Cheryl's degree, and news on the job front

Today was winter commencement, so I braved the newly-snow-covered roads - and, of course, horrible Idaho drivers; seriously, they're terrible - and picked up Cheryl's M.A. degree. Well, Vanessa was kind enough to pick it up (happy berfday Vanessie!), I just stood in the bleachers. Vanessa had tickets to go see the Portland showing of "My Name is Bruce," starring your hero and mine, Bruce Campbell, complete with Q&A after the movie with the man himself, but the nasty weather from here to Portland put the kibosh on that. I'm no Bruce Campbell but at least I sprung for lunch.

Cheryl's folks were going to try and make it for the event, but they, too, were put off by the gawd-awful weather we're having. I think they're calling for 6-10" of snow tonight, followed by a week of high temperatures in the single digits.

Oh, yeah, I got good news on the job front (and, again, I hope I ain't jinxing it): I had an application in for an admin assistant at Central Oregon Community College's Students with Disabilities department - a job for which I am extremely qualified - but Friday, I got a call from the department director, essentially offering me an entirely new position that they would create specifically for me! When I dropped off my resume last time I was in town, they were very impressed in the SSD department, and have been needing to upgrade in the assistive technology department, so it looks like they're going to hire me soon! When exactly? Not sure. And it's only part-time, but (in the Even More Good News Department), it sounds like there might be some need for a part-time writing instructor, so I could easily cobble together a full-time Franken-job, and to work at COCC would honestly more than I could hope for (I could go play basketball at lunch at the gym with guys I've hooped it up with for nearly 20 years now).

So, keep your collective fingers crossed, 'cause it looks like I might be Bend-bound sooner than later!