Howdy

We are drying out.

It is WINDY!

But that's good.

It's helping our property dry out a bit.

Of course they are predicting another

9 - 10" of rain between now and Friday.

We'll take it though.

Our aquafir has been low for awhile.

The main problem now is that the

ground is so saturated, trees are coming down.

And the SINK HOLES!

Oh my goodness!

Whole houses are being swallowed.

Not like on every block or anything,

but it's pretty devastating when it happens

so of course it makes the news.

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In other news...

I sent an email to my boss

and his assistant letting them know

of my upcoming retirement and 

availability to substitute teach if needed.

He sent me a text shortly after receiving

my email and said he and his assistant 

were JUST trying to figure out how they

were going to cover an emergency class

they have to run this weekend.

Presto!

I'm your gal!!!!!!

The company is running a special this month

where they are waiving the fee to start up.

And people are signing up in DROVES!

My West Palm Beach class is already

"sold out".  (Which means I probably

have 75 students registered.  For a room

that holds 30 MAX.  Hopefully stats hold

true and more than 50% will be no-shows.)

Meanwhile, they have a school in Orlando

that has 150 people registered!

So they are going to start school on Friday

morning at 8:00.  Once the room reaches

capacity, they will send the over flow to me,

and my class will start at 9:00.

Should be interesting.

(Which means I am calling in "sick" on Friday

and Monday in order to run this school.)

(My supervisor here suggested I use sick time

instead of vacation time, since I have over 250 hours

of sick time and I will lose it ALL when I leave.)

(I love this lady.)

(She is one of the very few things I will miss.)

(Meanwhile - I did look into the possibility

of "donating" my sick hours to my coworker

who has some real health issues. 

But they said no.)

(boo hiss)

Monday the 16th is boss' day.

I will be gone by then.

But I'm going to mail her a card

with a good sized gift card inside 

to thank her for 17 years of

"I've got your back".