Nice to hear from you Alaskan. Please keep us posted. Perhaps,
we will get there next year.

9/21/09, Alaskan wrote:
> On 9/20/09, Sugasmile wrote:
>> New Hires...How's it going?
> So far it's been a dream job. Small class sizes, nice
> students, all the equipment I would want to teach with, a kind
> principal, hardworking and helpful faculty that do care about
> their classes, WONDERFUL tech support for computer stuff I
> want to do...my only criticism would probably be that a good
> chunk of the staff is more cynical about professional
> development than I am. I have plenty to learn. Expect to
> take extra duty contracts as a noob.
>
> I haven't ridden a bike in many years but I am loving my new
> $100 Japanese mommy style bike with a basket and built in
> lock. Wonderful weather and now my son and I can get to most
> offbase restaurants for dinner and it's quick to tool around
> the base now. I am supposed to pick up the used car I bought
> this Friday. Japan has the best used cars I have ever seen.
> No luck finding the offbase Japanese style house of my dreams
> yet. Pickings are VERY scarce. I think I'm going to be in
> billeting for close to my full 90 days if I hold out for the
> dream.
>
> I bought an unknown bright purple figlike fruit and an unknown
> warty zucchini with huge seeds to eat and a pepper plant that
> has tiny multicolored spicy peppers yellow and orange and red
> and purple called Namba...it looks like a miniature gumdrop
> tree from a Candyland game.
>
> I got to go to a local festival a couple weekends ago and see
> men hoist and balance a huge sail of lanterns into the air
> weighing 100 lbs and balance it in the breeze and switch
> positions and lifters...brightly dressed well-rehearsed
> musicians and dancers...
>
> Life is good
>
> Alaskan

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