So, one day left until Spring Break begins!

I'm excited about it and yet not at the same time, because it's not going to be much of a vacation. First, there's all the grading I have to do, then there's my beginning teacher portfolio to put together, plus all the moving stuff, and then getting ready for my trip to the job fair in 2 weeks.

So, updates! I got my resume updated, but still waiting on the majority of my letters of rec -- and oh shit! Just at this moment, I realized I never asked my department chair for one. Crap, let me put that on my list of things to do in the morning. (he teaches a "zero" period before the regular school day begins, so I'll have to catch him then.)

I have several boxes of items to be taken to goodwill from the house, and I have to go fetch the stuff out of my storage unit that's going out for the big garage sale, which of course is the weekend after I get back from Alaska, so no real time there to get ready. Why am I not surprised?

My new chemistry unit went well, I think. The kids are really starting to grasp the math, which is excellent. Today they started their spring project (it's due May 1st) and they seem excited about it. They're making board games based on chemistry topics that they're going to use later to study for the state tests. I started this project last year with my physics students with some really awesome results, so, here's to hoping it works as well for the chemistry kids.

The job fair is April 12-13th. Got an alert last week that my departure time was moved up. Now I have to run from school (gets out at 3ish pm) to the airport (30-45 min away) to catch a plane that leaves at 5 pm. O_O At least I'm heading out via Long Beach airport and not LAX! I have bags to check, and me being myself hates to be late, period, so ... yeah. I'm trying not to psych myself out, but that's a lot to do in a short amount of time and I can feel myself getting stressed just thinking about it.

I still arrive in Alaska at something like 2 am, so my layover time in Seattle has increased -- this is a good thing, because it never fails that the plane from LA to Seattle is in a completely different terminal than the one from Seattle to Anchorage and with only 45-60 minutes between the scheduled landing and departure times, I always end up running. Annoying as hell, because planes from LA rarely run on time, which turns that 45 minutes into 30 ... if I'm lucky.

I swear to God I'm getting a non-stop for my final flight out of here!