By Andrea Menzies
There are many red flags in job hunting. At least this week I got three call backs from managers.
Category: Nature News
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Month 3
By Andrea Menzies
This week I had a fight with teacher HR as it marks the 3rd month I had no pay at all. My daughter has a birthday this week I had to borrow gift money. I have been working for days since August, and they are not going to pay me until October 1st. They did not answer my first 8 emails or calls. They do not do this to permanent teachers, and it is just one of the nightmares they inflict on subs. I officially put in applications for hundreds of jobs after getting off the phone. Some jobs pay you weekly, and this one pays you if and when they feel like it maybe someday. How can you pay rent with that? When they did this stuff around the time of the pandemic they had an excuse, but they are still doing it yet they don’t have an excuse anymore.
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Halloween Bike Fans
By Andrea Menzies
Halloween Bike Fans are now on Garmin Groups here:
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/group/5298219/leaderboard
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Event Over
By Andrea Menzies
The online cycling event is done thanks for the help from the other bikes. I made it to 7 miles and a top rank. To participate in a Garmin event log an activity. Then go to the event link on the phone app. There are three dots in the upper right of the corner press link activity to participate. I used to love the step counter Fitbit, but after Google bought it it went to the pits. Garmin in contrast has step counters with GPS, and my review is it is better for cycling. I have made the switch to Garmin now for the new badges and fun groups with online races.
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Bike Daniels
By Andrea Menzies
Join me on the free to use Garmin app for the virtual event Bike Daniels Park. You do not need to be in the park to participate.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/event/7304c110-0fcd-486e-b28f-0e6b93f6cedd
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Saving For Moving
By Andrea Menzies
I am still saving my change in the piggy bank for a move far from Virginia. I managed to switch away from the horrible job assignment I worked at Bird High where a kid was bleeding all over his desk, and they refused to report it or move him. I managed not to get hit by ear blood, but it was a near miss. I had just freshly watched the blood-born pathogen video. One of the reasons they make teachers watch it every year is because blood is an issue in classrooms, and even smart co-workers have made mistakes with it. The whole thing makes me want to move very far from Virginia. I never had issues with co-workers refusing to obey regulations in Texas schools when I taught there for years. Every tiny thing is a living nightmare for me since I was dragged to the state I hate called Virginia. I should have never let my family talk me into the move it has been a horrible experience every day.
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Early Day
By Andrea Menzies
I am glad to be back at work. Even if it does mean I have to start the day early. This door seems funny when you are sleepy. Meanwhile a camel showed up across the street from my job. Super strange!
Teacher heart. 
Work day camel.
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Last Day Summer
By Andrea Menzies
Time flies in summer for teachers. August 18 is the first day back from summer break in Chesterfield, VA schools. That makes Friday the last workday off from school before I have to wake up at 5 in the morning daily. I miss the money and the people, but I don’t miss the stress. I wrote several articles for the school newspaper in high school saying I wished all schools would have year-round school. As a grown up I also wish they would go year-round with a couple weeks of break. Students need massive schoolwork reviews after the summer break, students act bad before and after the break, teachers lack summer pay, teachers often need extra summer jobs, summer daycare is expensive for parents, and worst of all is the shock to the system of sleeping late before going back to early school. European schools only have a short break for summer then their students have better scores for University. Maybe someday a good system will become normal in the USA. Meanwhile I will soon miss sleeping.
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Summer Kindle
By Andrea Menzies
Summer has rekindled my love for Geocaching scavenger hunt games. Some good new ones are out, so add me to friends with the codes below. I used to love the Wizards Unite game, but it has gone kaput. I am now on Geocaching, Poedaughterz on Mythwalker, Poedaughter7 on Magic Streets, and Pokemon Go at Poedaughter7.
Poedaughterz at the official Geocaching. 
Mythwalker is that code. 
Magic Streets is that code.
Can’t go wrong with the classics I am still on Pokemon Go above.
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