Monday, May 02, 2005

back to life...

rather than the 'one post at a time' complete narrative of other blogs, i'm going to rough in the outline... and then fill in details.

today, the 3 year adventure of leisure jet set draws to a close. i think that when i go back and write my memoirs, the period from 5/10/02 - 5/2/04 will be known as the 'golden age.' 3 long years of blissful relative unemployment, with all that that entails -- mainly, lots of sleep. there was a year of grad school thrown in there, but i mean, schools just not that stressful. especially not working on a masters in teaching...

i digress. today, i've finally been offered full time employment at Summit High School. 1/2 time has kept me fairly busy, but offered me a little extra time for skiing, and well, sleeping in. but those days will soon be gone (well, september)...

of course the upside is that i might be able to afford, uh, to put gas in my car, go to tournaments, etc...

so it's been lean times, but frankly, not to bad. some highlights.

5/10/4 Laid off, shortly after informing the firm that i'd be starting graduate school that summer. We were a little to slow, and they didn't really want to have me just on 'bench time'... so much for 'think of us as a family...' but the 2002 world cup started shortly thereafter, and that was a blissful few weeks of staying up all night, sleeping late, biking, and playing frisbee.

Mid July-Early August... 3 weeks of grad school in LaGrande. I guess it might have been hard... but mainly it was long (one of those 3 weeks, for 8 hours a day things, then off to Bend for actual class learning)... and I got to spend my weekends in the Wallowas, and my evenings RoadBiking, playing a little frisbee...

August, 2002... Worlds. Hawaii. Bronze. At game point, deked towards the cone. Oscar grabbed me. Turned and said, calmly, man, don't do tha-- and broke to the cone. Caught goal and just stayed in endzone... fish win. stuck disc down pants. shook hands. wasn't really a taunt, so much, as i wasn't letting that disc out of sight.

I mean, its a free disc.

Fall o2. Communted 7 hours per weekend to play w/ sockeye. Each way. It was a fun season. Lost in Semis to Ring of Fire.

Winter 02-03. Bunch of Ski days. Maybe 70ish?

Sockeye 03. Managed to string out my first appearance until August. Didn't deserve it. Lived in Seattle, on the last of my loans, and savings. 'Pro' Ultimate, in it's current state, I guess. Stayed in seattle until season ended...

Winter 03-04. 80 plus days. Tons of midweek skiing. Started Substitute teaching. Assistant coach XC skiing. Know nothing about it. Head coaches are former olympians. Girls win, boys 2nd, combined #1.

Spring 03 -- coach HS ultimate. 0-6.

Summer, 04 Lose 1st game in the all draft city league, Win next 14, championship. Offered a teaching job in Bend, 1/2 time, for 04-05 school year.

If it seems crazy to take a 1/2 time job, just to live in bend, well, if you don't know, you should go ask someone. although, i kind of miss competetive ultimate.

04-05. Asst Coach XC running, girls 3rd in state, asst coach xc skiing, boys/girls state title (only contribution to either success is that i'm 'lucky'). Coach HS ultimate (7-2 this season)... get job.

will expand on this later... suffice to say, lots of nothing, for lots of time, for lots of fun.

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