President's Day

So I’ve been hiding because of laptop problems. I was having problems with the AC connector in my laptop, so the Geek Squad had it for a couple weeks. Well I got it back with AC connector fixed, but the speakers don’t work. So I’m guessing I’ll have to take it back in since I fooled around with the volume setting without any luck.

I was able to survive on my iphone while I didn’t have my laptop, and it did most things that I needed. But I wasn’t able to blog, or submit paper work on it.

So what else is new?

I’m getting transferred back to the high school as a freshman tutor. It’s still part time, same pay, but at least I’ll be back with the school community I’ve been part of the last few years. I start that tomorrow, assuming there’s not a snow day tomorrow.

We’ve gotten like 15 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. Although 15 inches doesn’t seem as impressive compared to the nearly 20 inches we got December.

Thankfully I haven’t had to do much this President’s Day weekend. I’ve been resting from an infection on my side from a hair follicle (I’ll spare you the details and just say it’s ugly) and finally seem to be getting over some nagging congestion. Now that I’m getting out of the germ infested grade school, I sure hope that I don’t get sick nearly as often!

For some some-what exciting stories, last weekend I went to Loome Theological Bookstore in Stillwater, MN. It’s a used book store that deal in only theology books. It’s in an old converted church. It has a lot of old theology books some of them centuries old, but they only have heating in part of the store. So most of the of the store is just as cold as it is outside, which isn’t all that warm in Minnesota’s Februaries. I ended up picking up a couple of books, nothing too old or rare, but a couple of books that were interesting and cheap enough for me.

I also have recently got some cool new apps for the iphone, all free of course. Food Network has an app that you can watch shows on and get recipes. WebMD is a very neat app to have, especially when you’re constantly working around sick little kids. I also got an app “SCVNGR” which tells you about near by restaurants, stores, etc. I got SCVNGR when I went to Buffalo Wild Wings last weekend because certain places, like BWW, has a feature where you can take pictures and answer questions, like a scavenger hunt, to earn points. And these point turn into coupons/discounts on food items. And this morning, since I had nothing to do after moving my car around for the snow emergency, I looked up local apps for the Twin Cities. I found one that gives a history tour of Minneapolis through the sky way system. They have some good history and videos to go along with it...Sounds like something fun to walk through on a cold day here.

Tidbits by Thomas: It’s that time of the year again. That time of year were I go looking for a full time job again…Third time’s the charm?

President

So I’ve been hiding because of laptop problems. I was having problems with the AC connector in my laptop, so the Geek Squad had it for a couple weeks. Well I got it back with AC connector fixed, but the speakers don’t work. So I’m guessing I’ll have to take it back in since I fooled around with the volume setting without any luck.

I was able to survive on my iphone while I didn’t have my laptop, and it did most things that I needed. But I wasn’t able to blog, or submit paper work on it.

So what else is new?

I’m getting transferred back to the high school as a freshman tutor. It’s still part time, same pay, but at least I’ll be back with the school community I’ve been part of the last few years. I start that tomorrow, assuming there’s not a snow day tomorrow.

We’ve gotten like 15 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. Although 15 inches doesn’t seem as impressive compared to the nearly 20 inches we got December.

Thankfully I haven’t had to do much this President’s Day weekend. I’ve been resting from an infection on my side from a hair follicle (I’ll spare you the details and just say it’s ugly) and finally seem to be getting over some nagging congestion. Now that I’m getting out of the germ infested grade school, I sure hope that I don’t get sick nearly as often!

For some some-what exciting stories, last weekend I went to Loome Theological Bookstore in Stillwater, MN. It’s a used book store that deal in only theology books. It’s in an old converted church. It has a lot of old theology books some of them centuries old, but they only have heating in part of the store. So most of the of the store is just as cold as it is outside, which isn’t all that warm in Minnesota’s Februaries. I ended up picking up a couple of books, nothing too old or rare, but a couple of books that were interesting and cheap enough for me.

I also have recently got some cool new apps for the iphone, all free of course. Food Network has an app that you can watch shows on and get recipes. WebMD is a very neat app to have, especially when you’re constantly working around sick little kids. I also got an app “SCVNGR” which tells you about near by restaurants, stores, etc. I got SCVNGR when I went to Buffalo Wild Wings last weekend because certain places, like BWW, has a feature where you can take pictures and answer questions, like a scavenger hunt, to earn points. And these point turn into coupons/discounts on food items. And this morning, since I had nothing to do after moving my car around for the snow emergency, I looked up local apps for the Twin Cities. I found one that gives a history tour of Minneapolis through the sky way system. They have some good history and videos to go along with it...Sounds like something fun to walk through on a cold day here.

Tidbits by Thomas: It’s that time of the year again. That time of year were I go looking for a full time job again…Third time’s the charm?

A 2nd Job

So I've been in full swing with my second job the last couple of weeks. I've picked up another tutoring job in which I go to students' house/apartment and tutor them for about an hour long session. I see each child for about two hours (about two sessions) a week. I see them for either math or reading. All the kids I see for this qualify for so many free tutoring hours through the whole No Child Left Behind thing.

So now I have two part times jobs that don't equate to a full time job, but it's better than nothing! I'd like to think I'm now a pretty good grade school tutor for reading and math. And if nothing else, I've also learned that working for government money is a pain in the @$$ and requires lots of tedious record and paper keeping.

Oh and we keep getting more snow. Last week we were spoiled with t-shirt weather that was in the mid-20s. This week we are back with more snow (we got about three more inches yesterday), and back in the single and negative degree weather! It's getting old waking up to sweeping off inches of snow from the car! Where's spring??

Tidbits by Thomas: Uncle Juichi gave me some old addresses (from like the 1970s) and names of Matsui relatives in Japan. I've been trying to research online how to possible see if these are still accurate addresses or what, but the internet hasn't been much help thus far. Any ideas?