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  1. ...and I am back in Texas for good....living in San Antonio with the wife now, for a whole 3 days with only one big screaming fit by her, par for the course.  I arrived at 5:00 p.m. Sunday.  

    The trip back was a total 100% beating unlike any other.  First because Bering Air and Alaska Airlines stubbornly refused to adjust their flight schedules, I had to leave on the morning flight from Selawik on Saturday, 10:20 a.m. and then had the distinct pleasure of spending the entire day in Kotzebue before boarding the evening flight to Anchorage. Boring, but snoozing, and also coughing.  I was that old guy on the next three flights who coughed the entire way, with a very large package of Riccola throat lozenges in my lap.  The last flight from Seattle to San Antonio changed gates at least 3 times, and "San Antonio" finally appeared on the board about 30 minutes before boarding.  Thanks a lot Alaska Airlines...you suck.   I had my backpack filled with plenty of snacks and I reserved the signature cheese and fruit plate for the Seattle to San Antonio flight, but didn't purchase, because I felt so bad.  That is a historic one for me.  I am normally a very good eater.  

    Tomorrow should be a good day.  Go into Northside ISD to sign contract etc. and try not break the camera.  Went to an unknown barber shop Tuesday and wow!  26$ and it took forever!  I am most likely sticking to cutting my own hair from now on.  

    I did earn my homecoming present I gave myself.  When I found out in October that the state of Alaska was going to require future elementary teachers take a class to earn a reading endorsement, and that course was free, I quickly signed up and took the course with my 73 year old colleague.  Course was quite demanding by Alaska standards, requiring us to spend at least 50 hours on the course.  We took the final exam in March during spring break, and then the bureaucratic fun began, because I wanted to leave Alaska with the reading endorsement.  I came close. 

    Many detailed emails and thoughts exchanged and as of yesterday I am one of the first teachers in Alaska to own this reading endorsement.  

     

     

     

     

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                                                                                           Not sure Xander can make it in to tie.  BDC might win without playoff. 

  3. 1 hour ago, midtown said:

    Hmm. There is a datapoint right outside my hood but nno apts within two blocks. You must be near the one on medical.  Lock your vehicle.  Just saying

    vehicle is always locked.  Wife says she has had a few boxes stolen by porch pirates.  

  4. Wapo Taco will be the destination between now and Wednesday.  I am here for a week's worth of doctor visits.  I knocked out two today.  This is my last visit from Alaska.  I am moving here(SA) permanently on May 26. 

    Gotta give the old lady some super credit....The apartment complex she picked is old(favors me, cuz I don't like huge increases in rent), and location, location, location....walk 2 blocks to some of the best Tex-Mex-Datapoint Tacqueira- I have ever eaten.  

    Within 12 miles of this apt., there are 14 Elementary schools in Northside ISD, which means plenty of Elementary SPED teaching jobs, so I got a teaching job exactly where I wanted... I get to walk to work for year #7 in a row...yea!!  I just paid off our 2022 car in Oct. 2023, so I do not have to buy a car.  The old lady works the night shift and gets home at about 6:30 a.m. so if for some reason I need a car, it is there. 

    The reviews and pictures of Wapo look good enough I just might take some of that with me on the airplanes. 

    My last trip back to Alaska is pretty good as well.  I start off flying first class on AA from SA to Phoenix, then a regular seat on Alaska from Phoenix to Anchorage, and next is First class on Alaska from Anchorage to Kotzebue.  Finally, the little 30 minute trip from Kotzebue to Selawik.  Knocking on wood, this is the only year of the three years in Selawik there has not been a disaster....year one a fire killed all occupants, year two the principal's husband "allegedly" murdered a local man, and that principal and family exited Alaska faster than a speeding bullet.  

    This year nothing!  yea! so far....last working day for teachers is May 24.  

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  5. Well, we sure had the Texas connection with SS shooting a birdie on Verne's last call, Verne working in Dallas for many years and Nantz going to school in Houston.  

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  6. 4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    Damn perfect shot on 16

    almost perfect, for perfect on a Sunday, check out Jack's shot.  Result is the same though, SS moving in on another green jacket. 

  7. Tiger is looking to be last.  I wonder if anyone has finished last one year and made the cut the next year? Or more specifically, has anyone over age 40 finished dead last on Sunday and gone on to ever make the cut again?

  8. I'm a Jack fan, but like to watch the train wreck-esque Tiger....Jack made 37 cuts at Augusta, and 22 top tens, totally dwarfing Tiger's numbers.  

  9. 1 minute ago, JGrayDBU said:

    Tiger surprised me by getting a birdie first hole and then totally did not surprise me with the "here we go again" look after hooking his drive on 2nd hole.  should bogey. nope, a par 5.  Tiger is under par after 2?  wow

     

    And Phil dumps one in the water on 16. 

     

  10. Tiger surprised me by getting a birdie first hole and then totally did not surprise me with the "here we go again" look after hooking his drive on 2nd hole.  should bogey.

     

    And Phil dumps one in the water on 16. 

  11. 1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

    After all that you're still in Alaska

    ...yep ,and if the state of Alaska had a pension system for teachers, I would almost certainly stay for years number 7 and following.  Six years of teaching in Alaska, coming back to Texas end of May.  Will teach in Texas long enough to raise the high-five avg salary, buy the six years of Alaska time, and land the plane for retirement.                

    Teaching in Alaska allowed me to save $ for retirement to the extent that I don't have to consider working a summer job for financial reasons.  Compare that to having to work temp jobs every summer and most semesters; quite an incredible difference!

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