Busy, busy

I'm not completely sure where to start with this entry.

Let's see, on Friday I played Mario Kart Wii with the kids over the internet!  It was a lot of fun!  Carly is getting much better at it and can almost stay on the track about 50% of the time.  I'm still just a little bit better than Michael.  He would cackle with glee whenever he got in front of me, and then he would say: "Daddy, slow down!" when I got in front of him.  :)  Then there's William...  Of the four races I did with William I think I beat him once!  :oP  And believe me, I was trying!  He does have a slight advantage in that they have unlocked some better vehicles on their Wii, but really that's just an excuse.  But I'm using it!

Over the past several weeks I've also been making quite a few tshirts.  I'm getting better at it and really enjoy it!  So far I've made about 5 shirts for myself, a couple for the kids, and almost all the ones I need for Jessica and her brood.  :)  I've also been wearing my shirts to school on Fridays.  My students seem to get a kick out of them too.  I'm thinking of making one with a picture of Gandalf's face when he's facing the Balrog and have him saying: "You shall not pass!!!" and wearing that shirt when my students take their final exam.  Hee hee!  I'm thinking I might see if they have a bumper sticker like that too.  ;o)

But it hasn't all been soda and pizza.  I was just called as one of the Gospel Principles teachers.  I've subbed for the class several times and it has gone well.  This time I could really feel the Spirit helping as I prepared the lesson!  I was learning a lot and was very excited.  Then I got cocky.  Needless to say I was humbled and the class didn't go that well.  :op  But I did have chocolate chip cookies!

In other news, the dissertation is progressing nicely, as is the job search.  I just had my first preliminary interview via Skype today and I think that it went rather well.  Which was nice.  :o)  It probably didn't hurt that I had been praying all day that I wouldn't make a complete fool of myself.  It was for a lecturer position at North Texas University, which is a little under 300 miles from the kids, so well within driving distance, which is one of the main things I'm looking for.  Ironically, in the middle of the interview my phone went off!  I had it on because they had asked me to have it on before the interview in case they needed to call me, and then I forgot to turn it off.  So after my interview was over I checked my messages, and it had been a call from the University of Central Arkansas wanting to set up a phone interview with me!  So I'll have that interview this Friday morning.  This is also just for a lecturer position, but this one is even closer to the kids at around only 230 miles away!  I am being extremely blessed!  I hope you are too!  :o)