Well, I went and looked on the district’s website and the two jobs that I applied for have been removed. I don’t know if that means that they have been filled or that they give up on them. Either way, they didn’t select me. I would be nice to know why. Well, I porbably wasn’t qualified enough in their eyes. And that’s probably true. Our secretary says that I am doomed to stay with our program.

I’ve started on another shrug. I don’t know how this one will turn out. I’m not so sure that I like the sleeves and I am just about 4 rows into it. Maybe I’ll like them. Oh well, it’s not as if I wear them anyway. They are cute, but I don’t have anything to go with a shrug and I am a little well endowed in the upper department. The girls is big! So I am not comfortable wearing items like that. I need to knit up two socks to go with the other two I haven’t finished.

I’ve got someone who actually wants me to do a scrapbook project for her. Two projects! I know I mentioned it before, but she actually sat down and talked to me about it today. I’ve got to make it good quality for the price that I am charging. I guess I shouldn’t bet on doing it until I actually get the stuff from her to begin. She said that she was willing to pay me half up front and then the other half when the project is completed. This is exciting. She said that she would definitely pass on the information and show other people if it looked good. I’m not worried about my work. I’m just worried about the printing. Hopefully it will come out in good quality.

I finished the shrug for my sis. It seems a bit big on her. I want to start another one. Possibly to sell or at least to show to other people. I was going to start on it today while I am filling in for the secretary, but the director is still here, so I don’t think that would fly.

Still no word on those positions. Guess I’m stuck where I am. I did e-mail the technology department to see if they have any suggestions to trainings I should attend. We’ll see what they answer. I hate to get discouraged, but going this long with no word is just frustrating. Is it customary for people to do this? I don’t know. I didn’t think so. I thought most people would call and let you know if they didn’t think you would work out in the position.

On to the drudge of this year. I still have to keep up the lesson plan database. Hehehe. I need to make a To-Do list for myself. I have to think of what it is that I need to do. I did have one person ask me about training this morning. That’s a good sign, right? Well it depends on who’s looking at it. I mean it is only one person. No one can guarantee that more people will come. I guess I need to check with the facilitator here at school to see if we can still use her lab. It would be nice to be able to use a lab during the day that we could conduct trainings in. I know if I mention it, I will be the one responsible for obtaining it. That shouldn’t be my job. Oh well.

I started on the Boobholder today. I know, I know. I jumped on the bandwagon. I couldn’t help it. It’s not for me, though. It’s for my sis. I think that I will make ties in the front instead of a button though. She’s small but a bit busty, so a tie would give her more freedom to adjust if needed. I don’t have the needles that are specified, but I came super close to guage with 10.5’s. I hope it won’t be too big. I have been reading posts about them and most people have had to adjust them in some way or another. Anyway, it’s in John Deere Green. I’m going to show her another shirt also, just to see what she thinks because I think it is her style. Or I could just make it for her and hope that she wears it. Hahaha. I’ll have to think about that one.

I need to start posting pics. I just finished the Tychus hat from knitty for a friend. Red and black. I hated using double strands of yarn, but that was what it said to do, and she wanted a warm hat. Hopefully she will get lots of use from it.

I didn’t have the energy to put a title that meant something today. It’s been draining. We’re trying to get ready for school, but we’re placed in different places because our computers don’t work. Well, more specifically the network setup in our office doesn’t work. We’re waiting for the district techs to come out and look at it. Speaking of district techs, I haven’t heard anything on that job, yet. I don’t think that they want to hire me for either one. I only say this because it’s been a week and both positions are still posted on the website. It would be nice for someone to at least call me or e-mail me and say that they weren’t interested in hiring me. I guess time will tell.

DH has taken DD to see her first movie today. I wish him the best of luck. Have you ever taken a 2 1/2 year old to a movie? I can just imagine it. The theater is dark and scary. The music is loud. Will she really want to sit for about 2 hours? She does well with movies at home, especially Elmo. She will get up from time to time, but continue to watch. In a theater though, there is no place for her to go. I’m sure I will hear all about it when they get home.

I’m working on finishing a lace cap for my SIL. She told me that she wanted one, so I’m making her one. I’m on decreasing the top of the cap, so we’re almost there. When I finish with that, I have another hat waiting in the wings. A friend of mine wants a warm hat for the winter in northern Texas. I told her that I would try.

I’ve got people who want me to do digital scrapbook work for them. One lady wants two books done. One for her granddaughter and one for her mother. She wants them for Christmas presents, so I really need to get with her to see what she wants. I think I’m going to order them from mypublisher.com. They seem to be the most reasonable with high ratings from people. The other lady wants me to do a picture DVD for her parents’ anniversary. She’s going to talk it over with her sisters to see what they think about it and then get back to me. It’s a little extra money in the pocket, right?

I feel cheated. This morning my director said that it was non-negotiable that I come in and talk with her about a training presentation that we are supposed to give. I worked with her for an hour on the project. Then we went to the introductory training. At the intro training, she said that she was going to be the one giving the training session on Wednesday. I felt cheated. Here I have done a lot of work for this training, and was hoping to give a lot to the staff by allowing them to focus on lesson plans; however, she goes and adds all this unnecessary stuff and then takes over the presentation. I’m getting to the point where I don’t care anymore. I’m not in the loop on things that I should know. I am not being considered as part of the team. I am not the one ostracizing myself. The other staff are making me feel this way. I have talked to them about it before, but I guess it didn’t do any good. I’m hoping that the district will call me back. I applied for two positions: one technician, and one assistant. My only concern on the assistant is the pay. My concern on the technician is that they won’t think that I am qualified enough for the position. As my DH pointed out to me, I wasn’t qualified enough for either of the helpdesk positions, so what makes me think that they will hire me as a tech. Good point, but I can dream. I will definitely be applying for any position that opens with a good salary.

I’ve got to get moving on knitting stuff if I want to have stuff ready for the church thing in October. I’m not sure what I could have ready. My sis says that she wants to take pics of the church kids and have them available for parents to order packages at the thing. I could take some of the pics and do some scrapbook stuff with them if I thought about it. It depends on how soon she wants to do it, or if she even wants to. We’ll see.

Well I’m not fretting so much about paying for school. The credit card company upped by limit without telling me, so I actually have $1000 more to work with. That doesn’t mean that I can go spend it or anything. I’m still going to try to pay more than the minimum every time we can to get the balance down. The next out of pocket payment is like $750. Little more than I expected, but that’s the price for education nowadays.

I have to meet with our director to come up with a new training for our inservice in a week. That should be a barrel full of monkeys. She waits until I ask to tell me these things. What if I hadn’t asked? Would we have all shown up with nothing to do? Would she have waited until sometime next week to tell me? I know that she’ll want me to go to her office. I think that she should come to me. Why should I go to her when it is me that she wants to talk to? I have things at this campus that I am doing.

I am making another pair of anklet socks just for the heck of it. I have several people who want hats. I thought I would try my hand at children’s socks just to see how fast they knit up. If they knit quick, I can make some for a booth at the church. If my mother and sister don’t do it, I don’t think that I will. I can’t see shelling out $30 for a booth for one person. If all three of us did it, then we could split the cost.

I had to take the lead in my learning team this weekend. Our project was due yesterday, but everyone say on their asses. I waited to see if anyone would take the initiative, but that didn’t really happen. I was the woman!