Ah, the Ohio life. A Super Wal-Mart opened in BG this week, and a "gazillion" people appeared from the countryside. The traffic on main street has been non-stop, and the entire parking lot, along with Burger King's parking lot, has be nearly full almost all day long. Will this revitalize the South side of BG, or simply create congestion and low-wage part-time jobs, thereby increasing the number of trailer parks? I assume the latter, but only time will tell.
Next topic please:
Some of you may know that we live next door to a daycare. Well, this weekend, the owner and her best friend moved into the apartments above the daycare, as the nice Russian couple who used to live there had had enough. Well, they sat outside on the front porch all day Saturday with a couple of hill-jack looking guys, and once they were all drunk, they started screaming "Fu&k you a$$hole!"..."Oh $crew you b!tch!", etc.
Luckily, they quieted down by about 10pm. Well, I will still make sure to tell the two sets of parents I know who take their kids there, and if it happens again, I suppose I will call the cops. Maybe once we fix up the basement of this house and replace the carpets and the remaining windows, we will spend about another year here and then buy a house closer to Toledo (Maybe in Northwood or Perrysburg) so that I can start taking the bus...it used to be so nice here. It was our little downtown, and we had the good fortune of living on one of the few quiet, family filled streets in downtown BG...I guess change is the only constant...
And today's last topic: We took Bouffer to Petco to be groomed, because he was kind of stinky and the local groomer we usually go to was booked for another 2 weekends. Big mistake. I don't know what they did to him, but when I got there, he was standing alone on a tile floor with nobody around and he had gone to the bathroom on the floor (#1 AND #2). I called out and the teenager working there was like "my, you made a mess." then to me "I was only gone for a couple of seconds." All day long, he acted really weird, like when he has gotten into the trash and yelled at... and by the look & feel of his nails, they didn't even cut them. That's what we get for using a chain store instead of our local business. We should have known better, but I guess sometimes (sadly) laziness is the ultimate persuader.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Thursday, May 18, 2006
maybe this explains it...
I found this article that explains why I often have to fight so hard to remain optimistic. As you will read, it's a cultural things passed on my dad.
And for those of you who think the author is exaggerating...I can tell you this is not true.
When my wife explained that she would be teaching, the mother of a German family we were visiting replied, "Oh, but don't teachers in America earn low wages and have very little respect? [slight pause] Why would you choose that career?"
And for those of you who think the author is exaggerating...I can tell you this is not true.
When my wife explained that she would be teaching, the mother of a German family we were visiting replied, "Oh, but don't teachers in America earn low wages and have very little respect? [slight pause] Why would you choose that career?"
Friday, May 05, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
sorry to disappoint
dude, seriously. There just hasn't been much to share lately.
I keep working, the wife keeps working.
I guess this is the biggest current event:
Her school still hasn't actually signed the contract with their sponsor, so we aren't yet 100% sure if she will have a job next year.
They offered her her job back for next year, along with a signing bonus for being "highly qualified", but it is contingent upon the "possible sponsor" actually signing on as the sponsor.
Right now we are waying our options in the event of no more job. They seem to be as follows:
1. She works two part time jobs next year, hopefully one of which would be a teaching position, and then goes on my health insurance.
2. She finds another full-time job in a non-teaching field.
3. She goes back to school for yet another degree and way more loans.
4. She finds another full-time teaching job.
She has applied for two other jobs just to be safe, but doesn't want her current employer to get mad about this (which complicates things,because she can't very well list the current employer as a contact, but new employers prefer to talk to the current employer when you have only had one full-time job so far). Ideally, she would like to keep working with her students, as she has a great bond with them. So we are stuck in this uncertain state for the time being. Fun fun.
I keep working, the wife keeps working.
I guess this is the biggest current event:
Her school still hasn't actually signed the contract with their sponsor, so we aren't yet 100% sure if she will have a job next year.
They offered her her job back for next year, along with a signing bonus for being "highly qualified", but it is contingent upon the "possible sponsor" actually signing on as the sponsor.
Right now we are waying our options in the event of no more job. They seem to be as follows:
1. She works two part time jobs next year, hopefully one of which would be a teaching position, and then goes on my health insurance.
2. She finds another full-time job in a non-teaching field.
3. She goes back to school for yet another degree and way more loans.
4. She finds another full-time teaching job.
She has applied for two other jobs just to be safe, but doesn't want her current employer to get mad about this (which complicates things,because she can't very well list the current employer as a contact, but new employers prefer to talk to the current employer when you have only had one full-time job so far). Ideally, she would like to keep working with her students, as she has a great bond with them. So we are stuck in this uncertain state for the time being. Fun fun.
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