Um ...

Yeah. So I got a damned job -- in Salina, Kansas. I have to be there in a fargin' week! I am still teaching summer school through Wednesday. I have to go to Salina this weekend with my Dad to look at a potential rental house. Frankly, if the place isn't a total shit hole (and let us all keep in mind that I lived in that house in Big Rock -- you know, the one where some WCC students shot a horror movie) then I'm borrowing the rent and security deposit from Janelle (I guess she is coming through in a pinch and I shouldn't feel any ill will -- I am truly grateful). The kids start school on the 13th, but I am technically supposed to be there on the 3rd. They are being kind in letting me come on the 6th.

Whew. I got the phone interview on Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. and by 9:30 I had accepted the job. The money is good and the living is cheep. It almost sounds like Dire Straits ... but not really.

They have a Target; they are about to get a Starbucks; they have a Barnes and Noble; they have a Sam's club. They have indoor plumbing! Wow. I guess this is a little better than Alaska.