking much brighter.  If anyone still pays attention to me, hopefully you'll see some of me this year.