We Have Internet and Photos of Our Place

This is the latest comic from xkcd.com I love this strip and it's so appropriate.

OMG! We have Internet at our house now! I'm super excited about it, not that going to Internet cafes and buying a drink to get a password hasn't been fun, but it's really nice to have Internet access at your home. Now I blog all the time! Well, not all the time, I do have to work and such.

Speaking of work, the job market for teachers in Madison is very competitive, which is really surprising because teachers get paid crap here, and I mean crap. Like, way below a living wage. It's crazy. And employers expect you to have Early Childhood education certification, and years of teaching experience and still they pay you crap. Something is not right with that system. If your educated, certified, experienced and a specialist, then you should earn a livable wage. Well, I guess teachers really do get the short end of things. It's just a shame because we are the ones who teach your children. We enrich their lives and minds with knowledge. We take care of them and help them to become socialized.

Sorry about the rant, I'm just frustrated with getting a teaching job. The two teachers assistant jobs I was going for were given to other applicants. So I am currently still going on interviews and networking. However, the two schools whom I applied to work for, The Creative Learning Preschool and The Preschool of the Arts both offered me substitute teacher positions and I said yes to both, so as to keep involved with both schools and to have employment. I really enjoy both of the schools and still hope that another job opportune might come to fruition there. I also have an interview at another preschool this Wednesday, we will see how that goes. I'm also going to start taking some Early Childhood Ed classes to boost my academic knowledge of working with preschoolers, it couldn't hurt :) That starts soon too. And, I haven't ruled out the children's theaters and the children's museum. So I'm still going to network with them for employment.

Ba Kitty comes tomorrow morning!!! I'm really excited for him to get here. I have all of his necessary items and expect him to be very freaked out at first. But, I hope he is ok and that he adapts well to his new home. I think the first thing he will do is hide under my bed. I have it all set up so he can feel safe, other then that, there is not much else I can do.

Oh, and here are some pictures of our place. I know I told a few of you that I would put them up. We are still unpacking, so if ya see the boxes, well, you know.

Our House (and a strangers car)

The Living room (This was the pink room)

The Dinning Room

Another picture of the dinning room, this time you can see my desk on the left

These two photos are of the kitchen

Mark playing guitar in the office off the kitchen

In the office, this room was pink too

Bathroom

Bedroom

The driveway and the garage with the mini