Monthly Archive for July, 2008

Stellar month, part one

This has been a stellar month for me. My last day of work at my old job was July 1st. On July 2nd, Chris and I left for our vacation. Upon our return, we celebrated our 4th anniversary.

It had been a great six years at District 211, but an opportunity came around that I could not pass up. And so I started my new job at Maine Township on Monday. I am the new Assessment and Database Manager for the district. It is a brand new position, which gives me an exciting opportunity to mold the position. At this point, I am expecting that I’ll be data mining standardized test scores and pulling reports for others. I will also be helping to consolidate the various data stores, or at least trying to get them to talk to each other and share nicely. I will have to wait and see over the next year whether or not I’m on the mark.

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Another three down

This was a busy weekend. Right now, my body feels like it has walked a thousand miles, but I’m sure it’s closer to ten or fifteen. On Saturday, we ventured into the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. There is a short driving trail, with walking trails along the way. I led the expedition, and the first thing I did as we entered into the park was to go the wrong way on a one-way road. We were able to get ourselves turned around and headed to the beginning of the trail.

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Two days down

We’ve been out of the state for two days now. First, we hit up Louisville, and now we’re in Gatlinburg. I woke up this morning to a gorgeous view of the mountainside near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I have another ten days here in Gatlinburg, and then we’re heading down to Ooltewah, near Chattanooga, to visit my aunt and uncle. We’ll have another two days on the road after that, but we haven’t figured out where we’re staying after leaving Ooltewah.

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