Frozen History 7 Publishing Book Review Podcast

Category: Teacher News

  • Double Workout

    Double Workout

    By Andrea Menzies

    Woot, I made it to a 180 day workout level for my New Year’s Resolutions app workout on SunnyFit. I normally go on a health kick for New Year’s Eve but seeing a friend’s death online really made my workout urge double.

  • Anne In Austin

    By Andrea Menzies

    My mom Anne is in the Austin, TX area this week. My family used to live there, and she is going to Thanksgiving dinner there. One of my relatives named Patrick is sick, and she is visiting them in the hospital. I wanted to go visit Austin this year, but she forced me stay at her house in Virginia watching her dogs instead of seeing my family and school friends that I have missed desperately for years in Austin. One of the reasons I am taking classes in night school for my master’s degree is so I can get a better job, and not deal with constantly being put in a forgotten place by my family. My sister Lily in contrast was invited to Austin as she was given 11 Nintendo Gameboy devices for Christmas as a child, and I begged for one and was never given a single one. She is having fun on the vacation I was carefully not invited to go on. I am posting this as people seeing Anne and Lily in my old neighborhood in Austin are sending messages to me thinking she must have taken me with her yet that never happened. Stop inviting me to holiday parties I can not go to as I am not in Texas.

  • Phone Back

    By Andrea Menzies

    My phone is back on, but I have switched services and numbers. My old service gave me bad issues with replacement and technical support. My old number is still active for now yet I am switching over the 2 factor authentication on all my devices soon. If you have my old number you will need the new one soon. My e-mail remains the same so people can contact me there if they need to reach me.

  • Trip Canceled

    By Andrea Menzies

    I had to cancel my trip to Maryland this weekend. I had tickets to see a big reunion concert, DJ night, and was meeting friends. Yet my Google Pixel phone broke, I could NOT replace it quickly, and everything was connected to that phone’s two factor authentication. The travel tickets were on the phone’s apps. My concert ticket was on the phone apps. Then how do you get around after you get anywhere if Uber and Lyft are apps for the phone, and your cheap replacement flip phone can’t use apps? Buses don’t even have paper schedules to read most of the time, and most bus, subway, and train schedules are on the phone apps. Many cab companies that use the phone numbers don’t even take cash most of the time as they are now super expensive. Thanks to my old phone being garbage that broke my trip plans were destroyed. I was really looking forward to that show and seeing Maryland friends. Oh well, I will never forget how much better Maryland music was compared to Virginia music, and I can make new plans after I get a new phone. I can’t have a broken phone EVERY day of the year as I use it daily for transportation to work. Not having a phone is like not having one of your hands in modern day.

    Modern phone irony jokes. Getting transportation, cab use, and phone use is harder in modern day.

  • Flip Phone

    By Andrea Menzies

    I have a flip phone now, and managed to get my phone number on there and working. I have traveled back in time to flip phone days. Everything on the Internet uses two-factor authentication, and so you can’t do anything without your number. I don’t know what made my old phone break. It was not wet, it did not drop, and it had been working great that morning. By night it barely switched on. I am shopping for a new brand of phone to use now, and got something basic until I know what new thing will work for me. They really need to stop programing phones to break. Instead of inspiring an upgrade it has inspired me to switch companies. I use Google maps to get to work, and a million other job calls are sent to my phone. It is a bad money blow for sure.

    Hand drawn cute outline illustration of retro cell flip mobile phone. Flat vector old mobile telephone with buttons sticker in line art doodle style. Call device icon or print. Isolated on background.
  • Double Pumpkin

    Double Pumpkin

    By Andrea Menzies

    My daughter and I painted Halloween pumpkins this week. I was teaching at schools doing pumpkin crafts, and it reminded me it was time to do our own. My pumpkin has the pointy eyes on the right. We like to use paint and markers as it takes longer to spoil.

    Left Alexandria’s pumpkin, right my pumpkin.

  • Accepted New

    By Andrea Menzies

    I was accepted to a new night school masters in education degree program, and classes start this week. I was at the University of Phoenix, but transferred to a new school this month that costs less money. I took a few refresher courses on medical data entry, and got a job at Kelly Staffing after I passed all drug tests. However the temp work ended earlier this month, and I am back to doing my main focus of an educational master’s degree. I have to verify FAFSA loan papers and registration this week to start classes. It feels good to return to real school work!

  • Back Up

    By Andrea Menzies

    I am back at work doing teaching as of today. So many book sales and fundraiser events going on near work.

  • Almost Birthday

    Almost Birthday

    By Andrea Menzies

    The temporary work I got with Kelly Staffing was over faster than I thought, and now I am back to teaching again. I forgot one of the reasons I quit pursuing temp work employment is they often promise far more employment time and money than they can deliver to employees. It is almost my birthday, and having free time to plan a good party with balloons turns out to be the most valuable use of my time. I did make some extra money from the job, and now I can go to extra Halloween activities far from the horrible place that is called Virginia. It is my every dream and goal to move far away from the Virginia area.

  • New Job

    New Job

    By Andrea Menzies

    I got a new job plus started this week! I already have a medical assisting certification with Excel and typing from years ago, and was taking light refresher courses in that subject online. In addition I have a University degree, and employment services verified both this month and got me a new job. My other job was not giving me enough work or hours, and I was glad for the upgrade. The job economy is really rough right now, but there are still a few opportunities out there particularly in healthcare jobs. I am so happy the change worked out.

    • Note: I have been applying and reapplying for this same kind of job for YEARS in Virginia, and it is officially weird that they picked now to notice my application. Oh well better late than never.